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November 9, 2023

Why Engineering Education?

The field of engineering is constantly changing – influenced by the emergence of new technologies, as well as advancements in practice and methodology. In a field defined by change, engineering educators play an essential role preparing students for the challenges they will face and helping practicing engineers stay current. Purdue ENE's Audeen Fentiman talks about how Purdue’s online Master of Science in Engineering Education provides interested professionals with the tools they need to become effective and engaging engineering educators.
November 2, 2023

Purdue explores how work and study abroad programs impact engineering students after graduation

Do global study and work abroad programs really make a difference for engineering students and, if so, how? An NSF award will allow Purdue ENE Assistant Professor Kirsten Davis to partner with the Office of Professional Practice on a study to gain new insights into global career outcomes in engineering, the nature of global engineering work, and the ways in which engineers engage in lifelong global learning.
October 10, 2023

NSF CAREER Award looks at how play impacts engineering aspirations

A Purdue ENE assistant professor is studying how interaction with Legos and other building toys may help to enhance the spatial skills and shape the early engineering identities of young children. Ruth Wertz' National Science Foundation-funded project will use building toys such as Lego sets to examine the interactions between participants' expressed attitudes, family environment, and observed play behaviors.
September 1, 2023

NSF funds Purdue ENE work to optimize learning and engagement in large lecture STEM courses

An interdisciplinary team continues to investigate ways to enhance student learning and engagement in large lecture STEM courses. With NSF funding, Purdue ENE's Muhsin Menekse and colleagues from Purdue Polytechnic, the Department of Psychology, Google, and the University of Pittsburgh are developing and optimizing CourseMIRROR, a digital learning system that enables students to reflect in-situ via mobile devices, and helps instructors to capture the gist of reflections effectively via natural language processing.
August 15, 2023

Purdue ENE Interim Head Ed Berger concludes his term with the Indiana Commission for Higher Education

Serving as the only faculty representative for the past two years on the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, Purdue ENE's Interim Head Edward Berger recently concluded his term. As a strong advocate for students and faculty at Indiana’s institutions, he brought to the commission his passion for classroom engagement as well as facilitated opportunities for experts to share best practices.
August 1, 2023

Purdue ENE works with READI program to develop a talent pipeline for the semiconductor industry

Purdue ENE Associate Professor Morgan Hynes co-organized a program this summer with Ivy Tech to boost high school students' interest in the semiconductor industry. 55 Greater Lafayette area high school students spent two weeks learning how to train on integrated chip fabrication, build a wearable sensor and program a robot, and design and fabricate their own printed circuit boards to measure the state-of-charge of a battery, and solder electronic components onto the boards.
May 12, 2023

New NEH-funded program to better integrate the humanities and engineering

Purdue engineering students will get the chance to explore the liberal arts through experiential learning opportunities and invited speakers thanks to a new National Endowment for the Humanities-funded program aimed at better integrating the humanities and engineering. Purdue ENE Assistant Professor Kirsten Davis and colleagues from SLA and GEARE are developing the program, which will include three new courses: Humanities-Informed Engineering Projects; Engineering in a Global Context; and Technology, Science, and Humanities.
October 24, 2022

2022 Outstanding Alumni and Fall Celebration

It is with great pleasure to present our 2022 recipients of the Engineering Education Outstanding Alumni Award, John Babb, Tamara Moore, and Roger Shively, graduates of the former Division of Interdisciplinary Engineering (now part of the School of Engineering Education).
September 19, 2022

IDE’s first class ‘truly the pioneers every step of the way’

In 1972, twenty-one seniors graduated from Purdue University with an undergraduate degree in Interdisciplinary Engineering through the Division of Interdisciplinary Engineering Studies (IDE). They were the first to have such a degree in the world. This week, we celebrate their golden anniversary and the program that has doubled both in size and degree options.
August 23, 2022

Lee's Story: Aspiring to Improve Emergency Medic Technology

"I'm an EMT and First Responder. Can I help?" Those words came from First-Year Engineering student Lee Haglid from Ridgewood, New Jersey, who knew exactly what to do when classmate Aytaj Aslanli was injured by a fallen tree branch last week. Lee jumped into action and helped Aytaj until Purdue paramedics arrived on the scene.
June 29, 2022

Joyce Main Receives Top Honors for Best Paper at ASEE Annual Conference

Dr. Joyce Main, Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University, and colleague Allison Griffith from Wake Forest University were awarded top honors this week for their American Society for Engineering Education paper, "The Impact of Math and Science Remedial Education on Engineering Major Choice, Degree Attainment, and Time to Degree."
June 29, 2022

Dr. Phil Wankat Receives 2022 ASEE Lifetime Achievement Award in Engineering Education

In preparation for this award, Dr. Bill Oakes, 150th Anniversary Professor, Director of the EPICS Program, and Professor of Engineering Education, shared with us his rationale statement written for Phil's nomination. While there are numerous supporting letters detailing his mentorship and innovative work, we asked Dr. Oakes if we could share his rationale with our readers, as it explains what a lifetime of achievements looks like for a much deserving individual.
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