The Engineering Experience

If you are like me, you probably would’ve never imagined yourself joining a sorority in college. Based on all the movies I’ve watched about sorority life and rumors I’ve heard about hazing, I was always fearful of being a part of Greek life, until Phi Sigma Rho.   Phi Sigma Rho is a STEM sorority on campus located in the acres near Slater hill. Phi Rho is one of the newest sororities on campus, as it was founded back in 1984 at Purdue. All Greek life on campus has a strong no hazing rule, and Phi Rho has stayed true to that time and time again. Like all sororities, you need to go through a rushing process to be given a bid to become a candidate for that specific semester. Currently, I am in my candidacy process for this spring semester and will be an activated member in April! If you are interested in the rushing process, more can be found on the Purdue Panhellenic website . Here are a few reasons why I fell in love with Phi Rho and the main reasons why I was so eager to join th...

At a volunteer night, current students were asked to list what words came to mind when provided with the following topics. "Word Art" or "Word Clouds" are a fun illustration of those words that allow us to share their responses and give you a peek into the engineering experience here at Purdue! Campus Activities Students often enjoy watching the various Purdue sports teams represent our school in the Big 10.  Students also enjoy other aspects of Purdue's campus such as the ChillZone, with Adirondack chairs and fire pits, as well as extracurricular activities such as intramural sports, Greek life, and the 1000+ student organizations and clubs. Additionally, the nearby Chauncey area has many shops and restaurants for students to enjoy! Engineering When it comes to academics, engineering students get exposure to problem-solving, coding, teamwork, and other opportunities. The words below also share some of the soft skills that come along with gaining an engineering ...

Anna at the Formula 1 Track in Abu Dhabi this past December About Anna Anna Giesler graduated from Purdue in 2020 with a B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering. During her time at Purdue, she was on the Purdue Swimming and Diving team and balanced her life as an engineer and a student-athlete. During one of the swim meets her freshman year, Anna encountered Dr. Jan-Anders Mansson, a professor in Materials Engineering at Purdue, who introduced her to the world of sports engineering. Under Mansson, Anna worked on a research project on the permeability of swimsuits for the Fédération Internationale De Natation (FINA), the governing body of international aquatics. She was able to present her work to the federation in Switzerland where a new regulation on swimsuit materials was made (“FINA Approved” Swimwear). Since this project, Anna has worked alongside Mansson to build the Ray Ewry Sports Engineering Center (RESEC) which was founded in 2019 to help grow the intersection between sports...

Purdue has an amazing, top-ranked engineering program which can absolutely be linked to the hard-working professors, challenging but enriching curriculum and multitude of supportive resources available on campus. However, a Purdue engineer will be successful out of college not only because they were able to take advantage of those great learning opportunities, but also because they were able to apply all of their knowledge through hands-on projects. Both inside and outside the classroom, Purdue offers countless opportunities to work in team projects on real world applications to help an engineering student transform into a professional engineer ready to take on the world!  So, we wanted to share a compilation of Women in Engineering describing our favorite engineering projects:  Working on my operational amplifier circuit for my circuit analysis class Emily Helmuth, FYE'25 (intending to go into CE): "My personal favorite project that I’ve worked on here at Purdue so far was du...