This semester, ENE graduate students and TAs have earned a range of honors and awards for research, teaching, and service.

Three graduates of the former Division of Interdisciplinary Engineering, now part of ENE, received the school's Outstanding Alumni Award on February 23.

The April 16 event will recognize the faculty, staff, and students behind INSPIRE in one of eight awards presented. The research institute studies engineering thought and learning at the preschool-through-12th-grade level.

A senior vice president with San Francisco consulting firm Charles M. Salter Associates, this Interdisciplinary Engineering graduate (1974) specializes in acoustical design for a wide variety of facilities, including theaters, civic buildings, and music and film studios.

An honors student in Child Development and Family Studies, Citta is working with ENE professor Demetra Evangelou and CDFS professor Jim Elicker to examine pre-engineering behaviors exhibited by preschoolers and the activities and lessons in the classroom that foster those behaviors. Read Purdue's web feature "5 Students Who Are Discovery Makers" for more.

Interested in doctoral studies in engineering education at Purdue University? Attend our open house and find out what the School of Engineering Education—home of the country's first academic program in this growing field—has to offer you.

Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary engineers showcased in the Purdue engineering alumni magazine include lighting engineer Ian Boze ("Lighting the Scene"), acoustical engineer David Schwind ("Interdisciplinary Engineering: Imagine the Possibilities"), artist and park engineer Lisa Schafer ("What's in Your Toolbox?"), and music producer Philip Zumbrun ("Rocking On"), shown here.

Join ENE faculty, grad students, and colleagues this semester (see schedule) for a weekly mix of research presentations facilitated by external visitors and Purdue University members.

A first-year ENE doctoral student, Natalie Barrett has engaged in mentoring work throughout her academic career and in her industry experience at Pratt & Whitney, reaching elementary students through practicing engineers. Read Purdue's web feature "5 Students Who Are Difference Makers" for more.

Adams and Brophy, both assistant professors, are among just 53 engineering educators chosen to participate.

The five-year grant funds the study "Learning From Small Numbers: Using the Personal Narratives of Underrepresented Students to Promote Institutional Change in Engineering Education."

"On a lot of levels, my heart and my head are engaged with United Way," says Davis, profiled here on his leadership role.

Drawing 130 participants to Seaside, Oregon, on August 11-13, the summit featured teachers, researchers, representatives from private foundations and governmental agencies, and U.S. Congressman David Wu. INSPIRE is ENE's Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning.

Purzer will present the paper "Does Context Matter? Engineering Students' Approaches to Global vs. Local Problems" at the Frontiers in Education annual conference this October in Arlington, Virginia.