2017 Favorite Photos from Purdue Engineering
Here are a few of our favorite photos of 2017 across the College of Engineering.
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Snow falling on the Purdue Engineering Fountain.
Photo: Marshall Farthing
Photo: Marshall Farthing
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Preschoolers place native plants in the ground as part of a collaborative class project between EEE495 Urban Water Projects and Bauer Family Resource Center.
YouTube Video: EEE495 Collaboration Project
Photo: Trevor Mahlmann
YouTube Video: EEE495 Collaboration Project
Photo: Trevor Mahlmann
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Toys were set out for children to test at the West Lafayette Public Library during testing for the Purdue INSPIRE’s annual Engineering Gift Guide.
Photo: Teresa Walker
Photo: Teresa Walker
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Purdue Space Day saw record attendance of 700+ school children grades 3-8 at their annual outreach event.
Read the full story on Purdue Space Day 2017.
YouTube Video: Highlights from Purdue Space Day 2017
Read the full story on Purdue Space Day 2017.
YouTube Video: Highlights from Purdue Space Day 2017
![](./2017-favorite-photos/Mung-Chiang-testing-an-INSPIRE-approved-toy.jpg)
INSPIRE’s toy testing for their annual Engineering Gift Guide brought together hundreds of engineering students and faculty — even Dean Mung Chiang!
![](./2017-favorite-photos/April-Wang-takes-measurements-at-the-Bowen-Laboratory.jpg)
Lyles School of Civil Engineering graduate student April Wang measures recently-delivered composite plate shear walls in the Bowen Laboratory.
Photo: Drew Stone
Photo: Drew Stone
![](./2017-favorite-photos/Neil-Armstrong-Hall-of-Engineering-in-September.jpg)
Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering in September.
Photo: Marshall Farthing
Photo: Marshall Farthing
![](./2017-favorite-photos/Chemical-Engineering-students-and-staff-during-a-study-abroad-trip.jpg)
Davidson School of Chemical Engineering students and staff during their two-week study abroad trip around Australia in July 2017.
Study Abroad for Chemical Engineering Students
Study Abroad for Chemical Engineering Students
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Neil Armstrong statue participating in the 2017 Solar eclipse.
Photo: Jared Pike
Photo: Jared Pike
![](./2017-favorite-photos/Students-celebrate-the-opening-of-the-Bechtel-Innovation-Design-Center.jpg)
Purdue University students celebrate the opening of the $18.5 million Bechtel Innovation Design Center, where student, staff and faculty innovators can create prototypes and other creative designs.
Read more about BIDC’s ‘magnet space’ for collaborative creativity and prototyping.
Photo: Rebecca Wilcox
Read more about BIDC’s ‘magnet space’ for collaborative creativity and prototyping.
Photo: Rebecca Wilcox
![](./2017-favorite-photos/Engineering-students-collaborate-with-student-team-from-Spain-for-Hyperloop-pod-competition.jpg)
Purdue University engineering students collaborated with a student team from Universitat Politecnica de Valencia in Spain to build Hyperloop pods, for a competition hosted by SpaceX.
YouTube Video: Purdue Hyperloop Collaboration to Revolutionize Transportation
Read the full story on the Hyperloop collaboration.
YouTube Video: Purdue Hyperloop Collaboration to Revolutionize Transportation
Read the full story on the Hyperloop collaboration.
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Jan-Anders Mansson, Distinguished Professor of Materials Engineering and Chemical Engineeringand director of the Composites Manufacturing and Simulation Center at the Indiana Manufacturing Institute.
Read the full profile on Jan-Anders Mansson.
Photo: John Underwood
Read the full profile on Jan-Anders Mansson.
Photo: John Underwood
![](./2017-favorite-photos/Scott-Tingle-launched-to-the-ISS.jpg)
Scott Tingle (MSME ’88) launched to the International Space Station in December 2017, becoming the 23rd Purdue University astronaut.
Find out more about Scott Tingle.
Photo: Trevor Mahlmann
Find out more about Scott Tingle.
Photo: Trevor Mahlmann
![](./2017-favorite-photos/a-risk-on-a-chip-device-capable-of-idententifying-breast-cancer-risk-factors.jpg)
Purdue Electrical and Computer Engineering researchers hope their new device “risk-on-a-chip” will help identify breast cancer risk factors.
Read the full story on the risk-on-a-chip technology.
Photo: Babak Ziaie
Read the full story on the risk-on-a-chip technology.
Photo: Babak Ziaie
![](./2017-favorite-photos/Prince-Ruperts-drops-are-glass-structures-resembling-tadpoles.jpg)
bit.ly/prince-ruperts-drops Prince Rupert’s drops, glass structures resembling tadpoles, can withstand the blows of a hammer and yet burst into powdery dust at the slightest touch of their threadlike tails. Now researchers understand why.
Read the full story on Prince Rupert’s drops.
YouTube Video: Prince Rupert’s Drops: 400 Year Old Mystery Revealed
Photo: Trevor Mahlmann
Read the full story on Prince Rupert’s drops.
YouTube Video: Prince Rupert’s Drops: 400 Year Old Mystery Revealed
Photo: Trevor Mahlmann
![](./2017-favorite-photos/paper-based-diagnostic-device-detects-biomarkers-and-identifies-diseases.jpg)
This new paper-based diagnostic device detects biomarkers and identifies diseases by performing electrochemical analyses, and the assays change color to indicate specific test results.
Read the full story on SPEDs.
Photo: Aniket Pal
Read the full story on SPEDs.
Photo: Aniket Pal
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We love this graduation cap featuring the Engineering Fountain, Winter 2017 Commencement
Photo: Alex Kumar
Photo: Alex Kumar