Purdue University and ASML, a leading supplier to the semiconductor industry, have expanded their longstanding partnership by signing a research and development partnership intended to advance semiconductor innovation.

Purdue University's College of Engineering honored its current and future graduate students through a series of impactful events this spring.

In the span of four days, Sam Budagher lost everything. He lost his Reserve Officers' Training Corps scholarship. He lost his position on the wrestling team. And he lost his maternal grandmother. That could have been the end of his college years at Purdue University. And it almost was. After all, he was only in his first year.

When Oliver Juarez found out he'd been accepted to Purdue University after applying to 15 colleges through a nonprofit program, he freaked out. The 18-year-old didn't just freak out because he got in. Juarez is the first in his family to go to college. And the first from his small Texas high school to attend Purdue.

Purdue saved Marek Gibson. "I was in a rough place," he said. "If I didn't have Purdue, I don't think I would have made it through that time as well as I did."

For Brenna Losch, Figuring out her specific engineering major was a challenge. During her first year at Purdue, she changed her intended engineering major multiple times. She eventually learned about industrial engineering at an information session, drawn to the field's focus on finding efficiencies and reducing waste.

For as long as she could remember, Alyssa Brewer wanted to go to Purdue University. Growing up in foster care near Fort Wayne, she wasn't sure that would ever be possible.

Assistant professor Nak-seung Patrick Hyun continues to advance microrobotics by applying his expertise in aerodynamics and control systems to problems like RoboBee's landing instability.

Among the Purdue faculty in Indianapolis is Chris Finch, site director of the Purdue Motorsports Engineering Program and professor of professional practice in the School of Mechanical Engineering. Professor Finch has a 30-year professional history in motorsports and got started even earlier than that — he’s been working on cars since he was eight years old. We sat down with him for a chat.

Congratulations to Purdue University researchers across all campuses and academic disciplines. They have recently received 12 patents on their intellectual property from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.