Engineering Education, now in its sophomore year, continues its trendsetting pace. ENE was the first in the nation to establish an academic department dedicated to the scholarly pursuit of engineering education and the first to establish graduate programs in engineering education—11 graduate students joined the department for the fall 2005 semester. Now, true to its pioneering nature, ENE has welcomed three leading scholars to its faculty.

In a proactive response to the national challenge for engineering education reform, the Department of Engineering Education (ENE) at Purdue University hosted the inaugural “Engineering Education Research Advance” on April 29, 2005. ENE faculty and other leading researchers in engineering education gathered in Lafayette, Indiana, to review the national landscape in engineering education research and identify challenges and opportunities. The day culminated in defining major research thrusts for Purdue’s Department of Engineering Education.

Purdue's Board of Trustees gives ENE faculty member Heidi Diefes-Dux the nod and promotes her to associate professor.

The Academy provides leadership for the improvement of undergraduate, graduate, and outreach teaching. Diefes-Dux, associate professor of engineering education, was selected for demonstrating excellence in teaching and identifying and solving a problem within education.

The National Academy of Engineering awards Leah Jamieson and Bill Oakes, ENE faculty, along with Ed Coyle, professor of electrical and computer engineering, the 2005 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education for their work on the Purdue Engineering Projects in Community Service Program (EPICS).

The National Academy of Engineering elects Leah Jamieson, Ransburg Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and ENE courtesy faculty member, to the academy for innovations in integrating engineering education and community service.

The Indiana Commission of Higher Education unanimously approves offering three new degrees from the Department of Engineering Education--a master of science degree, a master of science in engineering education, and a doctoral degree.

ENE gears up to launch more programs that prepare students to teach engineering at the K-12 level, and the October 2004 Prism takes note.

ENE and its future home in the Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering get the limelight in this front page Indianapolis Star article, which hit the stands on Homecoming 2004.