Adrianna Waterford, Purdue Engineering Student, Lives on a Sailboat While Working for NASA When Purdue materials engineering student Adrianna Waterford accepted her internship at NASA’s Langley Research Center, she knew it was the opportunity of a lifetime; she just had to find a way to make it work.

John "Jack" McKenna is used to pressure. As an electrical and computer engineering junior at Purdue - and a contestant on the Prime Video reality show "Beast Games" - he knows that high stakes, long nights and relentless challenges are giving him the ride of his life.

Nuclear engineering students Ryan Hogg and Hannah Pike were among a team of students who contributed to an influential study that explored the impact that small modular reactor technology could have in Indiana.

Many college students have a job on the side — but Drew Szuch’s job comes with trophies! As a full-time racing driver, Szuch clinched the 2025 co-championship in the Ligier Junior Formula Championship — all while taking classes from Purdue University in Indianapolis.

When the green flag drops, Sam Johnson transforms from Purdue University student to stock car racing driver — a fierce competitor whose mechanical engineering background gives him an edge on the track.

This episode features Vladimir Shalaev on the occasion of his recent election to the prestigious National Academy of Engineering. Shalaev specializes in metamaterials, materials that are designed and engineered with properties that cannot be otherwise obtained from materials in nature.

Industrial Engineering student Cathy Love Kuo transforms a 40-year tradition, launching innovative initiatives while directing one of the nation's largest student-run career fairs

University ranks No. 3 among public institutions, No. 6 overall for 2025 in key undergrad category tracked by U.S. News & World Report

Shubh Mehta, a second-year PhD student in Professor Craig Goergen's laboratory in Purdue University's Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, has been awarded the 2026 American Heart Association (AHA) Predoctoral Fellowship. The highly competitive award supports promising predoctoral researchers pursuing careers aimed at advancing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health.

In fall 2024, Pranav Ramnath's EPICS team had a gap in its schedule. And Jennifer Layton had a need. Over the next year, the EPICS team would work with Lafayette Transitional Housing Center to create Tippecanoe County Connect, an app designed to keep individuals experiencing poverty and homelessness connected to local resources.