Purdue University researchers have devised a method of 3D printing that can produce energetic materials with fine geometric features faster and with less expense than traditional methods, while also being safer and more environmentally friendly.

Not many universities have a Roller Coaster Design class! But professors Jeff Rhoads and Chuck Krousgrill have taught ME497 for a decade, using VR goggles to help students experience their own creations.

Purdue ME professors Eric Nauman and Carl Wassgren will be inducted into the University's Book of Great Teachers, which honors outstanding teaching faculty who have demonstrated sustained excellence in the classroom.

That's what Purdue ME student Heya Kaakeh learned traveling to Shanghai for a semester. Read her amazing story.

"The community here in Mechanical Engineering is really special."

Find out why Megan Hetisimer (BSME '18) loves Purdue ME, and how it helped her get a job building Ford Super Duty truck powertrains!

More Indian students attend Purdue than any other US school. Purdue gives Indian undergraduates the chance to come to the states and conduct real research with an American professor, to determine if grad school is right for them. Read about one student's experience visiting the USA.

Not many people can claim that they programmed the first humanoid robot in space. Julia Badger (BSME '03) saw her hard work pay off with Robonaut, a sleek feat of humanoid technology that flew on the International Space Station. Today, as the Project Manager for the Robotics and Intelligence for Human Spacecraft Team at NASA's Johnson Space Center, she is designing the next generation of autonomous robots that will help humans explore the solar system.

Connor Tinker, a junior at Purdue ME and planetary sciences, received a scholarship from the USRA (Universities Space Research Association). These scholarships are awarded to outstanding undergraduate students in fields of aerospace engineering and space science, who tackle challenging questions in space research and exploration, particularly astrophysics and astronomy and engineering.

Diabetes can lead to ulcers that patients don't even feel, and up to 24 percent of diabetics in the U.S. who experience them end up losing their toes, foot or leg. Purdue University researchers have developed a shoe insole that delivers targeted oxygen to help the healing process. Vaibhav Jain (MSME '17) helped to create the insole.

Andres Arrieta's research was featured in National Geographic. He discovered that the earwig's wings use origami-like folds to expand to 10 times their size. This bistability allows its wings to expand with very little mechanical effort. At Herrick Labs, Andres is working to convert this bio-inspired origami into products that are useful to humans.