This unique award program recognizes outstanding work in the field of design by recent ECE alumni. The program was established with a generous gift from Jim and Shirley Eaton of Palo Alto, California. Jim Eaton earned each of his degrees (BSEE '58, MSEE '63, and PhD '67) from Purdue, and his father was a well- known faculty member in the School from 1942 to 1967.
The first Eaton Award in Design Excellence was won by Daniel Elmhurst in March 2001.
Dr. Eaton's motivation for creating this award comes from his three decades of leading design work during his career at Hewlett Packard. The Eaton award encourages promising young engineers to continue their work in design by recognizing their early achievements in the field.
A specially-designed plaque, presented at a ceremony in Fall 2019.
a $500 honorarium and a stipend to cover all travel costs for your trip back to campus.
the opportunity to speak with current ECE students to discuss your design work.
the opportunity to recognize the ECE professor or staff member who had the greatest impact on your education as the recipient of an accompanying award.