Some 6300 undergraduates and 1800 graduate students each year take a rigorous course of study, selecting from 13 ABET accredited programs or designing their own academic program. And outside the classroom, our students race cross-country in sun-powered vehicles, test their mettle in Purdue’s Engineering Olympics (a skewed version of the Greek original), build Mini-Baja go-carts for an annual competition, organize the country’s largest student-run job fair, and more—all through 60-plus student organizations. Approximately 15 percent of our undergraduates co-op, enriching their classroom education with on-the-job experience.

Purdue finding could help develop clean energy technology

15 March 2005 - Purdue University Chemical engineers at Purdue University have made a discovery that may help to improve a promising low-polluting energy technology that combusts natural gas more cleanly than conventional methods.

Purdue researchers use enzyme to clip 'DNA wires'

01 March 2005 - Purdue University Researchers at Purdue University have attached magnetic 'nanoparticles' to DNA and then cut these 'DNA wires' into pieces, offering the promise of creating low-cost, self-assembling devices for future computers.

Purdue engineers create model for testing transistor reliability

30 November 2004 - Purdue University Researchers at Purdue University have created a 'unified model' for predicting the reliability of new designs for silicon transistors - a potential tool that industry could use to save tens of millions of dollars annually in testing costs.

Aligned nanotubes improve artificial joints

23 November 2004 - Purdue University Researchers at Purdue University have shown that artificial joints might be improved by making the implants out of tiny carbon tubes and filaments that are all aligned in the same direction, mimicking the alignment of collagen fibres and natural ceramic crystals in real bones.

'Knowledge discovery' could speed creation of new products

19 October 2004 - Purdue University Purdue University graduate student Leif Delgass reviews 'molecular orbitals' of a catalyst containing titanium as it is being used to make a plastic polymer, such as polyethylene. The interactive display is part of a system being developed at Purdue University that could dramatically speed up scientific discovery by enabling researchers to test hypotheses in real time using high-performance computing and artificial intelligence software.

System to monitor heat panels could safeguard future spacecraft

14 July 2004 - Purdue University Heat-shielding panels on future spacecraft could be constantly monitored from liftoff to landing to ensure safety, according to engineers who are developing a technique using vibration and sound measurements to detect subtle damage in a variety of structures.

Monitoring system to be integral part of future spacecraft fuel tanks

14 July 2004 - Purdue University Researchers have demonstrated how a 'structural health monitoring' system will likely be used to pinpoint damage in a new class of large metal fuel tanks for future spacecraft.

Method aims to improve aviation safety by monitoring rivets

14 July 2004 - Purdue University Commercial airliners have up to a million rivets, some of which are unavoidably created with imperfections that make them more susceptible to corrosion, leading to cracks that could result in serious failures.

New scheduling method raises efficiency of electronics recycling

14 October 2003 - Purdue University An industrial engineer at Purdue University has created a method to increase the efficiency, profitability and capacity of recycling operations for electronic products such as computers and television sets. The work also promises to open up a new area of research in a field known as scheduling.

Tiny bubbles are key to liquid-cooled system for future computers

11 April 2003 - Purdue University Purdue University researchers have made a discovery that may lead to the development of an innovative liquid-cooling system for future computer chips, which are expected to generate four times more heat than today's chips.