ECE Informational Open House for Prospective Graduate Students

March 9-11, 2025

The primary objective of our open house is to provide you an opportunity to learn about the opportunities and resources available for ECE graduate study at Purdue. We have also scheduled activities of a social nature, so that you can meet faculty, current ECE graduate students, and fellow prospective graduate students in a relaxed setting.

Important note:

  • As you will be walking around campus to various events, please be sure to dress for the weather. It is still cold in Indiana in early March. Check the weather forecast for West Lafayette here.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call the ECE Graduate Office at 765-496-6162 or email Matt Golden at goldenm@purdue.edu.  

Next step: Click the online registration link below to register for our open house. Registration is open from February 1-March 2, 2025. We strongly encourage you to register early to ensure your lodging selection.

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Open House Schedule

Sunday, March 9

Check in at the Union Club Hotel, 201 North Grant Street, West Lafayette, IN 47906.

5:30 - 7:00 PM ET

Campus tour, departs from Union Club Hotel lobby

7:00 - 9:00 PM ET

Student Mixer: Bowling and Pizza, Union Rack and Roll, Purdue Memorial Union, Ground Floor

  • A fun time with current students for bowling, pool, and pizza. This will be a great time to begin to get a feel for the environment for Purdue ECE students and develop some lasting relationships.

Monday, March 10

8:00 AM ET

Breakfast, MSEE, Room 112

  • A continental breakfast will be available.

8:30 AM ET

Welcome and program overview

  • Monday’s agenda will start out with a few opening remarks from Milind Kulkarni, Interim ECE Head, and a brief program overview by Vijay Gupta, Interim Associate Head for Graduate and Professional Programs.

9:15 - 11:15 AM ET

Area presentations, tours, and meetings, Sessions 1, 2, & 3 (in parallel)

  • Each research area will provide valuable information regarding research and facilities in their area. We have tried to avoid conflicts by scheduling only distantly-related areas at the same time. We recommend that you attend as many of these area presentations as you can, so that you can learn about the breadth of opportunities available for graduate study in ECE.
  1. Power and Energy Devices & Systems: Wang Hall, Room 1004
  2. Fields and Optics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology, with faculty and labs located in BHEE, MSEE and Wang Hall: MSEE Building, Room 289
  3. Communications, Networks, Signal and Image Processing: MSEE, Room 112

11:15 AM ET

Meet in the Max W Brown Atrium in MSEE to walk to lunch

  • An excellent chance to chat with faculty members and ECE graduate program staff.
  • Lunch is from 11:30 AM to 12:45 PM in the John Purdue Room, Marriott Hall

1:00 - 3:00 PM ET

Area presentations, tours, and meetings, Sessions 4, 5, & 6 (in parallel)

  1. Computer Engineering: MSEE, Room 112
  2. Microelectronics and Nanotechnology, Fields and Optics, with faculty and labs located in the Birck Nanotechnology Center: Birck Nanotechnology Center, Lobby
  3. Automatic Control: MSEE Building, Room 289

3:30 - 5:30 PM ET

Area presentations, tours, and meetings, Session 7

  1. VLSI and Circuit Design, MSEE, Room 112

7:00 - 9:00 PM ET

Dinner and entertainment, West Faculty Lounge, Purdue Memorial Union Second Floor

  • The dinner will provide another opportunity to socialize with faculty, staff, and current graduate students. Casual attire is appropriate.

Tuesday, March 11

8:30 AM ET

Breakfast, MSEE, Room 112

  • A continental breakfast will be available.

9:00 - 10:00 AM ET

Student panel discussion, MSEE, Room 112

  • This is a great opportunity to ask current ECE graduate students about what our program and life at Purdue University is really like! By design, no faculty or staff will be in attendance. Continental breakfast will be provided.

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET

Graduate Research Symposium, MSEE Atrium and MSEE Room 180

  • A poster session with current ECE graduate students to display and discuss their research.

12:00 PM ET

Lunch, MSEE, Room 112

  • Stop by to grab a boxed lunch to go or eat lunch with other attendees and graduate staff. This is the final open house event.

Hotel and Travel Information

Hotel

You will be staying at the Union Club Hotel, located in the Purdue Memorial Union on the Purdue campus at 201 North Grant Street, West Lafayette, IN 47906. Check-in begins at 3:00 PM, but the hotel is extremely flexible for those who will be arriving earlier. Please keep in mind that Purdue University is on Eastern Time.

An open house information packet will be provided to you at the desk when you check in. You do not have to contact the hotel about your reservation, we will do that for you. Visit the website for hotel details: Union Club Hotel

Travel

Flying: Purdue is accessible from the Indianapolis and Chicago O'Hare international airports.

Indianapolis International Airport (code: IND) is serviced by most major airlines and their partner airlines. Ground transportation to Purdue from the Indianapolis International Airport includes:

Chicago O'Hare International Airport (code: ORD) is located approximately 140 miles north of Lafayette-West Lafayette and is approximately a three-hour drive from the airport to Purdue. Ground transportation direct from the airport to campus is available through these shuttle services:

Driving: If you will be driving to the open house, you will park in the Grant Street Parking Garage at 120 N. Grant Street, West Lafayette, Indiana. The Union Club Hotel will provide you a parking pass.

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