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September 16, 2025
Expanding Environmental and Ecological Engineering Roots to Build World Impact at Kimley-Horn
Abby Fouts Abigail Fouts LinkedIn Profile, a rising senior in Environmental and Ecological Engineering EEE Program (EEE), is expanding her strong School of Sustainability Engineering and Environmental Engineering SEE (SEE) roots as a Water Resources Engineering Intern at Kimley-Horn Kimley Horn.
August 29, 2025
Vibrant Community Art Exhibition Celebrates Creativity and Imagination - Application Deadline September 5, 2025
University art displays have the transformative power to foster community, celebrate emerging innovation, and increase positive student mental health.
July 17, 2025
The Persistent Pursuit of Sustainability: Professor Fu Zhao
If you find yourself interested in industrial sustainability or life cycle assessment and want to find an expert, you may come across Fu Zhao’s website. Front and center is a quote from Immanuel Kant: “Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the oftener and more steadily we reflect on them: the starry heavens above and the moral law within.”
July 10, 2025
Michael L. Foster, Senior Advisor in Global Health, Safety, and Environment at Eli Lilly and Company, Joins EEE's External Advisory Council
Purdue Environmental and Ecological Engineering (EEE) is pleased to welcome Michael L. Foster (Mike) to the EEE External Advisory Council (EAC). Mike is a Senior Advisor in Global Health, Safety, and Environment at Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly).
June 26, 2025
Aligning with Nature: Spencer LaBelle's Mission in Environmental Consulting
Spencer LaBelle, a Senior Project Professional at SCS Engineers, doesn’t have a traditional engineering degree, and he’s proud of it. LaBelle is a 2015 graduate of Purdue's Environmental and Ecological Engineering (EEE) program, one of the first graduating classes of EEE. When he began at Purdue University, EEE was just establishing itself within the College of Engineering.
June 19, 2025
Lindsey Payne takes on new title of Clinical Associate Professor of Practice in Environmental and Ecological Engineering
It’s a busy day at Purdue University. Graduate students are researching, facilities staff are cleaning, classrooms are buzzing, professors are lecturing, sports teams are practicing, and Lindsey Payne is planning. Dr. Lindsey Payne, newly promoted to Clinical Associate Professor of Practice in Environmental and Ecological Engineering, often finds herself behind the scenes as a perpetuator of EEE projects, university initiatives, and personal passions.
June 10, 2025
AEESP Conference 2025
Graduate students presented, networked, and represented last month at the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors conference held at Duke University.
June 6, 2025
Purdue University Launches School of Sustainability Engineering and Environmental Engineering to Meet Growing Industry Demand
Purdue University today announces the launch of the School of Sustainability Engineering and Environmental Engineering (SEE), a bold new leap approved by the Board of Trustees to meet urgent industry demand for technically skilled talent. Effective July 1, 2025, SEE will be the first program of its kind to integrate the technical side of sustainability and environmental engineering.
June 3, 2025
Graduate Student Zhu Zhu Awarded Uffman Fellowship for Pioneering Work in Battery Sustainability
Zhu Zhu, a graduate student in Purdue University’s Environmental and Ecological Engineering (EEE) program, has been awarded the Uffman Fellowship to aid his research in sustainable energy systems and battery recycling.