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…

Neil Armstrong proved the sky wasn’t the limit. #MoonDay As we continue to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, learn more about Boilermakers forging the American dream. ⬇️ purdue.university/4ucRoHL

July 20 is #InternationalMoonDay, the anniversary of @PurdueME alumnus Neil Armstrong's first steps on the lunar surface. This year, meet another Boilermaker who helped send humans around the Moon again for the first time in 50+ years: bit.ly/4aQ4DXL

ONLINE MASTER'S TURNED MY LIFE AROUND: Zeeshan Ahmed struggled to keep his construction company in Pakistan afloat. Then he began an Online Master's from @PurdueEngineers. Now his business is thriving, and he feels confident to build just about anything: engineering.purdue.edu/ME/News/2026/z…

Space used to be about exploration. Now it's about staying. @PurdueME's Ajay Malshe hosted the first-ever undergraduate class on In-Space Manufacturing — where teams designed factory concepts for nuclear power, pharmaceuticals and semiconductors. purdue.university/4gAabcA

We're thrilled to welcome more than 600 researchers to @LifeAtPurdue for the @HerrickLabs Conferences, which have served as one of the world's largest HVAC & refrigeration conferences since 1972: chpb.engineering.purdue.edu/herrick-confer…

Congratulations to Jimmy Kenyon (MSE '98), chosen by @NASA to be Associate Administrator for Research and Technology, one of NASA's four main directorates: nasa.gov/rtmd/ More about Jimmy: engineering.purdue.edu/ME/News/2023/j…

🌽Autonomous robots are the future of agriculture. So how can they navigate under the canopy without GPS? That's the challenge being tackled by @DaveCappelleri and his Internet of Things for Precision Agriculture: engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/AboutUs/N…

Heat pumps are efficient, but AC-DC conversion is not. So where are the DC heat pumps? In this Anthropocene Magazine story, Kevin Kircher talks about how wiring can be the overlooked problem in home electrification: anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/07/the-ov…

Victor Goldschmidt, who taught at @PurdueME from 1964-2000 and conducted HVAC research at @HerrickLabs, has passed away: jconline.com/obituaries/psb…

For amputees, wearing a prosthesis can be a game-changer — but it also can introduce painful pressure points. @PurdueEngineers have developed soft pain-free sensors that provide a more accurate picture of the interface of limb and prosthesis: engineering.purdue.edu/ME/News/2026/s…

Arvind Raman was sworn in on June 30, 2026, as the fifth under secretary of commerce for standards and technology and the 18th director of the NIST. Learn more: nist.gov/news-events/ne…

Tandralee Chetia, a PhD student at @PurdueME working with Dr. Arezoo Ardekani, was selected as one of approximately 600 young scientists worldwide to participate in the 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting: engineering.purdue.edu/ME/News/2026/t…

🏎️TRACK RECORD: @PurdueME student Sam Johnson just set a track record at Michigan's Flat Rock Speedway! Sam balances being a full-time student and full-time driver in the @CRAracing Series: engineering.purdue.edu/ME/News/2026/h…

Learn more about Purdue’s impact in a new documentary featured on @USATODAY. The university has helped transform America: preparing leaders, expanding access to education and driving discoveries that influence daily life everywhere. ⬇️ purdue.university/4oVtmzC

Congratulations to Zach Rogers, recipient of the @TauBetaPi Association Scholarship for "high scholarship, campus leadership and service, and promise of future contributions to the engineering profession" tbp.org/scholarships.c…

💧WATER XPRIZE: Desalinating seawater is becoming more and more efficient, thanks to the work of David Warsinger and his team. They are semifinalists in the worldwide @xprize Water Scarcity competition, competing for a potential prize pool of $119 million: engineering.purdue.edu/ME/News/2026/s…

When the Artemis II crew slingshotted around the moon in April 2026, it marked the first time in more than 50 years that humans made that journey. Purdue graduate Scott Tingle, NASA's chief of the Astronaut Office, reflects on the historic mission. purdue.university/3QWa28V

🤖🌊ROBOT GETS ITS SEA LEGS: Yan Gu worked with the US Navy to test a humanoid robot walking on the deck of a ship at sea. Even at 20 knots in choppy conditions, the robot could walk with ease, pick up boxes, and perform other tasks: engineering.purdue.edu/ME/News/2024/h…

⚔️CAST IN STEEL: @PurdueME students are competing in a new TV show about casting, forging, and swordmaking. Their team name? "Hammer Down!" polytechnic.purdue.edu/newsroom/purdu…

🚀WHEN GRAVITY DISAPPEARS: Ajay Malshe and his team are working on a manufacturing experiment for Purdue 1, the first all-university spaceflight, launching next year on @virgingalactic: stories.purdue.edu/when-gravity-d…