This semester's projects included a system to sanitize makeup brushes; an automated printer that plants seeds in biodegradable paper; and an autonomous underwater robot that carries extra oxygen tanks for scuba divers.

Issam Mudawar, Betty Ruth and Milton B. Hollander Family Professor of Mechanical Engineering, has received the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) 2019 Space Processing Award.

Morgan Fuller, a junior at Purdue ME, was chosen to attend the Forbes Under 30 Summit in Detroit, Michigan in October 2019.

Purdue University Mechanical Engineering is opening its senior design presentations to the public on Friday, December 6, 2019!

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $2.5 million grant to the Mechanical Engineering Education Research Center at Purdue (MEERCat Purdue). Collaborating with the School of Engineering Education, the center developed Freeform, a new pedagogical system for teaching mechanical engineering.

It is with deep sadness that we announce Trever Col, a senior in Mechanical Engineering, passed away on Saturday, November 23.

Lucas Allegrette, a Purdue ME undergraduate student, has won an award for his poster, "Numerical Analysis of Stick Bombs."

Taylor Lee, a Ph.D. student under Prof. Eric Nauman, has won a Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant, funding a year of study overseas. Lee will go to New Zealand to investigate the risk of rugby players developing short- and long-term neurological deficits. This integrates with her desire to improve the safety of athletes through technology and preventive safety measures.

As part of the Purdue ME class Roller Coaster Dynamics, ME student Krish Kripakaran and Civil Engineering student Dylan Ulaner built this virtual coaster called the "Giant Leap." Roller Coaster Dynamics has been taught by Jeff Rhoads and Chuck Krousgrill since 2009.

Newman Road is now closed to rebuild the old railroad bridge. Anyone visiting Zucrow Labs must take a detour through the Purdue Airport. This detour will be in place until fall 2020.