The recruitment, retention and graduation initiatives Marion Blalock introduced at Purdue were so successful that they became a template emulated by universities across the country.

Milind Kulkarni, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, chats with ECE undergraduate Sam Dlott in the College of Engineering's video series, "Office Hours."

Thomas Stahura, an interdisciplinary engineering major in the School of Engineering Education, and Purdue student Shantanu Roy are co-founders of the software development company Quasi.

The roots of the National Society of Black Engineers are in West Lafayette at Purdue University.

Don-Terry Veal Jr., a student in the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, is a pioneer in the engineering partnership between Morgan State, Purdue universities.

There were only 47 women enrolled in engineering at Purdue in 1969. By the time Beth Holloway succeeded longtime Women in Engineering Program director Jane Zimmer Daniels in 2001, the number had increased to 1,472. And the exponential increases have only continued.

Ajay Malshe, a professor of mechanical engineering, chats with ME graduate student Mikael Borge in the College of Engineering's new series, "Office Hours."

Alumnus Bill Champ (BSME ’90) found an original 1915 steam engine used in Purdue’s laboratories and is now restoring it.

As technical director of LASER PULSE, Betty Bugusu oversees the program’s research portfolio, which means she oversees the whole process of project acquisition, all the way up to implementation and close-out.

Purdue's Co-op program, run by the Office of Professional Practice (OPP) housed in the College of Engineering, started in 1954 with the first formal Co-op in mechanical engineering.