Nicole Key, professor of mechanical engineering, has been appointed to the NASA Advisory Council, as part of the Aeronautics Committee.

Hundreds of Purdue Engineering students take advantage of co-ops, alternating semesters between in-classroom learning and working in industry. Now there's a new option: Learning While Working, where students work one full calendar year for a company, and still graduate on time. Greg Shaver is piloting the program with Cummins.

As Laboratory Coordinator at the world's largest academic propulsion lab, Michelle Moody has a big job. But her efforts have made Zucrow Labs a better place for everyone. Purdue's College of Engineering recently recognized Michelle with their Support and Customer Service staff award.

A team of students who used "frugal innovation" to design a device to aid Indian sanitation workers, have won the Malott Innovation Awards, given to the best senior design projects in Mechanical Engineering.

Guillermo Paniagua, professor of mechanical engineering, has received the prestigious Humboldt Research Award, and will move to Germany for six months to research at Technical University of Darmstadt.

A new partnership between Purdue University, the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR), and a consortium of minority-serving institutions is working to grow the number of underrepresented minority researchers in STEM fields.

Neera Jain, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has received the Violet Haas Memorial Fellowship from Purdue's Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence.

Look at the sesame seeds on your hamburger bun. While you might see just a topping, Edwin Kpodzro, Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering, sees the opportunity to renew an entire country. He initiated a project to help sesame farmers in South Sudan, which has expanded to include design analysis of the complex relationships between business, environment, and society in the developing world. Edwin was recently chosen to attend an international agriculture summit to help develop the project.

Purdue ME means ingenuity... even in Halloween costumes! Check out these Purdue-themed outfits created over the years by senior Joe Navarra.

What if you could create fresh water out of seawater, using the ocean's own waves as a renewable energy source? Read more about this project led by David Warsinger's team in the journal Desalination.