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One Truman Scholar in 2018.
3 faculty members received National Medal of Technology.
#1 undergraduate U.S. Program in ABE.
First female NAE (National Academy of Engineering) member and 'First Lady of Engineering,' Lillian Gilbreth.
Cradle of Astronauts: 24 Purdue graduates / NASA astronauts.
Fifth in online graduate engineering programs.
Home of EPICS (Engineering Projects In Community Services) in 35 universities and 100 high schools worldwide.
First man on the moon: Alum Neil Armstrong.
C-BRIC, one of new SRC-DARPA centers.
First U.S. university to have WIEP (Women in Engineering Program.)
23 Living NAE (National Academy of Engineering) members.
First of four new NSF ERCs in 2017: CISTAR.
Top 3 public engineering college in U.S.
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.
Social
Mung Chiang, Purdue's John A. Edwardson Dean of the College of Engineering, has been named to the steering committee of the newly expanded Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), which is now one of the world's largest technology industry organizations and leading the global drive to realize the full promise of the Internet of Things (IoT).
Events
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Mad Mushroom Trivia Night
If you have a name and trivia or inspiring wonder is your game, then have we got a deal for you! Come challenge your brain in a fun way (not the 8 hours of homework way) at E-Week Trivia Night! Get your friends together and enjoy a broad set of questions and good times celebrating engineering.
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Joan B. Rose — Seminar
VIRUSES an old, continuing and new risk
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Joan B. Rose — Q & A Panel
Protecting Drinking Water
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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.