Fu Zhao, professor of Environmental and Ecological Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, recently received the Kos Ishii-Toshiba Award from The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Dr. Zhao received this award for sustained and meritorious contributions to design for manufacturing and life-cycle assessment (LCA).

Second-year MSEEE graduate student Jordan Cross received first place for her poster presentation in the Technical Talk Expo at the 49th annual National Society for Black Engineers (NSBE) Convention in Kansas City, Missouri.

EEE's Shweta Singh and 46 of Purdue's rising young faculty members received the inaugural Early Career Award, acknowledging their success as recipients of awards from federal agencies that recognize outstanding early career researchers.

Team Carbonbusters from Purdue University was selected as the Great Lakes Regional Winner in the EnergyTech University Prize. The team was awarded $3,000 for their business plan for their entry, “Removing the Barrier to Entry to Net-Zero Biofuels.”

Patrick Tiffany, Academic Advisor for Purdue Environmental and Ecological Engineering, has received a Bravo Award for his extraordinary work over the past year.

John W. Sutherland, professor and the Fehsenfeld Family Head of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering for his research contributions to environmental sustainability in manufacturing and their implementation in industry.

Reinhardt Schuhmann Jr. Professor of Materials Engineering and professor of Environmental and Ecological Engineering Carol Handwerker has been elected as a 2023 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences.

Purdue EEE professor Linda Lee was honored at the seventh annual Distinguished and Named Professorship Ceremony on Thursday, November 3, 2022 for being named a Distinguished Professor of Agronomy.

Lindsey Payne, director of service learning and assistant professor of practice in environmental and ecological engineering, and Kim Illingworth, assistant dean for learning and assessment and professor of pharmacy practice, received the inaugural Purdue Teaching Catalyst award at the annual Celebration of Teaching Excellence, presented by provost Jay Akridge.

Purdue Environmental and Ecological Engineering faculty and students had a visible presence at the 2022 Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) Conference, recently held at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.