Purdue University's Student Team MARS (Mechanisms and Robotic Systems) achieved an impressive 3rd place finish and a $5,000 prize at the What Bimanual Teleoperation and Learning from Demonstration Can Do (WBCD) competition, hosted during the 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) -- widely regarded as one of the world's leading robotics conferences.

Elnaz Ghajar-Rahimi is a fourth-year PhD candidate working on advancing imaging techniques to study disease progression and improve detection and treatment across a broad spectrum of medical conditions.

Akash Patil is a PhD candidate working in the Innovation Science Lab of Dr. Joseph Sinfield, Professor of Civil Engineering and Director, Institute for Innovation Science.

Purdue University announces the launch of the School of Sustainability Engineering and Environmental Engineering (SEE), a bold new leap approved by the Board of Trustees to meet urgent industry demand for technically skilled talent.

For the development of what are being called 'game-changing technologies with significant translational impact on the heat-treating industry,' the Purdue team will receive the College of Engineering's 2025 Faculty Excellence Award for Impact on Industry.

Qixuan Hu is a PhD candidate in the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering.

Purdue University researchers have developed an innovative, paper-based diagnostic test for rapidly detecting avian influenza, the main cause of recent high egg prices.

Satya Wagle is a PhD candidate in the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Kike Garzon-Sabogal is a PhD candidate in the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering, which trains the next generation of engineers in the best processes and materials for sustainable structures.

Xuanyu Sheng is a fifth-year PhD student in the School of Materials Engineering who wants to push the envelope around microstructure to develop new alloys with enhanced properties that can provide industry with a freer, more flexible hand in designing higher performing products.