Research Culture at Purdue University

Hi everyone,

The research environment at Purdue and more specifically the Maha Fluid Power lab is relatively laid back. Everyone usually comes in around 9 or 10 in the morning and stays till around 6 -8 night. Every week the entire lab meets to watch somebody present their research and then have a discussion about it afterwards. Also, the group that I'm involved with in the lab usually meets with Dr. Vacca every week so that we can give him updates on our research projects and see if we are headed in the right direction. One thing that came as a surprise to me and was cool to see, was the amount of companies that come to visit the lab and attend presentations on student's research in the lab. I guess this makes more sense now because industry is a big contributor in funding student's research.

Hope everyone is doing well and learning a ton at their research homes.