The annual ECE awards recognize students who serve as undergraduate teaching assistants (UTAs), contribute to groundbreaking research, complete innovative design projects, and perform vital service through student societies and volunteer groups.

The initiative was launched in the 2024-2025 academic year to formally recognize graduate students who take on significant teaching responsibilities. This program honors graduate students who have served as sole instructors for an undergraduate course or section—an opportunity that provides invaluable experience for those pursuing a career in academia.

The Catapult hackathon, now in its second year, is organized by the ML@Purdue student club and drew significant corporate sponsorship. Approximately 200 student contestants, primarily from the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Department of Computer Science, participated in the student-run event.

For the seventh consecutive year, Purdue University’s Beta Chapter of IEEE-HKN has been named an Outstanding Chapter—a prestigious honor awarded by the IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu Board of Governors to only the most exceptional HKN chapters around the world.

Each spring, Purdue University's College of Engineering honors the outstanding accomplishments of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers through several prestigious awards. Graduate students also select an outstanding faculty mentor who has gone above and beyond to serve the graduate students in their program.

Nikkhil Vijaya Sankar won second place in the highly competitive Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition, taking home a $3,000 prize for his compelling presentation titled “Pothole Patrol, AI on the Streets.”

A miniature marvel of bioinspired engineering, the Harvard RoboBee, has long demonstrated its ability to zip, dive, and hover like a real insect. But even the most sophisticated aerial robots face one enduring challenge: how to land safely. Thanks in part to groundbreaking work by faculty at Purdue University's Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RoboBee now has a solution.

The Purdue University Railside Robotics Club is gearing up to host its first-ever public BattleBots tournament, called Railside Rumble, marking an exciting milestone for robotics enthusiasts at Purdue and across the Midwest. The event is set for April 19, 2025, beginning at 9am in the Purdue Armory.

For the fourth consecutive year, the graduate programs in Purdue University's Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering are in the top ten in U.S. News & World Report

The honor, from the world's largest general scientific society, recognizes members whose efforts to advance science or its applications are scientifically or socially distinguished.