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January 27, 2021

New Episode: Live Interviews at the 50th Anniversary Celebration: Drew Mattison, Dave Meeker and Arnold Young

Ides of Engineering podcast hosts Bryce Lemert and Alex Petty talked with many alumni during the 50th Anniversary Celebration that took place in the Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering. In this episode, you'll meet Drew Mattison, Dave Meeker, and Arnold Young. True to the spirit of our program and those who pursue a degree in MDE or IDES, each share their own unique story and next giant leap.
January 22, 2021

A Tribute to Dr. Robert Montgomery

The engineering education community recently learned of the passing of Dr. Robert Montgomery. Known as “Doctor Bob” to his students, Bob wore many hats during his time in engineering at Purdue and left a deep footprint in the foundation for many programs still thriving today. You will find throughout this tribute that both figuratively and literally, his iconic hats will be how many remember him.
December 20, 2020

Stepping Up in the COVID-19 Pandemic

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and an opportunity to serve, Abhipri Mishra (IDES '19 Pre-Med), a first year medical student at the Indiana University School of Medicine, is stepping up in a big way.
December 14, 2020

Celebrating Our Graduates! Leigh Witek, theatre engineer bridging artistic vision and technical execution

Leigh Witek, a December 2020 graduate in Multidisciplinary Engineering, is joining the ranks in a new field gaining ground in both popularity and need - theatre engineering. She is one of few who have graduated with the degree concentration at the only university with an ABET-accredited program for theatre engineering. Leigh also holds a B.A. in Theatre Design and Production from the College of Liberal Arts.
December 7, 2020

Igniting a fire: Educating a new wave of engineers

Engineering is one of the four STEM pillars, and it’s gaining stature in our technological world as an essential competency for personal and societal advance. Yet many youth are not acquainted with the discipline, finding it remote and perhaps even daunting in the abstract. Our task in engineering education is to bridge that gap — to find a way to show students how relevant engineering is to their daily lives and pursuits, how interesting and gratifying the field is, and how critical it is to solving the great challenges that face the world today.
November 18, 2020

Explaining the sound of Purdue’s ‘clapping circle’

Purdue University’s chapter of the Acoustical Society of America can now explain the sound heard when someone claps at the infamous “clapping circle” on campus. Equally impressive, ASA members have proven the related theory of a Purdue acoustical engineering professor.
November 2, 2020

Join ENE for Purdue Homecoming 2020: Giant Leaps @Home!

November 9-12 is Purdue Homecoming where everyone can join in the fun @Home! The School of Engineering Education has several featured events planned during the week, including the release of INSPIRE's new Engineering Gift Guide, a research discussion on "Student Veterans in Engineering Education" and our Acoustical Engineering students talk about their findings at the Clapping Circle.
September 28, 2020

S4E28-29: Engineering Education Research Briefs with Dr. Ruth Streveler

What does it mean to be an anti-racist engineering education researcher? To help us think about that question, Dr. Ruth Streveler interviews Dr. James Holly, Jr., Assistant Professor of Urban Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education at Wayne State University in Detroit MI.
September 23, 2020

Bringing us together

We knew this semester was going to be full of challenges. Our First-Year Engineering students in the School of Engineering Education, most living independently for the first time in their lives, had nothing to compare this first semester to. They are now college students wanting to do all that they’ve heard about, like hanging out with classmates between and after classes. Yet they find themselves again in an environment where their rooms are safe for isolation – both from the pandemic and social interaction that they have craved since the spring of their senior year of high school – here on campus and in their homes attending Purdue remotely. How do we bridge the gap so our remote students feel like a college student and part of our program? How do we engage our campus students with the limitations and safety protocols in place? How do we bring us together?
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