Lexy Ackerman, 2018 MDE Visual Design Engineering, is a mechanical engineer for BorgWarner, Inc. She is working with a team on inverters for all-electric and hybrid vehicles. It’s Lexy’s new venture, alongside her career as a practicing engineer, that led us to this conversation.

Learn about a new podcast featuring thought leaders in online learning.

Without theme parks open due the Covid-19 pandemic, gaining experience through job internships was all but impossible last summer for students pursuing careers in the live entertainment industry.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Exploring the design of online instruction to support and engage learners with Dr. Ruth Wertz, Valparaiso University

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.

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.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Driving innovation for students at the intersection of engineering and entertainment is the mission of a new interdisciplinary center at Purdue University.

This year’s Purdue University Engineering Gift Guide delivers an opportunity to delve into a world that cultivates learning while simultaneously providing an entertainment value.

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.

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.

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?