Schuyler Putt received the Interdisciplinary Engineering Studies/Multidisciplinary Engineering (IDES/MDE) Service Award. He has been involved in the Acoustical Society of America at Purdue and serves as the chapter president. Putt also is a co-founder, performer and audio engineer for the OfficialENGR YouTube channel that promotes engineering and Purdue. In addition, he is a volunteer writer and serves as the Editor in Chief for the Purdue Review – Purdue’s premier news magazine. Putt is studying acoustical engineering with anticipated graduation in 2016.

The 2015 IDES/MDE Outstanding Junior Academic Achievement Award goes to Sonja Adams and Paul Hickner; both studying acoustical engineering. Adams has worked in the Sagamore Adams Laboratories assisting in conducting acoustical experiments as an undergraduate researcher and also has volunteered and worked on large scale entertainment venue sound systems to build her experience and skill within the acoustical industry. Hickner was recognized last year as an outstanding student, being admitted into the National Honor society for First-Year Engineering students and also had the opportunity to experience first-hand what German engineering looks like, having participated in an engineering-focused Maymester study abroad in Stuttgart and Hannover, Germany.

The 2015 IDES/MDE Outstanding Senior Academic Achievement Award goes to Frank Blubaugh and Rebecca Kartheiser. Blubaugh is studying acoustical engineering, but already has two bachelor's degrees from the University of Evansville in Music Education and Trumpet Performance. He worked at Ford Motor Company over the summer and currently works as a course teaching assistant and a laboratory research assistant in the Sphere Lab. Kartheiser has a self-designed plan of studying focused on entertainment engineering, which combines film video studies courses with engineering. She worked for ComEd in Rockford, Illinois, in both new business engineering and reliability engineering departments, and has held numerous leadership positions in Phi Sigma Rho Social Sorority for women in engineering. Kartheiser also is a generous volunteer student ambassador in the College of Engineering for the IDES/MDE program with duties that range from helping to recruit students, to giving school tours and mentoring, and promoting our program to potential students. She received the IDES/MDE Outstanding Junior Academic Achievement Award last year.

"The IDES/MDE community is comprised of those with traditional engineering prowess, made manifest in infinite combinations of topical areas that reference students' passions, hobbies, or their dualistic personalities of engineer, artist, musician, manager, leader and more," said Dr. Mary Pilotte, Director of Undergraduate Programs for ENE. "We are all very proud of the amazing service and academic achievements of our students who have been recognized this year."