2019 News
February 22, 2019
ASEE bestows highest division honor to Moser for professional development work
Julayne M. Moser, director of Academic Affairs for Purdue Online-College of Engineering, was presented the Joseph M. Biedenbach award for Distinguished Service from the Continuing Professional Development Division (CPD) of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).
February 19, 2019
Oakes honored with state community engagement award
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education on Feb. 13 selected William Oakes, of the College of Engineering, as one of only two recipients of the 2019 Gerald Bepko Faculty Community Engagement Grant Award.
February 19, 2019
Center for Resilient Infrastructures, Systems, and Processes (CRISP) to host NSF Grand Challenges Workshop
Purdue Engineering’s Center for Resilient Infrastructures, Systems, and Processes (CRISP) will host an NSF-sponsored Grand Challenges in Resilience Workshop on March 20 and 21 on the Purdue campus.
February 19, 2019
Gambaros' transformational gift endows and names AAE's graduate program
A transformational gift to Purdue University’s School of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AAE) was made by alumnus Ernest Gambaro and his wife Monica to endow and name the school’s graduate program. The name — Gambaro Graduate Program of Aeronautics and Astronautics — was approved by Purdue’s Board of Trustees on Dec. 7, 2018.
February 18, 2019
Purdue Engineering Staff Members Graduate with High Degrees of Insight
The College of Engineering celebrated its staff members in a unique way on January 29, 2019, hosting a “graduation” geared more toward everyday progress and future collaborations than traditional “pomp and circumstance.”
February 13, 2019
AAE's Collicott wins STEM award from Commercial Spaceflight Federation
Steven Collicott, professor in AAE, was chosen as the Patti Grace Smith STEM Award Winner by the Commercial Spaceflight Federation in its inaugural Commercial Space Leadership Awards for his “leadership as an educator committed to scientific excellence and the expansion of knowledge for the next generation of commercial space pioneers.”
February 13, 2019
Purdue alumnus inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame
A Purdue University alumnus who created groundbreaking technologies in the field of electric power systems has been inducted into the 2019 National Inventors Hall of Fame.
February 13, 2019
ME undergrads invent leg brace with a kickstand
A comforting innovation for those suffering from a lower-body injury is moving to the market all because one Purdue student wanted to alleviate his mother’s discomfort as she recovered from a leg injury.
February 13, 2019
MSE's Wilker featured on TED for research on sea creatures' adhesiveness
What if we could harness the sticking powers of sea creatures like mussels, oysters and barnacles, which refuse to budge even on wet, stormy coastlines? Dive into the wonderful world of animals that make their own glue and cement with scientist Jonathan Wilker — and preview some of the amazing things we can learn from how they do it.