Steve Katsaros (BSME '96) founded Nokero, a company that makes solar-powered portable lights, eliminating the need for dangerous kerosene lanterns in developing countries. In this Purdue Alumni article, Steve collaborates with fellow Boilermakers to distribute his lights to Syria and other needy places around the world.

Vibrating sensors can detect biomarkers for disease in just a drop of blood. They were developed by Purdue ME faculty Jeff Rhoads, George Chiu, and Eric Nauman.

A Purdue team is working with Peloton Technology and other partners to help trucks communicate with each other, leading to increased fuel economy and safety. This team got a shout-out from The New York Times in this article about autonomous vehicles...

On December 17, 2017, Scott Tingle (MSME '88) launches to the International Space Station, becoming the 23rd Purdue graduate chosen to fly to space. Learn about how Scott achieved his lifelong dream at age 52...

Cassandra Alston-Childs was captain of the Purdue Women's Basketball team in 1987. Now she is COO of Bridgewater Interiors, a $2 billion company. Read more about her and our other Outstanding Mechanical Engineers...

Congratulations to Xianfan Xu, just named a 2018 Optical Society Fellow! Xu studies nanoscale energy transport and laser-based nano-optics.

Dylan Lurk spent his summer interning at GE Aviation, and his fall playing trumpet for the Purdue "All-American" Marching Band! Learn more about Dylan...

This tumor-microenvironment on a chip can test cancer treatments even more accurately than testing on animal subjects. It was developed by postdoc Altug Ozcelikkale, in the lab of Purdue ME professor Bumsoo Han.

"Whenever I tell people I'm Saudi Arabian, I usually get the question 'Why Purdue?' The answer is simply the following: engineering."
Read more about international student Dina Abdulaal...

Imagine a bike share that costs just 50 cents, and helps you locate a bicycle anywhere in town with the help of a secure GPS app. That's the idea behind VeoRide, which just launched last week. Founded by Purdue ME grad Edwin Tan, VeoRide is funded by the Purdue Foundry and is currently being rolled out (so to speak!) in West Lafayette.