Gambaros' transformational gift endows and names AAE's graduate program
One Truman Scholar in 2018.
Cradle of Astronauts: 24 Purdue graduates / NASA astronauts.
Top 3 public engineering college in U.S.
#1 undergraduate U.S. Program in ABE.
C-BRIC, one of new SRC-DARPA centers.
3 faculty members received National Medal of Technology.
Fifth in online graduate engineering programs.
First U.S. university to have WIEP (Women in Engineering Program.)
23 Living NAE (National Academy of Engineering) members.
First female NAE (National Academy of Engineering) member and 'First Lady of Engineering,' Lillian Gilbreth.
Home of EPICS (Engineering Projects In Community Services) in 35 universities and 100 high schools worldwide.
First man on the moon: Alum Neil Armstrong.
First of four new NSF ERCs in 2017: CISTAR.
First department (now school) dedicated to Engineering Education (2004)
First department of First-Year Engineering (1953)
First high-voltage research lab in the U.S.
First university for the National Society of Black Engineers.
First-of-its-kind partnership in the U.S.: Rolls-Royce University of Technology Center.
25 past and present NAE (National Academy of Engineers) members.
Fourth nationwide in producing undergraduate female engineers.
Amelia Earhart, Career Counselor, Advisor to the Department of Aeronautics.
Birthplace of the NSBE (National Society of Black Engineers.)
Golden Gate Bridge Designer, Professor Charles Ellis.
Home of nanoHUB, a pioneering computing environment for nanotechnology.
First and only nuclear reactor (PUR-1) in Indiana.
First and most recent astronauts to walk on the moon.
Largest academic propulsion lab in the world: Zucrow Labs.
One Marshall Scholar in 2018.
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Dean's Office Hours
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Dear Purdue Engineering Community,
Starting this month, our College will be hosting a wide range of exciting events as part of Purdue's 150th Anniversary. Some of these will be "Ideas Festival" activities. A particular subset there is the "Engineering 2169" Series: How do we live/work/play 150 years from now. Read the Dean's Message
Cradle of Astronauts: 24 Purdue graduates / NASA astronauts.
#1 undergraduate U.S. program in ABE (Agricultural and Biological Engineering.)
First department (now school) dedicated to Engineering Education (2004).
First department of First-Year Engineering (1953).
First high-voltage research laboratory in the U.S.
First-of-its-kind partnership in the U.S.: Rolls-Royce University Technology Center with AAE (Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering).
Fourth nationwide in producing undergraduate female engineers.
Fifth in online graduate engineering programs.
Amelia Earhart, Career Counselor, Advisor to Department of Aeronautics.
Golden Gate bridge designer, Professor Charles Ellis.