Something Something ECE

  • First, Best, Only
  • Goal two
  • Goal three

Giving

  • Raised $486,830,796 in Evertrue (almost half of the 1B of engineering total) $1.025B in Ever True Campaign that ended in June 2019, exceeding goal by 47%
  • The first floor of MSEE, the School’s recently reimaged hub, was made possible via philanthropy.
  • ECE definitely occupies the leadership position in terms of technology commercialization, (faculty) entrepreneurism, and is playing a leading role in economic development efforts on campus.

Space

Research

  • External research funding exceeded $41 million in 2019
  • C-BRIC, JUMP
  • HACCLE
  • TSMC

Innovation

  • Creating knowledge and jobs together: attracting SEL and other companies to Purdue
  • Indy 5G Zone opened in partnership with State of Indiana and private sector
  • Over 400 patent applications in 2019, ~40% increase from 2017
  • Contributed 75% of the startups founded at Purdue in 2019, which ranked top 3 in U.S.

Learning

Talent

  • Major revamp of Tenure and Promotion document
  • Dean's Fellowship
  • Record number of faculty named to chair professorships
  • Staff-initiated transformation program