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2022-2023

Head of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Letter from the head

Key facts on the last year from William Crossley, the Uhrig and Vournas Head of AAE

Access to and Exploration of Space

Solar Views

Purdue students find ways to study the shape of a solar sail using a version of motion capture technology

Access to and Exploration of Space

The Rocket Reanimators

The first-ever collegiate group to reuse a liquid-fueled rocket was a team of Purdue students Andrew LaPrade (BSECE '22)

Maintaining Defense and Security

Hypersonic Blast

Scramjet engine testing facility built to support priority efforts for national security

Maintaining Defense and Security

Purdue hypersonics facility enables vertical integration of new technologies

New 65,000-square-foot facility will enhance industry partnerships

Using Aerospace to Facilitate New Opportunities

Radar Without Radar

Reading the global water cycle through satellite communication signals

Safe, Efficient and Sustainable Air Transportation

Seeing The Future

Digital-twin engineering methods can bring new composite aircraft to market

Safe, Efficient and Sustainable Air Transportation

Nanosecond Plasmas

New spectroscopy technique informs advancement of plasma-enhanced airfoils and turbines

Faculty Profiles

Order From Chaos

A mathematical model for satellite management

Faculty Profiles

Building a Better Computational Model

Physics equations drive optimization of complex engineered systems

Faculty Profiles

Trust But Verify

Determining "information value" can help satellite systems work better in groups

Faculty Profiles

Engineering For 6G

Integrating cell signal and radar will boost location awareness

Faculty Profiles

Satellite Radio Silence

Can satellites make their own decisions in deep space?

University News

Engineering Dean Chiang selected as Purdue's new president

Mung Chiang replaces Mitch Daniels, who served as Purdue's president for 10 years

University News

Boeing Lecture brings Rolls-Royce CTO to talk sustainable aviation

Rolls-Royce CTO Grazia Vittadini spoke about the need for aviation to become carbon neutral and the paths to get there

University News

Rolls-Royce investing $75 million in research and testing at Purdue

This investment is the largest of its kind in university history

Alumni News

Straight Up Success

AAE alumna Dayle Alexander sets the launch sequence for this launched-from-air orbital payload Photo courtesy Virgin Orbit

Alumni News

Audrey Powers becomes 27th Purdue Astronaut

Purdue AAE alumna joins William Shatner and others on Blue Origin capsule

Alumni News

Alumni Updates

Awards, promotions and more from AAE graduates

Student News

Student News

Purdue's aerospace engineering students achieve in academics and extracurriculars

Faculty News

Faculty News

Awards and recognitions earned by our professors

Memoriam

In Memoriam

Recognizing James Raisbeck, Mark Geyer, and other alumni who have passed away in the past year

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