Curious about what it takes to become an engineering educator? Join us for this open Q&A panel featuring faculty, staff, and students from Purdue ENE. Hear candid stories from across career stages and gain insights into the many ways a PhD can shape your future. Whether you’re considering graduate study or simply exploring your next step, this conversation offers inspiration, advice, and connection within the ENE community.

The Purdue School of Engineering Education (ENE) Graduate Programs Open House is a two-day event on the West Lafayette campus for prospective PhD students in which participants have the opportunity to interact with grad students and faculty, attend a research seminar, tour labs, and learn more about the program.

Research by University of Michigan Aerospace Engineering Assistant Professor Aaron Johnson integrates the fundamental research of student thinking with the evidence-based development of educational interventions to address two forms of judgment, which can be applied to address the ill-defined and complex sociotechnical problems faced by engineers.

This one-hour, live webinar provides prospective students with the opportunity to learn more about one of the Purdue School of Engineering Education's online programs: the Master of Science in Engineering Education.

Purdue Assistant Professor Xinyu Zhang will share her expertise in the area of technology and curriculum innovations in the context of Sustainability and Environmental Engineering education, highlighting recruitment strategies for engineering bridge and success programs, the bioreactor virtual reality environment, and Engineering for One Planet-aligned curriculum innovations.

University of Waterloo Professor Chris Rennick will discuss the results of a qualitative investigation that explores how novice designers leverage their relevant knowledge and how that connects to the informed design behaviors exhibited while solving design problems in a think-aloud protocol experiment.

Purdue Computer Science PhD Student Ethan Dickey will present a comprehensive evaluation of the “AI-Lab,” a structured pedagogical intervention designed to encourage mindful and reflective student engagement with generative AI, and offer ways for educators to balance technological innovation with educational integrity.

Purdue's Kirsten Davis, PhD, will discuss ongoing engineering education research that delves into the long-term effects of engineering-focused, global undergraduate experiences and how they make an impact. Davis will talk about her team's research strategy and share the study's early results.

Purdue University School of Engineering Education Professor and Interim Head Joyce Main, PhD, will give a presentation on the state of the school.

In this Horizons of Engineering Ethics (HEE) Seminar, Dr. Albert Dzur, a distinguished research professor at Bowling Green State University, will examine institutional contexts that give rise to tension between democracy and organization.