The APS Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Physics Prize is the most prestigious honor given by the APS, recognizing outstanding contributions to condensed matter physics.

The Purdue University Board of Trustees last week (April 10) approved faculty promotions and tenure. This includes five professors in the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

The University Faculty Scholars Program honors faculty with strong national and international reputations in research, teaching and service, while also recognizing their potential for future contributions with lasting impact.

The CERIAS Diamond Award is an honor that recognizes outstanding student achievement in cybersecurity research.

Ashwin Vazhayil spent the Spring 2026 semester on co-op with Marathon Petroleum Corporation, Findlay Ohio

Purdue University’s Electrical and Computer Engineering graduate programs continue to rank among the nation’s best, with electrical engineering rising to No. 8 and computer engineering ranked No. 9 in the U.S. News & World Report 2026 edition of Best Graduate Schools.

The Bement award recognizes Purdue faculty for recent outstanding contributions in pure and applied science and engineering. Li is a leading expert in quantum sensing, levitated optomechanics and nonequilibrium thermodynamics.

A Purdue-led project that wirelessly charges moving electric trucks has received a major state honor. Drive Clean Indiana named the Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer (DWPT) project the Innovative Project of the Year.

Over the next five years, the United States needs at least 50,000 trained semiconductor engineers. Purdue launched its Semiconductor Degrees Program (SDP) in 2022 to help meet this challenge.

Junghoon Kim’s presentation, “Active Gate Drive with Optical Communication and Integrated Power and Signal Systems in Series Connected SiC MOSFETs,” focused on a new way to help high-power electronic systems work more efficiently and reliably.