Opportunities with the Honors College and Engineering

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Honors and Engineering at Purdue

Katie Williams is a Mechanical Engineering student in the Honors college, and she found the challenges and growth opportunities she was looking for at Purdue through the Honors curriculum.  Here’s what she had to say about her honors college experience so far at Purdue:

“Joining the engineering honors college my freshman year proved to be one of the most challenging yet rewarding experiences at Purdue.  It helped me get accustomed to the rigor of Purdue engineering right away.
Honors contracting courses have also been helpful in my learning experience. For honors students, we worked on analyzing statics of an Arduino based robot, which we also coded to run autonomously while avoiding obstacles. For honors mechanics of materials, which I am currently taking, we work on supplemental labs which reinforce what we learn in lecture.”


Purdue Honors College and Residences

In First-Year Engineering, there are different programs to get involved in.  Choosing to join the Honors College provides you with the opportunity to take interesting courses and join a community.

Some of the advantages of being in the Honors college at Purdue include:


  • New 324,000-square-foot Honors College and Residences which give students the opportunity to study and live with Honors peers.
  • Events like resume workshops and socials that nurture the feeling of community among Honors students.
  • Unique courses are included in the Honors curriculum to increase depth and breadth in your studies.
  • Honors students participate in a scholarly project, where the student “creates new knowledge” and ultimately presents results.


For more information on Purdue's Honors College, visit their website at https://honors.purdue.edu/, and as always, if you have any questions about Women in Engineering at Purdue or student life as a Boilermaker in general, e-mail us at welink@purdue.edu.

-Brittany Allen, IE 2020
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