E. Dan Hirleman is Professor and William E. and Florence E. Perry Head of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, with a courtesy appointment in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He was previously at Arizona State University in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering where he received teaching and research awards and served in department administration and as Associate Dean for Research. Hirleman received the BS, MS, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University. His research is in the area of optical sensors for biotechnology, semiconductor manufacturing, and particle and flow diagnostics, as well as global engineering education. Prof. Hirleman has over one hundred-fifty technical papers, an edited book, sixty invited lectures in ten countries, and five patents. He has received NSF, Howard Hughes, and von Humboldt Foundation Fellowships and the Achievement Award from the International Network for Engineering Education and Research (INEER), the Hon. George Brown Award for International Scientific Cooperation from the U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF), and is a Fellow of the ASME. At Purdue he was founding director of the Global Engineering Program and orchestrated development of the Global Engineering Alliance for Research and Education (GEARE), a program integrating domestic and international internships, study abroad, and multi-national design team experiences for engineering students. He is also a founder of GlobalHUB, a virtual community for global engineering education and collaboration.

1. engineering education
2. global design teams
3. global engineering competency
4. sustainable design