The Engineering Experience

Never has it been a better time to be an engineer, particularly at Purdue! This past week, there were several exciting events happening on or near the Purdue campus that are sure to captivate any engineer, especially an aerospace engineer such as myself. On Saturday April 6th, Women in Aerospace, Graduate Women in Aerospace, and the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics hosted the Amelia Earhart Summit. The Summit was a full day event and conference that allowed Purdue students to explore the aerospace community through engaging sessions, panels, and speed mentoring. Many of the participants connected with Purdue alumni in the aerospace field and learned about their experiences working within industry. This year was especially exciting since this event has not been held in-person since 2019. With the theme of “Educate, Inspire, and Empower”, many of the students that I talked to said the Women in Aerospace Student Organization did a great job in delivering the theme to the Purdue aero...

    Happy Women’s History Month! This month, our team wanted to highlight some of the ways Purdue supports her women students and the women in Purdue's history who have paved the way for others to follow in their own educational and professional pursuits. In this blog, we are focusing on some of the important women to Purdue’s history, both engineers and non-engineers. France A. Córdova      France is an astrophysicist who worked in astrophysics research and professing at various universities for nearly 23 years. She became Purdue’s eleventh president in 2007 and was also Purdue’s first woman president. She was a professor of physics and astronomy and advanced Purdue’s commitment to research. Her important contributions to the University include raising the levels of research funding, reputation, and student retention. Following her career as Purdue’s president, France became the director of the National Science Foundation. The “CoRec”, as it is popularly k...

A fter months of researching schools, crafting the perfect application, and lots of waiting, the time has finally come to start deciding which school you will attend for the next 4 years. With Purdue recently releasing admissions decisions for Early Action Applicants, we asked our Leadersh ip Team members how they felt when they received their admissions decisions. Marisa When I first received my admittance to Purdue, I remember not having a huge reaction. There was a bit of excitement, but not nearly the amount of energy that I had hyped up in my head. I thought that receiving all my admittance letters from schools would be super pivotal for me and that I would have a clear feeling as to the school I should choose. But as I am starting to learn more and more in life, there are many events that don’t live up to our preconceived standard of excitement when they finally dawn on us. And that is perfectly normal! What I do remember feeling during this time was a sense of sec...