School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University

Join Purdue University to celebrate an evening with Purdue alumni who became NASA astronauts. Saturday, April 12, 2014 at the Elliott Hall of Music at 7:00pm.

In its 40th Annual Salute to Women on March 4, 2014, the Greater Lafayette YWCA presented Leah Jamieson, the John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering, the Mary Keller Ade Woman of Wisdom Award.

The replica hypersonic space plane, called the X-20 Dyna-Soar, was unveiled in October. It was a gift to the College of Engineering from Boeing Co., which developed it through a U.S. Air Force program to create a manned, military space plane.

Michael D. Sangid, assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics has received a grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) through its Young Investigator Program (YIP) award.

On February 21^st, the College of Engineering will honor Andrea M. Chavez (BSAAE '88) and Jim Miller (BSAAE '86) as two out of ten Engineering Alumni who are distinguished in their engineering careers. The College of Engineering has over 85,000 living alumni. The distinction of DEA has been bestowed upon 489 of the outstanding individuals.