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Brian Chan

While green energy may be a buzzword that gets tossed around the social media and business worlds with alacrity, it is much more than the environmental cause du jour for Pak Lam Brian Chan (LA’11) — green energy is part of his family business. Chan took over as CEO of P.T. Rimba Palma Sejahtera Lestari […]

Sunaina Kuhn

Sunaina Kuhn (LA’11) spent much of her childhood in her family’s garage, watching her grandfather take apart his Harley-Davidson motorcycle and put it back together. Those days, spent learning while listening, moving, and fiddling with her own two hands and imagination, lit a fire for interactive learning within her heart. That need to do while […]

Akshay Kothari

Earning His Stripes

After selling his startup to LinkedIn for $90 million at age 27, Akshay Kothari was promoted to head of LinkedIn India, the company’s second-biggest market. The world’s largest professional network has big plans for Asia, and 30-something Kothari has proven himself as a leader who will deliver. Just a few minutes into a conversation with […]

Tech Titans of Silicon Valley

Innovative Boilermakers whose work impacts the daily lives of millions Keith Krach on Secrets to Success How his father’s advice influenced his career From his fourth-floor home office perched on so-called Billionaires Row, Keith Krach (IE’79) can see the entirety of the San Francisco Bay and the famous Golden Gate Bridge that spans the strait […]

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Inspiration, Activism, and the Boilermaker Spirit

A trio of Purdue alumni, by coincidence, join to make the world a little brighter for kids in need Amy O’Shea wanted to change the world. Unbeknownst to her, all it took was the help of a couple of fellow Boilermakers to make it happen.  Back in 2009, when O’Shea (LA’09) was an undergraduate reporter […]

Jung Eun Oh

While much of Jung Eun (Jen) Oh’s (MS M’07, PhD CE’08) commitments at World Bank Group focus on transportation projects, the crux of her work involves sustainable development. “It’s finding the best way of using public resources equitably to increase the overall output of an economy, ensure sustainability, and support economic growth,” she says. “It […]

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Flying Free

According to the Center for Biological Diversity, the earth is currently experiencing a mass extinction of thousands of plant and animal species. If it goes unchecked, 30 to 50 percent of current species could disappear by 2050. Such a loss would devastate the planetary ecosystem. While mass extinctions occurred in prehistoric ages, this one differs […]

Asta Baškauskaitė

Asta (Baskauskas) Baškauskaitė (S’80) oversees a global custom architectural hardware business based in Vilnius, Lithuania, that brings old-world craftsmanship into the modern realm. Baškauskaitė has merged her love of quality design with her passion to support and contribute to Lithuania. The daughter of refugees, Baškauskaitė grew up living a dual cultural life. When her parents […]

Javier Saade

When Javier Saade (M’92) was growing up in Puerto Rico, parental guidance, persistence, and Purdue were all waiting to play a part in his life; they eventually would help him become one of the highest-ranking Hispanics in the federal government and a voice for 28 million small businesses and startups in the United States. Saade’s […]

Grad’s Goal: Safe Meds for Africans

A week after Abigail Ekeigwe’s (MS T’16) friend Nkechi gave birth by caesarean section last November, she was not healing, and she was experiencing severe pain and high fevers. “It was clear that she had a serious infection, although she had been on antibiotics. The doctor extended use for another two days, yet she had no […]

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