Joseph Alford received his BS in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University in 1966. He is currently an Automation Consultant after serving in the US Navy and then retiring from a 35-year career as an Engineering Advisor at Eli Lilly and Company.

During the summer of my Professional Master's Program Experience, I opted for a fascinating Capstone project that would push the boundaries of my knowledge and skills in Pharmaceutical Engineering.

The Pharmaceutical Engineering Concentration of the Professional Master's Program (PMP) at the Purdue University Davidson School of Chemical Engineering is one of the newest graduate programs offered at Purdue University Indianapolis.

Critical rare earth element technologies from Hasler Ventures LLC and Purdue University, developed in the laboratory of ChE's Nien-Hwa Linda Wang, uses ligand-assisted chromatography for separation and purification of rare earth and other critical elements from coal, coal byproducts, ores, recycled permanent magnets and lithium-ion batteries.

Drs. Stephen Beaudoin, William Clark, Jeffrey Greeley, Vivek Narsimhan, Byron Pipes, Doraiswami Ramkrishna, Jeffrey Siirola and Brian Tackett were recognized for their outstanding teaching in the fall 2023 semester.