On December 31, 2007, Keith J. Bowman will take over as head of the School of Materials Engineering. Bowman, a professor of Materials Engineering with a courtesy appointment in the Department of Engineering Education, has been with Purdue since 1988

The Annual Senior Night Banquet was held on Tuesday, April 24th at the Trails. The highlight of the night was the presentation by Joshua Haynes, Isaac Janson, John Koppes and Ryan Ostrye entitled, "Brazing of Super Alloys" and supported by General Electric."

2007 Commencement

Three MSE undergraduate students participated in the 2006 Undergraduate Research and Poster Symposium held at the Purdue Memorial Union on April 11, 2006. Jason Burbey, Kendra Erk and Mark Oliver, all undergraduates in the School of Materials Engineering, displayed the research they have been working on this year. The Colleges of Agriculture, Engineering, Science and Technology believe that research and presentation of work made up an integral part of the educational experience for the undergraduate student at Purdue University.

A special honorary dinner was held for Professor Mysore Dayananda, Professor of Materials Engineering, Purdue University, in conjunction with the symposium �Multicomponent/Multi-Phase Diffusion.

MSE would like to welcome several new faculty members.

Our very own Karen Lynch has been given a TMS Scholarship Award in the Structural Materials Division. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society will present Karen with her award with a complimentary trip to the annual TMS meeting.

Each year, the Purdue Student Engineering Foundation conducts a fundraising effort across our graduating seniors seeking pledges from those graduating to be collected at a later date. MSE's fundraising effort has continued to prove that just because Materials Engineering is small is no reason to count them out. For the third year in a row, MSE has achieved highest honors by winning both the Highest Average Pledge award and the Highest Percent Participation award.