The Purdue GEARE program is the most comprehensive global engineering training program in the U.S. Through GEARE, Purdue Engineering students enhance their ability in a foreign language, study abroad, complete global design team projects, improve their intercultural competency through focused seminar courses, and gain work experience through domestic and global work experiences.

This past summer, 21 rising Purdue freshman spent two weeks in China under the Short Term Engineering Program Abroad (STEP-Abroad), a collaboration this year between the school of Engineering Education and the office of Global Engineering Programs and Partnerships (GEP2).

Mechanical Engineering senior Reshma Sudhesh participated on GEP2’s first cohort of Summer Undergraduate Research in Global in Engineering (SURGE)-Uniandes, a brand new summer research program with one of our key university partners in Colombia, Universidad de los Andes. Read what she shared with us about her experience below.

Thanks to two related I2D Lab projects, former street youths in rural Kenya are preparing for professional careers and area communities are gaining economic boosts. Teams lead by Jennifer DeBoer, PhD, assistant professor of engineering education and (by courtesy) mechanical engineering, and John Lumkes, PhD, professor of agricultural and biological engineering, are collaborating to bring engineering principles, techniques and tools to the Tumaini Innovation Center in the Kenyan city of Eldoret. The surrounding region also is benefiting, and expansion plans are underway.

GEPP Ambassador and AAE student Sam Albert has been selected for the inaugural class of the Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship Program, a new summer internship and executive mentorship program inspiring the next generation of commercial spaceflight leaders.

Hello! My name is Marcela Cruz Haces and my husband, Enrique Aldana, and I, are both Ph.D. students at Purdue University.

Over 420 engineering students will be studying abroad or working on research this summer in 25 countries covering 5 continents.

Purdue University’s Center for Intercultural Learning, Mentorship, Assessment, and Research (CILMAR) recognized GEP2 for its efforts in developing on and off-campus Global Competence Initiatives.

Kalika Lacy became the first student with disabilities to participate in an Engineering Study Abroad trip when she joined eight other students on a journey to Jamaica over Winter Break.

The challenges are daunting, but opportunities to transform the way things work are abundant and Purdue Engineering people are well-equipped to make a difference. In the balance are lives — of babies, new mothers, and those affected by disasters.