After teaching at Purdue Mechanical Engineering for more than 37 years, Dr. Galen King has retired.

The School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Semiconductor Manufacturing and Advanced Packaging with core expertise in areas including thermomechanical modeling and characterization of devices and packages, semiconductor device and package fabrication, assembly process development, characterization of electronic materials, and sustainable electronics.

"Trial by fire." "Not a walk in the park." "So freakin' hard!"
Our alumni have shared with us how difficult Purdue Engineering can be. But they've also told us how it prepared them for life's challenges more than anything else.

A paper entitled "Characterization of Multistable Self-Folding Origami Architectures," written by Salvador Rojas, Katherine Riley, and Andres Arrieta, has won Best Paper Award at the 5th International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots (ReMAR 2021).

The School of Mechanical Engineering is currently seeking a tenure-track faculty member specializing in robotics, with focus on a fundamental core area (e.g., Sensors, Controls, Autonomy) as well as an application area (such as human-assistive technologies, medical or surgical devices, space exploration, or other related area).

Ivan Christov and Amy Marconnet have received a grant from NASA to analyze physical science data from the International Space Station. Their proposal focuses on filtering gas-liquid flows in microgravity, as they pertain to the life support systems on ISS.

Purdue ME's undergraduate program is #8 in the country, in the latest US News rankings. Read about all the other Purdue milestones from today's report.

From glaucoma-sensing contact lenses to pressure-sensing prosthetic hands, Chi Hwan Lee creates smart biomedical devices out of ordinary items.

The power of a dream is undeniable – but without hard work, a dream will remain just that. Lifelong racing fan Angela Ashmore (BSME '10, MSME '13) put in her work, and is now living her dream: working as an engineer for Chip Ganassi Racing’s #8 IndyCar team.

Engineering education has always been a moving target. The laws of physics don't change, but the best way to teach those physical laws varies with every generation. A recently published five-year study from Purdue University shows that mechanical engineering students thrive in a flipped classroom setting.