The 38 by 38 Award honors 38 exceptional Purdue Engineering graduates who, at 38 years of age or younger, have already demonstrated rapid professional growth, outstanding achievements and meaningful impact.

Chien-Chi Lin is a Purdue professor of biomedical engineering in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering in Indianapolis Indiana University School of Medicine focusing on creating new biomaterials for basic science and translational research, especially for therapeutically relevant areas such as type I diabetes, pancreatic cancer, and pluripotent stem cell differentiation.

Two Purdue Engineering students have been named by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF) as 2025 Astronaut Scholars — one of the nation's most prestigious merit-based scholarships for undergraduates in science, technology, engineering and math.

Seven Purdue Engineering faculty members have received National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program awards to fund projects beginning from September 2024 to August 2025.

In July, 12 Purdue Engineers received patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for their intellectual property.

New international award to honor excellence and innovation in scientific achievement, economic opportunity and global security grounded in space discovery.

Purdue University alumnus and entrepreneur Marc Hagle has been officially designated a "Private Specialist Astronaut," entering him in a new category in Purdue's Cradle of Astronauts.

Yung-Hsiang Lu, a professor in the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, assumed the role on July 1, 2025.

For the first time in history, all of Purdue's SAE racing teams have finished top 10 in one of the most challenging intercollegiate competitions in the world.

Bryan D. Huey has been selected as the next Blacutt-Underwood Head of the School of Materials Engineering. He will assume his new duties on Aug. 15.