Purdue Mechanical Engineering

🏆BIG NEWS! @LifeAtPurdue is the #1 Mechanical Engineering program in the country over the last 5 years, according to @ScholarGPS: engineering.purdue.edu/ME/News/2026/p…

Ashwin Ramachandran’s MicroNano Lab uses mechanical and biological processes at the micro- and nanoscale to solve problems in human health and sustainability: micronanolab.org

New research from Emre Gunduz: additive manufacturing of high-strength aluminum alloys using liquid metal jet printing: doi.org/10.1007/s11661…

❄️HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SPRING BREAK

🎶We're getting the band back together! Ten Minutes of Talent brings musical performances to the @PurdueME Atrium on Friday, March 27. We are currently looking for performers; sign up at purdue.edu/ME/TenMinutesO…

🥧PI DAY: Tomorrow is Pi Day (3/14) but we're celebrating early! Come to the @PurdueME Atrium from 10:00-12:00 to get some free pie (while supplies last!) purdueme.com/event/free-foo…

🏁DIGITAL DAYTONA: The students of @LifeAtPurdue's Sim Racing Club entered multiple cars into @iRacing's virtual 24 Hours of Daytona event — enduring a full day of wheel-to-wheel contact, exhaustion, and at the checkered flag, elation: engineering.purdue.edu/ME/News/2026/p…

The Excellence in Manufacturing and Operations Conference in June 2026 brings together leaders from industry, academia, and government to explore Manufacturing at the Crossroads of America. Submit a paper, register, and learn more about plenary speakers: engineering.purdue.edu/XMO-conference

DEADLINE THIS FRIDAY! @PurdueME scholarship recipients each received an average of $3,000 last year. It takes just 15 minutes to apply, entirely online. Don't turn down free money! Apply today! purdue.edu/ME/scholarships

Sofia Velarde, one of seven @PurdueEngineers Fellows graduating this year, distinguished herself by leading the Purdue Lunabotics team to an award-winning finish at Cape Canaveral: engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/Academics…

🍺NO FREE SAMPLES: It's @AnheuserBusch Day at @PurdueME! Learn about joining America's best-loved brewery. Recruiting in the Atrium 12:00-5:00, then info session at 5:30 in ME1130: purdueme.com/event/anheuser…

⏰REMINDER: #DaylightSavingTime begins this weekend, so crank those clocks forward one hour on Saturday night!

Two of our recent PhD graduates, Andrea Felicelli and Orlando Rivera Gonzalez, are now tenure-track faculty at University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (@uprm): engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/Academics…

Congrats to Eckhard Groll, who received a Focus Award for outstanding contribution to disability accessibility. He led the charge to renovate the 100-year-old Mechanical Engineering Building with new elevators, restrooms, ramps, and 100% accessibility: purdue.edu/vpec/ocr/acces…

GLOBAL BITES! For #WomensHistoryMonth, we are offering free snacks from women-owned businesses. Come to the @PurdueME Atrium today from 10:00-12:00 (while supplies last!) purdueme.com/event/global-b…

Meghna Iyer’s future is up in the air — and that’s a good thing! This senior at @PurdueME brings her experience as former jump roping champion to help spread the joys of jumping on Purdue’s campus: engineering.purdue.edu/ME/News/2025/m…

💧GOOD BATCH: David Warsinger (@WarsingerLab) has pioneered water desalination systems that are much more energy efficient by processing water in batches, rather than continuously: nawihub.org/from-whiteboar…

It's @SharkNinja Day at @PurdueME! Learn more about joining their pioneering work in small household appliances. 11:00-2:00, ME Atrium: purdueme.com/event/sharknin…

@LifeAtPurdue has a record nine @FulbrightPrgrm Scholars this year, including Huidan (Whitney) Yu, who traveled to Brazil to conduct collaborative research in fluid dynamics: engineering.purdue.edu/ME/News/2025/w…

🏁As spring approaches, some @LifeAtPurdue students are looking forward to getting back on the track! Drew Szuch clinched the 2025 co-championship in the Ligier Junior Formula Championship — all while taking classes from Purdue University in Indianapolis: engineering.purdue.edu/ME/News/2025/d…

2025 was a banner year for Zucrow Labs, the world's largest academic propulsion lab. Check out all the highlights in the Zucrow Labs Annual Report: engineering.purdue.edu/Zucrow/about-u…