{"id":6259,"date":"2020-09-28T13:00:25","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T18:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/Engineering.Purdue.edu\/cdesign\/wp\/?page_id=6259"},"modified":"2025-08-23T20:25:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T01:25:23","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/cdesign\/wp\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;30px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||-1px|||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Welcome to the<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/Engineering.Purdue.edu\/cdesign\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/CDL-Logo-Horizontal-B.png&#8221; title_text=&#8221;CDL-Logo-Horizontal-B&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||4px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Professor Karthik Ramani<\/strong><\/span><br \/> Donald W. 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