The 2nd CoE Graduate Research Symposium will be held on April 24th, 2026 at Skyline Club at OneAmerica Tower, Indianapolis.
2026 Indianapolis Research Symposium Schedule:
| 8:55 AM/10:55 AM | WL students depart PMU/STEW |
| 10:15 AM/12:15 PM | WL students arrive to Indianapolis campus and take the shuttle to Skyline |
| 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM | Check-In |
| 12:30 PM - 1:20 PM | Presenters: Lunch and poster set-up (The View) Judges: Lunch and Judges Debrief (Lew Wallace) |
| 1:30 PM | Welcome (The View) |
| 1:40 - 3:30 PM | Poster Presentations (The View) |
| 1:40 - 2:30 PM | Oral Presentations - Professional Project Presentations (Lew Wallace) |
| 2:40 - 3:30 PM | Oral Presentations - Lightning Research Presentations (Lew Wallace) |
| 3:30 PM | Networking |
| 4:00 PM | Awards and Wrap-up |
| 5:00 PM | WL students depart Indianapolis on Campus Connect Shuttle |
No need to drive and hassle with parking! Just take the Purdue Campus Connect Shuttle Service. It is free and convenient. Download the R2U Connect app through Google Play or the Apple Store. The R2U Connect app allows shuttle riders to view the shuttle schedule and reserve a seat. Create an account using your Purdue email to ensure shuttle rides are free.
Questions?
Contact Jackie McDermott at jem@purdue.edu.
2025
Thank you to everyone who made the first Purdue Engineering Research Symposium in Indianapolis a success. Read more about the 2025 event here.
Congratulations to the 2025 Poster Winners:
Outstanding Poster Award:
- Abin Mathew, PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering (Indianapolis) student with the poster titled “RampCast Phase II: Connected Vehicles Traffic Management Application on Indiana Highways”.
- Teal Dowd, PhD Materials Engineering (West Lafayette) student and Co-presenter Patrick Cavanaugh, Research Engineer and Director of Ray Ewry Sports Engineering Center, PWL. Their poster was titled, “Device for Smart Trainer Homologation”.
People's Choice Award:
- Nafisi Rafiq, PhD Biomedical Engineering (West Lafayette) student with the poster entitled, “Antimicrobial Resistance: A Global Threat and Its Diagnostics with Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Assay”.