Chuck Krousgrill
BSME '58
Krousgrill currently serves as the Tebbe Family 150th Anniversary Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. He is a globally recognized leader in mechanical engineering and his pioneering efforts in mechanics education and skill in the classroom have earned him numerous teaching awards. Krousgrill has received more than $2 million dollars in mechanical engineering teaching development grants from the National Science Foundation, AT&T Foundation, GE Foundation, Amoco Foundation and Hewlett-Packard. Throughout his Purdue career, he has been known to be a friend of students, earning the Special Boilermaker Award, the Helping Students Learn Award and many other accolades.
He was awarded the Charles B. Murphy Teaching Award in 1994, the highest teaching award given by Purdue University. He's a three-time A.A. Potter Best Teacher Awardwinner from the College of Engineering and a seven-time selection for the H.L. Solberg Best Teaching Award from the School of Mechanical Engineering.
He has co-authored three lecture books that are currently being used in the instruction of mechanics courses in the undergraduate mechanical engineering curriculum at Purdue.
Purdue experience
Completed a five-session co-op with NASA in Huntsville, Alabama.