The Engineering Experience

With winter break quickly approaching, you might be wondering how to stay connected to Women in Engineering if you're off campus. Whether you’re a high school student with concerns about college life, a first-year Purdue student with internship questions, or a senior needing some career advice, having a wide network of women in engineering to reach out to is always useful. But it can be a struggle to build that network or sustain it if you don’t have many women in engineering naturally around you, like you might on campus. So, here are some suggestions on how to stay connected! Communities/Organizations: If you know where to look, there are organizations that are built for women in engineering of all ages. The Society of Women Engineers has an alumni network, conferences, as well as high school, collegiate, and professional chapters. Girls Who Code has great programs and clubs to join. Some high schools may have women in engineering clubs to join, and there may be professional orga...

As the semester wraps up, a few of us engineering students decided to look back on the classes that have made our time at Purdue memorable so far. From BME’s tissue engineering labs to IE’s manufacturing class to ME’s infamous fluid mechanics, engineers really get to learn about everything. Here are some of our favorite classes we have taken at Purdue Natalie Anderson - IE 577: Human Factors in Engineering My favorite class to date has been Industrial Engineering 577: Human Factors in Engineering, which I took this semester to fulfill a Technical Elective/IE Selective requirement. This course is centered around the physical/ergonomic, psychological, social, and environmental aspects that impact human-machine interaction. Logistically, it counts for three credits, meets three times a week, and includes a mix of exams and labs for the grade breakdown. I really enjoyed the variety of material covered in lectures and later implemented in experimental design, execution, and analysis with ot...

All About Purdue Sports: It may be early in the season now, but Mackey Arena always feels like the playoffs. The best arena in college basketball has recorded sound levels as high as 124 decibels and is always electric. Now in my fourth year at Purdue, some of my favorite memories at Purdue take place in Mackey Arena. From dancing on the jumbotron during our overtime win over Northwestern sophomore year, to Zach Edey’s first career 3-pointer against our rival Indiana University (IU), the student section at Mackey Arena is my happy place! As a member of the Paint Crew, the official student section for Purdue men’s basketball, I have attended just about every home basketball game since my sophomore year, and I’ve loved every minute of it. Mackey arena is an exhilarating environment, whether it’s a men's or women's basketball game! With a seating capacity of just under 15,000, Mackey isn’t just home to basketball. In the past couple of years, Mackey has also hosted Purdue’s volley...