The first in a new series highlighting unique Purdue Engineering traditions. Since 1996, Purdue Space Day has hosted more than 17,000 kids for space-themed STEM activities.

January 18, 2022

For more than 25 years, ME students have learned how to use the machine shop by making their own small hammer. Now, students have introduced a new design to bring the hammer into the 21st century.

February 8, 2022

A competition for IE students asks them to answer the prompt "What does industrial engineering mean to you?" in the form of a painting. Though a cash prize is awarded, the ultimate prize serves to spice up Grissom Hall, as winners of the competition have their canvases displayed within the building.

March 1, 2022

Since at least 1966, graduating seniors in aeronautical and astronautical engineering have been designing, constructing and flying paper airplanes toward the stage at commencement.

May 6, 2022

Since its inception in 2005, the Engineering Academic Boot Camp run by the Minority Engineering Program has had nearly 400 participants.

August 19, 2022

The Industrial Roundtable career fair fulfilled a need for Purdue Engineering students when it started in 1980: Help get jobs. It's only grown since, now serving more than 10,000 students and welcoming more than 450 companies each year.

September 9, 2022