Two recent recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) have Purdue ME connections. Abigail Hunter of Los Alamos National Labs in New Mexico got her Ph.D. from Purdue in 2011, studying under Marisol Koslowski. Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio served as assistant professor at Purdue ME from 2013 to 2017, when she moved to Yale.

Former PECASE award winners include Purdue ME professors Arezoo Ardekani and Shirley Dyke.

Motorsports has a way of testing an engineer's mettle. Sure, you've worked hard and prepared all year for this -- but when everything breaks and is covered in dirt, can you fix it in 30 minutes?

Who knew that the heat transfer properties of denim could be so beautiful?

Assistant professor Chi Hwan Lee has created a tissue scaffold, able to produce 3D maps of electrophysiological activity of cells and tissues.

Purdue's student-built race cars will be on display at this Saturday's Camping World 300 race at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois.

Luize Scalco De Vasconcelos has been awarded Best Paper at the 235th Electrochemical Society Meeting in Dallas, Texas.

We all want faster smartphones and laptops, in smaller and smaller packages -- which means that heat dissipation becomes a vital part of their design. Purdue researchers have discovered that they can custom-design heat sinks for specific applications, and custom-build them using 3D printing.

Why choose Purdue ME? Here are Allison's top 5 reasons:
🏛️ Top 10 engineering school
🌎 Huge alumni network
💰 Job placement rate
🤝 Team-based learning
👋🏽 Friendly community
Read more at her Women in Engineering post.

In the "Internet of Things," the hardest part may be training the "things." Karthik Ramani's C Design Lab has developed a smartphone-based augmented reality app enabling average users to easily and visually program robots to perform real-world tasks.

Two Purdue ME alums have just been named academic vice presidents at major institutions; Larry Howell at BYU, and Rick Stamper at Rose-Hulman.