Awards and Recognition

The IDES and MDE community are proud of the many accomplishments of our students and esteemed Alumni.  We remain both excited and inspired by their achievements that often begin way before entering our program, and continue long after they have departed from the West Lafayette campus.

Annually we take time to formally recognize and celebrate their individual academic and service successes.  Awards are given for Outstanding Junior and Senior level academic achievement, as well as Outstanding Service to the IDES/MDE and Purdue community.  Likewise, Outstanding IDES/MDE Alumni are chosen as exemplars for leaders who have made a difference in their profession, their communities, and in their respective field.

We are also proud to acknowledge the full variety of recognition that our students receive, local, national and international. MDE is the home of Purdue’s second ever Truman Scholar (2018), as well as the 2018 Marshall Scholar!  Learn more about a wide variety of scholarships available to our talented IDES and MDE students and to connect with Purdue resources to assist in the application process.

National and International Honorees

2018 Marshall Scholar
Abby Lemert
Press Release and Video Interview

2018 Truman Scholar
Paige Rudin
Press Release

2018 Boren Scholar
Paige Rudin
Press Release

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Engineering Education School Honorees

Donald A. Loren Scholarship for Multidisciplinary Engineering

Learn more about this new scholarship beginning in the 2020-21 AY. 

2022
Ashley Grooms, MDE Acoustical Engineering
Ryan Zihenni, MDE Engineering Management

2021
Rebecca Dever, MDEHumanitarian Engineering
Joe Fiebig, MDE Engineering Management

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Engineering Education Outstanding Alumni Award and Student Awards of Excellence

(formerly Outstanding Interdisciplinary Engineering Alumni Award)

February 2022
ALUMNI and STUDENT HONOREES
TOP: Ashley Grooms, Aliyah Ahmad, Rachel Gander, Claudia Johnson, Saya Ueki
BOTTOM: Ryan Zihenni, Chloe Otis, Umesh Patel, Logan Noster, Shepherd Dick, Mary Pilotte, Chris Pekny
 

Year	Alumni Honorees	Outstanding Senior Academic Achievement	Outstanding Junior Academic Achievement	Outstanding Sophomore  Academic Achievement	Outstanding IDE Service Award
2022	Umesh Patel	Ashley Grooms Logan Noster Chloe Otis	Rachel Gander Ziming Zhao	Saya Ueki	Shepherd Dick Claudia Johnson
2021	No Recipients Due to COVID-19 Pandemic	Isabel Block Abigail Bressoud	Logan Noster Chloe Otis	Mattias Ahlers
2020	Judith Cleland, Pedro Pires de Miranda, Jennifer Kerr, and Arnold Young	Karuna Srivastava Leigh Witek	Isabel Block Abigail Bressoud		Canyon Ellis
2019	Celebrating all Alumni for our 50th Anniversary	Elena C. Helvajian  Abhipri Mishra Zachary Kovalenko	Alec S. Brooks Karuna Srivastava		Rachel A. Baker Sadona S. Carey
2018	Russell P. Troyer	Reis Lehman Abby Lemert	Abhipri Mishra Zachary Kovalenko		Brenna Ryan
2017	Brian C. Bosma and Thomas A. Gray	Sean Obrecht Lucas Ray	Reis Lehman Abby Lemert		Danielle Render
2016	Holly Simmons	Sonja C. Adams Lauren B. Denney	Sean Obrecht		Alexander T. Klapka Schyler J. Curtice
2015	Henry A. Frissora (Hank)	Francis Blubaugh Rebecca L. Kartheiser	Sonja C. Adams Paul A. Hickner		Schuyler R. Putt
2014	Rex Carter	Robert Colcord	Rebecca Kartheiser		Nicole Gantz
2013	Stan Jones, Eric J. Schmidt, Michael W. Wells	Chloe Morrical Lourdes Ureña	Christopher Bosma Trenton Marshall
2012	Leslie Bottorff, Rick Kosdrosky	Stephen Kelly Roderick Lammers Brett Seward	Chloe Morrical Lourdes Ureña		Ian Boze
2011	Debra S. Echt, Raymond Michael Klein, Richard H. Le Sesne	Torsten Schreiber	Roderick Lammers Brett Seward		Nichole Schrank
2010	Howard J. Gobstein	Carmen Rodriguez	Nichole Schrank		Philip Zumbrun
2009	Harold M. Aberman, Brian E. Farley, Gary C. Horlacher, Robert F. Sharpe, Jr., Mary Spiess Smith	David Gordon Jeffrey Noren			Emily Wigley
2007		Kai Van Horn			Alex Serafin
2006		Alexander Rust
2005		Megan Boland Matthew Janszen			Joel Virkler
2004		Jacqueline Callihan Rozina Chowdhery Matthew Janszen	Ty Gray Matthew Janszen Evan Lutkenhoff
2003	Geoffrey T. Crowley	Clinton Bahler Jacqueline Callihan Luke Gutwein Megan Guyer Meghan McKenzie	Clinton Bahler Matthew Janszen		Megan Guyer John Parent
2002	Michael J. Cave, David R. Schwind	David Niemeyer John Parent Graham Sadtler	Luke Gutwein Megan Guyer Nicholas McCarroll
2001	Paul C. Cloyd, Sue Hudson-Abreu	Jordan Drazer Stephen Harris David Niemeyer	Megan Guyer John Parent		Christine Lowmaster
2000		Andrea Dunn
1999	Gregory M. Ayers