In April, the Michigan Technological University Board of Trustees elected Purdue IE alumnus Richard J. Koubek as the University’s 10th president. Koubek succeeded President Glenn D. Mroz on July 1, 2018.

In Purdue IE’s “Alumni Spotlights” video series, alum Dennis Clark (BSIE 1972) talks about how Purdue IE prepared him well for his career at Eli Lilly & Co. and for starting his own consulting business.

During the 2018 Undergraduate Research Conference, Purdue University Archives and Special Collections awarded an IE student first place for her archival research poster about Indiana’s state song.

A new manufacturing technique uses a process similar to newspaper printing to form smoother and more flexible metals for making ultrafast electronic devices.

Everyday permanent markers, glue sticks and packing tape may offer a surprisingly low-tech solution to a long-standing nuisance in the manufacturing industry: Making soft and ductile, or so-called "gummy" metals, easier to cut.

Purdue IE alum Aslanbek Xembayev (BSIE 2016) is featured in a College of Engineering GlobalMakers article, part of a series about international engineering students who have succeeded at Purdue and beyond.

Purdue researchers have created a simple, low-cost, and non-invasive strategy to wirelessly monitor open wound status.

Five undergraduate IE students interned this summer at TVS Motor Company in Bangalore and Hosur, India, from May 5-26. The group of nine students also included three graduate students from the Krannert School of Management and one graduate student from Purdue Polytechnic.

In Purdue IE’s “Alumni Spotlights” video series, Crosly & Associates’ David Hornthal (BSIE 2002, MSIE 2003) talks about how Purdue Industrial Engineering prepared him well - both inside and outside the classroom - for his career and current position.

High-ability children think big thoughts! Ramses Martinez, assistant professor of industrial engineering and biomedical engineering, used a spherical rolling robot and wireless power transfer module to teach elementary students during Purdue’s Gifted Education Resource Institute (GERI) Super Summer.

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Patients with dementia and other neural diseases show physical symptoms such as stumbling and confusion, but identifying the problem isn’t as simple as taking an X-ray. A group of researchers at Purdue University are designing data-driven tools that will help clinicians better understand the progression of neurodegenerative diseases by identifying and tracking changes in the brain.

A Purdue IE professor is part of a new Purdue University College of Engineering center established to seek the foundational design principles that underlie resilient systems.

A group of Purdue University students, including two Purdue IEs, has created a new statement to promote collaboration among the many different cultures and backgrounds represented on campus.

The Regenstrief Foundation recently renewed its financial support for Purdue’s Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering (RCHE). The $10 million commitment was announced in May 2018 and supports RCHE from 2019 to 2024.