Nikhil Chaudhary is an ECE student who spent a semester on co-op at GE Appliances in Louisville, KY.

A team of researchers at Purdue University has made a major breakthrough that could lead to tiny and precise sensors—ones that can detect and control individual atoms.

Lewis Wearmouth is an ECE student who spent a semester on co-op at GE Appliances in Louisville, KY.

Purdue University alumnus and entrepreneur Marc Hagle has been officially designated a “Private Specialist Astronaut,” entering him in a new category in Purdue’s Cradle of Astronauts.

Yung-Hsiang Lu is the new director of the College of Engineering Honors Program (EHP) at Purdue University. The appointment took effect on July 1, 2025.

Purdue University Ph.D. student Ayan Biswas has helped develop a low-cost, field-ready tool that uses a smartphone and artificial intelligence to predict soil organic matter, a critical indicator of soil health and sustainability

Purdue ECE PhD student Alaina Attanasio won the Best Paper Award at Transducers 2025 for developing a groundbreaking chip-scale laser that offers ultra-low noise and rapid tuning, with major implications for LiDAR, spectroscopy, and quantum technologies.

Ashwin Vazhayil is an ECE student who spent a semester on co-op at Marathon Petroleum Corporation in Ohio.

Alan Hsu is an ECE student who spent a semester on co-op at Starpath Robotics in Hawthorne, CA.

. Satya Wagle is a PhD candidate in the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He wants to further develop smart, connected networks — like those that underpin the multitude of vehicles operating on our roadways in an increasingly autonomous manner — so they can better communicate with one another to achieve their goals.