For her "History and Philosophy of Engineering Education" course, doctoral student Mel Chua addresses the question comic-book-style.

An ENE doctoral student, Dorie is profiled in Purdue's "5 Students Who Are Green Makers" web feature as a "sustainability steward."

NASA flight director and Interdisciplinary Engineering alum Gary Horlacher on the shuttle's last flight.

Spurred by President Obama's "100,000 Strong" initiative, an ENE professor researches how best to engage American students in research activities of their own, in China.

The Wickenden Award will be presented at the 2012 ASEE Conference to Ohland, an ENE professor; Long, director of project assessment for ENE's MIDFIELD project; and co-authors for the Journal of Engineering Education article "Race, Gender, and Measures of Success in Engineering Programs" (April 2011).

A doctoral student in ENE, Chua also teaches and coaches faculty members across the country in ways to provide their students with real-world, hands-on learning experiences.

The November 10 colloquium featured IDE alumnus Gary Horlacher (NASA shuttle flight director) and Purdue history professor Michael Smith.
Video time-stamps:
• 1961 video footage on Gagarin, Shepard, Grissom, Titov: 4:38
• Dr. Michael Smith (Purdue professor of history): 9:09
• 1981-2011 shuttle-era video footage: 30:15
• Gary Horlacher (NASA flight director): 35:05
• "Lessons Learned" + Q&A: 55:00

A look at how engineering education research can be expanded into the industrial setting.

Join us on November 10, 3:30 p.m., in the Armstrong Hall atrium for this inaugural Interdisciplinary Engineering colloquium.

The PECASE Award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers beginning their independent careers.

Yuxiang Wang, PhD, ENE's International Student Experience Advisor and an academic advisor, is the co-editor of the new book "Minority Students in East Asia: Government Policies, School Practices, and Teacher Responses" (Routledge, 2011).

Cox is one of four experts participating in a September 26 panel and announcement at the White House on "Workplace Flexibility Policies for American Scientists and Their Families."