Raghunathan was honored by Princeton University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering with its Distinguished PhD Graduate Alumnus Award and served as the department’s 2026 graduate commencement speaker.

Lundstrom succeeds Arvind Raman, who was confirmed May 18 by the U.S. Senate as undersecretary of commerce for standards and technology. Raman also will serve as director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

The concentration blends the technical foundation of electrical and computer engineering with industry-connected experience in the gaming world. Students in the program will participate in an Xbox Game Camp, where they will be paired with Microsoft mentors, gain insight from industry professionals and explore the technologies behind modern gaming experiences.

Purdue University’s Haitong Li has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to develop new computing chips and systems that could help future artificial intelligence (AI) reason, solve complex problems, and respond more effectively in real time while consuming less energy.

Santokh Badesha, Distinguished Professor in the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been appointed as a President’s Fellow in recognition of his numerous and continued professional accomplishments in idea generation, management and protection of intellectual property.

Zahra Ghodsi, assistant professor in Purdue University’s Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has received a U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award to develop new tools that could make large-scale artificial intelligence more open, reliable, and secure.

A daughter’s path to Purdue sparks her mother’s return to school. They'll graduate at the same commencement with master’s degrees.

The Amit & Rashee Rohatgi Excellence in Undergraduate Research Awards recognize outstanding undergraduate researchers in the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering for creativity, independence and achievement.

The Lambertus Doctoral and Graduate Excellence Fellowships are awarded to highly competitive incoming graduate students whose academic records, research experience and leadership position them to make meaningful contributions to Purdue Engineering’s research enterprise. Fellows are selected through a rigorous selection process and represent the very best of the college’s incoming graduate cohort.

Hosted by Purdue ECE and the Electrical and Computer Engineering Student Society, the SPARK Challenge gives students an opportunity to move beyond coursework and demonstrate what they can design, build and explain. Projects ranged from embedded systems and robotics to assistive technology, interactive games, communications tools and student-led passion projects.