Devon Pessler is a Ph.D. student in the School of Engineering Technology at Purdue, where she is working on characterizing wood for acoustic guitar tops. She plans to graduate in May 2024. She came to Purdue as a freshman and did so well, she decided to stay. Most of her work outside of classes has been on a program to provide engineering support to companies in Indiana. She is challenging the record for the largest number of support projects ever done by a student.

▪ bio current as of 2023