University art displays have the transformative power to foster community, celebrate emerging innovation, and increase positive student mental health.

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.”

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).

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.

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.

Graduate students presented, networked, and represented last month at the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors conference held at Duke University.

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.

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.

As the field of Environmental and Ecological Engineering (EEE) rises to meet the world’s sustainability challenges, Professor Xinyu Zhang is helping shape the next generation of engineers with vision, creativity, and a deep commitment to student success. An assistant professor of engineering practice in Purdue University’s EEE program, Zhang was recently named a recipient of the “Teaching for Tomorrow” (TfT) Fellowship Award—an honor that recognizes early-career faculty who exemplify excellence in teaching and mentorship.

“Today is likely a giant leap for many of us, following years of dedication and growth, but I believe that the greatest leaps are ahead of us, and one day we will look back and not see today as the destination, but as one of the small steps along our way.”
Kendrick Hardaway, Ph.D. EEE Class of 2025