November 9, 2021
Neil Armstrong Distinguished Visiting Fellow: Paul Bevilaqua
Paul Bevilaqua
Designing Aircraft for Best Value
Upcoming Events
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December 1, 2021
Celebrating Our Associate Professors
Alexey Shashurin
Associate Professor
January 12, 2022
Research Seminar: Jonathan Black
From Metrology Development for Membrane Structures to In-Space Assembly and Space Domain Awareness
January 12, 2022
Teaching Seminar: Jonathan Black
The Three Body Problem and its Relevance to the James Webb Space Telescope Mission Orbit
February 23, 2022
Future Leaders in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering: Celebrating Diversity and Innovation
Ronald Agyei
Celebrating Diversity and Innovation Speaker
February 24, 2022
Seminar in Astrodynamics and Space Applications
AI Yah 3 Recovery
Seminar in Astrodynamics and Space Applications
March 8, 2022
Celebrating Our Associate Professors
Shaoshuai Mou
Associate Professor
March 23, 2022
PEDLS Penina Axelrad — Lecture
The Evolution and Impact of Global Navigation Satellite Systems
March 23, 2022
PEDLS Penina Axelrad — Panel
The Future of Navigation and Communications – on the Earth and in Space
July 14, 2022
James Webb Space Telescope: First Light
The JWST will allow humanity to peer into our universe like never before. You are invited to view the first images with us. Please be our guest to discuss these images, expectations for future images, and much more! Prof. Danny Milisavljevic is a Principal Investigator of Cycle 1 JWST Program for the James Webb Space Telescope.
August 6, 2022
August 18, 2022
September 1, 2022
AAE Colloquium Series: Improving Space Domain Awareness Through Advanced Methods of Uncertainty Quantification
This presentation highlights recent work at UT-Austin in computationally efficient uncertainty propagation and Bayes-optimal multi-target filtering for improved space domain awareness.
September 8, 2022
Young Professionals Advisory Council AIAA Panel
Come to a pizza social and hear the post-graduation experiences from recent Purdue AAE graduates working at NASA, Argonne National Laboratory, Rolls-Royce, and Blue Origin.
September 21, 2022
AAE Primary Committee Meeting for Assistant to Associate Promotion Voting
This is a closed meeting for voting on promotion for assistant professors.
September 21, 2022
The Aerospace Corporation: Meet and Greet
Stop by and speak with technical representatives from Aerospace Corporation and learn about their mission and the exciting career opportunities we have to offer including full-time and internship positions.
September 21, 2022
The Aerospace Corporation: Tech Talk On-Campus
Join us to learn about our mission and opportunities, as well as network with our Aerospace team.
September 26, 2022
An Evening with Katya Echazarreta, First Mexican Born Female Astronaut
Katya Echazarreta will give a public talk as part of Purdue's National Hispanic Heritage Month celebration. The talk is free and open to the public.
September 27, 2022
AAE Faculty Meeting
This is a closed meeting for AAE faculty.
October 3, 2022
Midwest Mechanics Seminar: George Haller, Zurich Institute for Mechanical Systems
Prof. George Haller, chair of Nonlinear Dynamics at the Zurich Institute of Mechanical Systems, will visit Purdue to lead this seminar.
October 4, 2022
Textron Day
Textron will be visiting Purdue on October 4th and will be hosting events throughout the campus.
October 5, 2022
Textron Tech Talk
Grab a piece of pizza and hear from Stacie Townsend, the director of engineering at Textron Aviation.
October 17, 2022
AAE Industrial Advisory Council Panel Discussion
What will your career look like in 5 or 10 years? Ask leaders in aerospace engineering!
October 18, 2022
Leading the Humans in Human Space Flight: Julie Kramer White, NASA JSC
Julie Kramer White (BSAAE 1990), director of engineering at NASA Johnson Space Center, will come to speak on the challenges of the human element in leading space mission design.
October 19, 2022
Boeing Distinguished Lecture: Grazia Vittadini, CTSO of Rolls-Royce
How can we connect people, cultures, and markets around the globe in the most sustainable way? Grazia Vittadini, Chief Technology Officer at Rolls-Royce, will connect the dots and navigate us through the complexity to narrow down the challenge of how to achieve zero-emission flying.
October 29, 2022
Purdue Space Day 2022
Purdue Space Day (PSD) is a one day educational outreach program which provides school students in grades 3-8 the opportunity to learn about STEM by participating in three age-appropriate activities with a space theme.
November 2, 2022
AAE Colloquium Series: Predictive Modeling of Oscillating Foil Wake Dynamics
Jennifer Franck, Assistant Professor of Engineering Physics at UW-Madison will introduce a bio-inspired oscillating turbine, which can be operated to generate energy from moving water through lift generation, in the same manner as flapping birds or bats.
November 14, 2022
Purdue Engineering Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series: Dr. R. John Hansman
This seminar will provide an overview of the emerging trends in aircraft design and operations which may be enabled by these technologies.
November 22, 2022
Special Seminar: NASA Technology Development, Nov. 22
John Dankanich will share NASA’s technology investment strategy, Moon-to-Mars priorities, and a process for developing disruptive technology solutions. As a Purdue alumnus, John will also share his career evolution and lessons learned.
December 1, 2022
AAE Colloquium Series: Amanda Chou, NASA Research Engineer
Amanda Chou, research aerospace engineer at the NASA Langley Research Center in the Flow Physics and Control Branch, will present her work on Instabilities in the Wake of Roughness on a Flat Plate in a Quiet Supersonic Tunnel.
February 1, 2023
AAE Colloquium Series: Bringing Flexibility and Innovation to Manufacturing Processes
Jian Cao, the Cardiss Collins Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University, will be speaking on the hybrid physics-based data-driven approaches her research group has taken into metal-powder-based additive manufacturing and rapid dieless forming.
February 9, 2023
Research Seminar: Accomplishing Sustainable Aviation Within Urban Ecosystems
Matthew Clarke is a candidate for Purdue AAE's Emerging Areas faculty position.
February 9, 2023
Teaching Showcase: Sizing Considerations for Distributed Electric Propulsion Architectures
Matthew Clarke is a candidate for Purdue AAE's Emerging Areas faculty position.
February 14, 2023
Interplanetary Spaceflight: The Patched-Conic Method
In this seminar, Donna Jennings will introduce the patched-conic method, which is used to simplify calculations for computing a spacecraft trajectory in a multi-body environment. The method reduces a complicated n-body problem into multiple two-body problems using Keplerian orbits.
February 28, 2023
Cellular Neuromechanics - a Purdue AAE colloquium
Christian Franck will present work the origin of concussions and traumatic
brain injuries, and how cells in the brain interpret and react to the physical forces of trauma.
brain injuries, and how cells in the brain interpret and react to the physical forces of trauma.
March 1, 2023
Lagrangian Brackets and the Lagrange Planetary Equations - Teaching Seminar
John Martin will cover the derivation behind Lagrange brackets, which are widely useful tools for characterizing long-term orbital behavior in complex gravitational settings.
March 1, 2023
Scientific Machine Learning for Astrodynamics - Research Seminar
This seminar will explore how the field of scientific machine learning offers a compelling new solution to the gravity modeling problem.
March 2, 2023
Integrated framework for ensemble simulation of complex high-speed flows with application to quantifying rocket ignition - Research Seminar
Kazuki Maeda, a Research Associate in the Center for Turbulence Research at Stanford University, will present their research in this seminar. Maeda is a faculty candidate in hypersonics.
March 2, 2023
Flow in Nozzles - Teaching Seminar
Kazuki Maeda, a Research Associate in the Center for Turbulence Research at Stanford University, will give a teaching presentation. Maeda is a faculty candidate in hypersonics.
March 3, 2023
Celebrating Mark Lundstrom, COE Dean
Please join us to celebrate the legacy of Mark Lundstrom's terms as Dean of the College of Engineering.
March 6, 2023
Aircraft Design-Structural Sizing - Teaching Seminar
Thiago Guimaraes, an Assistant Research Scientist at the Active Aeroelasticity and Structures Research Laboratory at the University of Michigan, will give a teaching presentation. He was awarded 2nd place in the AIAA Team aircraft Design Competition as a Faculty advisor.
March 7, 2023
Tesla Specific Career Fair
Tesla will be hosting their own career and networking fair for students pursuing opportunities in engineering and computing.
March 8, 2023
Experimental Investigations in Unsteady Aerodynamics and Compressible Turbulence - Research Seminar
Dasha Gloutak, a Ph.D. candidate in Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder, will present her research in this seminar. She researches the aerodynamic performance of finite-span wings in streamwise gusts.
March 8, 2023
Incompressible Flow Over Finite Wings: The Prandtl Lifting-Line Theory - Teaching Seminar
Dasha Gloutak, a Ph.D. candidate in Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder, will give a teaching presentation. She researches the aerodynamic performance of finite-span wings in streamwise gusts.
March 20, 2023
AAE Special Seminar: In Situ Resource Utilization for Lunar Surface Power
Peter Schubert, a director at Richard G. Lugar Center for Renewable Energy, will give a special seminar. He also is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.
March 23, 2023
Purdue Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series: The Essential Roles of Electrochemical Energy Storage (Lecture)
Esther S. Takeuchi, the SUNY Distinguished Professor and the William and Jane Knapp Chair in Energy and the Environment at Stony Brook University, will be giving a lecture regarding the essential roles of electrochemical energy storage.
March 23, 2023
Purdue Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series: The Essential Roles of Electrochemical Energy Storage (Panel)
Esther S. Takeuchi, the SUNY Distinguished Professor and the William and Jane Knapp Chair in Energy and the Environment at Stony Brook University, will be a panelist regarding the future of batteries.
March 23, 2023
Frontiers in thermal engineering: Low dimensions and extreme conditions - Research Seminar
David B. Brown will give a research presentation on his work as Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow in mechanical engineering at UCLA. His current research focuses on high-temperature thermal properties and cooling of hypersonic leading edges.
March 23, 2023
The Lumped Capacitance Method - Teaching Seminar
David B. Brown will give a teaching presentation on the lumped capacitance method and how it can be used to determine the temperature response of the system during abrupt heat flux in a system.
April 3, 2023
Kickstart your career: Speed Mentoring Event with AAE Alumni
Kickstart your career with help from leading engineers in aerospace!
April 10, 2023
Midwest Mechanics Seminar: Forming Alloys from AI Predictions, with Petros Koumoutsakos, Harvard
The chair for applied mathematics at Harvard will present novel algorithms for learning the effective dynamics of complex flows.
April 14, 2023
The Rocket Equation: From Newton to Space System Design - Teaching Seminar
Thomas Cunningham, Purdue AAE visiting assistant professor, will discuss the intricacies of the "rocket equation," which gives insight into many aspects of the design of a space mission, including requirements for launch to orbit, changes to orbits, interplanetary transfer orbits, rendezvous and docking, and mission termination.
April 17, 2023
AAE Colloquium Series: Junlan Wang, Thin Films and Coatings
Junlan Wang, UW Seattle, will present her work on experimental characterization of thin films and coatings.
April 24, 2023
Introduction to Keplerian orbital mechanics - Teaching Seminar
Faculty candidate Andrea Capannolo will give a teaching seminar on Keplerian orbital mechanics
April 24, 2023
Dynamics and control of spacecraft formations in multibody environments - Research Seminar
Faculty candidate Andrea Capannolo will present his research.
July 28, 2023
August 10, 2023
Research Seminar: Design Optimization and Parametrization of Protective Targets Based on Failure Modes Under Projectile Normal Impact
Zherui Martinez-Guo presents his research on obtaining scalable dimensionless parameters to optimize the construction of a target system for protection against ballistic perforation.
August 24, 2023
Welcome Back to Campus
Stop by to grab a cold beverage, play bean bag toss, and get some information on the upcoming semester. All AAE students, faculty and staff are welcome.
September 5, 2023
Supernal Info Session
Information Session
September 6, 2023
Supernal Meet and Greet
Come meet the engineers at Supernal and learn about the company.
September 7, 2023
Ansys Information Session
Learn about Ansys software
September 11, 2023
Definitely Look Up: Planetary-Defense Activities at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | an AAE Special Seminar
Smaller asteroids represent a real threat and have demonstrated the potential to cause local or even regional destruction. This talk will describe the threat, national and international efforts to prepare for it, and preparation activities underway at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Presented by Paul Miller, deputy leader for the design physics division at LLNL.
September 11, 2023
Texton Tech Talk
Learn about Textron career opportunities.
September 14, 2023
AEE Special Seminar: Australian Hypersonic History
This seminar will provide some of the history that led Australian Universities, down a path that culminated in multiple flight tests under programs such as HyShot, HyCAUSE and HIFiRE.
September 15, 2023
Watch Party: Loral O'Hara Launch to ISS
Come watch a Purdue astronaut’s first trip to space and take a selfie with her life-size replica! Lunch will be provided.
September 18, 2023
Lobby Day: Aerospace Corporation
Lobby Day: Meet and Greet with the Aerospace Corporation
September 19, 2023
The Aerospace Corporation: Tech Talk On-Campus
Learn about The Aerospace Corporation and network with their team.
September 28, 2023
Space Technology, Autonomy and Policy: Between Two Bricks with Lindsay Millard
An exciting conversation with Lindsay Millard (Phd AAE '08), Principal Director for Space in the Department of Defense.
October 5, 2023
AAE Special Seminar on Safety, sales, and the 737-MAX
Prof. Tim O'brien will host this talk, which will follow the timeline of events that led to the tragedies of the Boeing 737-MAX crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia, and will delve into the effects of decisions that put the MAX on the route to disaster.
October 11, 2023
Speed Mentoring with AAE Alumni
Join members of our Industrial Advisory Council for an opportunity to have your questions answered in a small group setting.
October 17, 2023
Uhrig Short Course: System Design Innovation with an Introduction to Design Thinking - Day 1
NASA senior executive Anna-Maria Rivas McGowan will present an overview of design and innovation at the systems level for complex systems that are common in aerospace engineering and other disciplines.
October 18, 2023
Uhrig Short Course: System Design Innovation with an Introduction to Design Thinking - Day 2
NASA senior executive Anna-Maria Rivas McGowan will present an overview of design and innovation at the systems level for complex systems that are common in aerospace engineering and other disciplines.
October 19, 2023
Atoms for Humanity Symposium
Atoms for Humanity aims to highlight the role of nuclear energy in achieving a clean energy ecosystem through synergisms and complementarities with various energy sources.
October 19, 2023
Uhrig Short Course: System Design Innovation with an Introduction to Design Thinking - Day 3
NASA senior executive Anna-Maria Rivas McGowan will present an overview of design and innovation at the systems level for complex systems that are common in aerospace engineering and other disciplines.
October 26, 2023
Rolls Royce Lecture: Innovating Space Technology for Faster and Cleaner Future Flight
Guest speaker Mark Thomas has been CEO of Reaction Engines since 2015. He is leading development of advanced aerospace propulsion systems for hypersonic and next-generation space access systems, pioneering new markets, and building an applied technologies business with a strong sustainability focus.
November 6, 2023
Midwest Mechanics Seminar 2023: Multi-physics modeling of flow and cardiac function in pediatric cardiology
Alison Marsden is the Douglass M. and Nola Leishman Professor of Cardiovascular Disease in the Departments of Pediatrics, Bioengineering, and, by courtesy, Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University.
November 7, 2023
Tough and Competent: Boilermakers Leading Human Space Flight from Mission Control
Tough and Competent: Boilermakers Leading Human Space Flight from Mission Control
November 8, 2023
AAE Fall Colloquium Series: Nondestructive Evaluation Without Disassembly
In this talk, Dr. John Wertz and Dr. LoriAnne Groo will highlight integrated sensing and robotics as two potential methods for NDE of complex and/or access-restricted structures
January 22, 2024
How NASA is Exploring the Secrets of the Universe, and Improving Life on Earth
This presentation will focus on a few recent NASA missions to demonstrate the power of space as a frontier of discovery, and to show how these missions rely on teams that make the impossible possible.
February 27, 2024
Ceramic Matrix Composite (CMC) Thermal Protection Systems (TPS) and Hot Structures for Hypersonic Vehicles
Ceramic Matrix Composite (CMC) Thermal Protection Systems (TPS) and
Hot Structures for Hypersonic Vehicles
Hot Structures for Hypersonic Vehicles
March 5, 2024
Listening Session with Women in Engineering, AAE Head, and DEI Committee
An opportunity to talk about the climate of study, research, and work environments in the school and to share your own experiences. The department wants to develop and pursue some actionable steps to make AAE an ever-friendlier environment to diverse groups in engineering.
March 26, 2024
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