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This fall, we are spotlighting GEARE students whose experiences abroad have reshaped both their studies and worldviews. Meet Landon Goetz, a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, who spent a semester - from April to August 2024 - at the Karlsruhe Institute of Kechnology (KIT) in Germany. Alongside his coursework, Landon completed an internship with Daimler Trucks in Stuttgart, a city renowned for its automotive innovation and engineering heritage. A

This fall, we’re spotlighting GEARE students whose time abroad shaped not just their studies, but their worldviews. Meet Grace Olden, a senior in Mechanical Engineering, spent Spring 2024 at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Tainan, Taiwan—a city steeped in history, food, and vibrant traditions. For Grace, Taiwan was familiar ground. She had visited during high school on a cultural exchange, staying with a local host family. Reuniting with them years later added a pers

The GEARE Executive Board is a team of committed students working to enrich the  international engineering journey at Purdue. Whether...

We are so excited to welcome the 2027 Cohort of the GEARE Program! This incredible group of students is our largest cohort yet, an...

Meet Dr. Riley Barta, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, with a background that exemplifies the impact...

The GEARE Executive Board is composed of passionate students dedicated to enhancing the international engineering experience at Purdue....

This spring, we're excited to keep sharing stories from our GEARE students as they return from their adventures abroad! This week, meet...

On the 11th of November, GEARE hosted our annual alumni panel, where we invited some of our alumni and other esteemed guests to share...

Christina Lumpp is an Aeronautical and Astronautical engineer at Purdue with an interest in liquid rocket engine combustion cycles. She...

This fall, we welcome the 2024 GEARE cohort back to West Lafayette from their adventures abroad! As we greet returning friends, we also...

It's no surprise that Spain ranks among one the top destinations for GEARE students to work and study abroad. With its rich cultural...

By the time you become a GEARE alum, you have studied and worked abroad, had new experiences, and discovered things that you never would...

In November, GEARE hosted the 2023 Poster Symposium for those in the ENGR 497 course. Those who choose to study abroad, or take on an...

This past week, the GEARE program had the pleasure of hosting three recent Purdue graduates for an in-person alumni panel, where...

The GEARE program established a new professional development seminar for sophomores this fall. Sophomores who are new to the program meet...

By Will Wilsch-Lehmann For the second alumni panel of the semester, we heard from recent GEARE alumni Tessa Groll, Loïc Fabriès, and...

GEARE students had the unique opportunity last week to hear from two Purdue engineering alumni with more than a decade of experience. Dr....

On Thursday, November 17, 2022, I had the opportunity to put together a GEARE alumni panel with some graduates who went abroad to...

Last Tuesday (10/25/2022) I had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with Dr. David Chiasson to hear about his GEARE experience. Dr....

Last Tuesday (10/18/2022) I had the pleasure of sitting down with a GEARE alum, Jessica to hear about her experience with the program and...