A Purdue team has received a $3.2 million grant from NASA's University Leadership Initiative to use optical and laser-based sensors to monitor the flow around the surfaces of hypersonic vehicles. The team includes Purdue ME professors Chris Goldenstein, Bob Lucht, and Terrence Meyer.

Joseph Pearson, heat transfer professor for 34 years at Purdue Mechanical Engineering, has passed away.

Congratulations to Sansit Patnaik, who won a design competition in Germany by optimizing the battery housing for an electric car. Sansit, a PhD student under Fabio Semperlotti, collaborated remotely with friends at RWTH Aachen University in Germany.

The 2020 pandemic has challenged our healthcare systems but it has also opened the door to a greater acceptance of virtual-clinic-visit and AI-enabled automation. What will the future of healthcare look like in the AI era? How data science and AI will shape the post-pandemic future of healthcare? Find out in this webinar hosted by Guang Lin, on Wednesday, January 27.

Eckhard Groll has been named an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineers in Scotland. IES was founded in 1857 by William Rankine.

Assistant Professor David Warsinger has received a Young Membrane Scientist Award from the North American Membrane Society. David's research focuses on the nexus of water and energy, with a specific concentration on desalination.

Creating a COVID vaccine in 10 months required scientists around the world to collaborate on a single problem -- a focused ingenuity not seen since the moon shot, says Prof. Neera Jain in Forbes.

Every year, the faculty and students of Purdue Mechanical Engineering accomplish amazing things, and 2020 was no different. Below are the most-watched stories of research, student success, and amazing alumni from each month of 2020.

Throughout the fall 2020 semester, Purdue ME faculty spoke at a number of prestigious conferences and events. You can now watch the videos from those presentations.

These Purdue ME students didn't get the chance to showcase their talents on the field this fall, but they did excel in the classroom. Alyssa Cwidak (Soccer), Curt Eckstein (Cross Country), and Teagan Jones (Soccer) have been named to the Fall 2020 Academic All-Big Ten Team.