September 26, 2016
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September 26, 2016
Multidisciplinary Engineering Student Places in Lake Max Film Fest
Kimani Whitsey won 2nd place in this year’s sixth annual Lake Max Film Fest held this past weekend in Culver, Indiana.
September 26, 2016
Research to Practice: Dr. Mary Pilotte
Dr. Mary Pilotte was featured last week as a luncheon speaker for the Association for Women in Communications, who meet monthly at the YWCA in Lafayette. Members include many from the banking industry, Purdue University Marketing and Media, and small business owners in the greater Lafayette area.
July 13, 2016
'Freeform Classroom' could counter engineering’s sophomore slump
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – New research aims to measure the effectiveness of a teaching approach that allows students in challenging engineering courses to access hundreds of instructional videos and animations while encouraging interaction with each other and faculty online.
June 20, 2016
Study focuses on use of instructional videos to aid problem solving
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – New research aims to help educators quantify how the best students perform problem solving with the aid of instructional videos, a step toward learning how to better coach students in difficult engineering curricula.
May 13, 2016
Suzi Coolbaugh-Walker Receives 2016 McDowell Award
ENE's Richard W. McDowell Best Counselor Award was presented to Suzi Coolbaugh-Walker (right) on May 12, 2016 for excellence in advising first-year engineering students.
April 28, 2016
2016 ENE Outstanding Alumni and Student Honorees
It is of great honor that we introduce this year's Outstanding Alumni Honoree, Holly Simmons,1998 graduate from the Interdisciplinary Engineering Program (IDE). Holly used what she gained from Purdue’s Interdisciplinary Engineering program to make a positive difference in her chosen field and the millions of users whose lives have been enriched by the products that she has developed and marketed along her path. She is an excellent example of just what our students can accomplish when they combine an interdisciplinary outlook with a drive to contribute to the world around them.
November 17, 2015
Engaging children in engineering
In classrooms across the United States, children increasingly study engineering along with science and mathematics — partly because engineering is one cornerstone of the Next Generation Science Standards, released in 2013 and now being implemented in many states.
November 11, 2015
Professor Tamara Moore participates in national STEM education events
Tamara Moore, associate professor in the School of Engineering Education, will take part in a panel discussion during the Next Generation STEM Learning for All forum today (Nov.10).
November 4, 2015
Several engineering education projects earn NSF grants
Millions in grant money from the National Science Foundation underline a new breadth of educational research at Purdue University.
November 2, 2015
Engineering Education Research Presented at 2015 Frontiers in Education Conference
Many of our faculty and graduate students traveled to El Paso last week to share their latest research in engineering education. The conference, Frontiers in Education (FIE), is an international platform sponsored by the IEEE Computer and IEEE Education Societies as well as the ASEE Educational Research and Methods Division. Associate Professor Senay Purzer served as co-chair for the conference. Assistant Professor Joyce Main received the 2015 FIE New Faculty Fellowship Award. Congratulations to Joyce!
September 1, 2015
ENE PhD Student "Breaking Barriers" in Native Alaska: Update on Dr. Michele Yatchmeneff
Michele Yatchmeneff, PhD student in the School of Engineering Education (ENE), is one of two Alaskan Natives to begin a tenure-track in engineering at the University of Alaska Anchorage this fall.
June 12, 2015
ENE professor shares NSF Innovation Corps for Learning (I-Corps™ L) experience
When Tamara Moore, associate professor in the School of Engineering Education (ENE), first heard about the Innovation Corps for Learning (I-Corps™ L) program through the National Science Foundation (NSF), she realized it could be just what she needed to put her research findings into the hands of teachers.
May 20, 2015
Engineering honors students tackle a Grand Challenge
First-Year Engineering (FYE) students enrolled in ENGR 142: Honors Creativity and Innovation in Engineering Design II this spring had a moon mission.
May 18, 2015
Purzer accepted to Entrepreneurial Leadership Academy
Senay Purzer, assistant professor in the School of Engineering Education (ENE), is one of approximately a dozen Purdue faculty members selected for a yearlong fellowship program.
