Griffin Laihinen (BSEEE Class of 2024) chose Purdue for a number of reasons, including its standalone environmental and ecological engineering program Not many schools have academic programs as unique and curiosity-sparking as EEE is to prospective and current students, said Griffin, in the first installment of the Faces of Purdue Engineering series this fall.

EEE faculty member Inez Hua recently brought her sustainable electronics expertise to Western Digital, joining a collaborative effort that united academia, business, and government to institute new climate action and sustainability goals for the company.

Welcome, Heather Liddell, to our multidisciplinary EEE faculty! Liddell joined Purdue University in Fall 2023 as assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering and Environmental and Ecological Engineering.

EEE faculty members are working to keep our drinking water safe. Linda Lee is measuring and remediating the presence of PFAS "forever chemicals" and Caitlin Proctor is studying bacterial contamination in indoor water systems.

Purdue Environmental and Ecological Engineering was ranked the 12th graduate program in the nation by U.S. News & World Report!

Inez Hua, Professor of Civil Engineering and Environmental and Ecological Engineering, has been selected for induction into Purdue University's Book of Great Teachers.

Congratulations to EEE's Best Senior Design Team and ALL 14 teams who applied their engineering expertise to solve real-world challenges for real clients during the 2022-2023 academic year.

Andrew Whelton, a Purdue professor of civil engineering and environmental and ecological engineering, has traveled numerous times to the sites of wildfires, where he and his students collect water samples to help guide a community on the best way to restore its water systems.

Ernest (Chip) Blatchley, Lee A. Rieth Professor in Environmental Engineering and Professor in Environmental and Ecological Engineering, has received funding from the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Department of Energy as part of a collaboration to develop next-generation personal protective equipment (PPE) that will provide protection against airborne pathogens.

EEE staff members Jess Mehr, Tammi Thayer, and Margaret Whelton have received Bravo Awards for their extraordinary work as Purdue employees over the past year.