School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Faculty and Staff
A
Ronald Agyei
Lecturer
Alina Alexeenko
Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education & Academic Programs in Indianapolis; Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics & Chemical Engineering; Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education
Sarah Allard
Lead Academic Advisor for Undergraduate Students
William Anderson
Professor
Dominick Andrisani
Emeritus Professor
ME 3061H, HLAB 1004
aarrieta@purdue.edu
B
Rita Baines
Chief Development Officer
Sally Bane
(she/her/hers)
Director of Laboratory & Hands On Education, and Associate Professor of AAE
Gregory Blaisdell
Professor, Associate Head of Gambaro Graduate Program of Aeronautics and Astronautics
C
Barrett Caldwell
Professor of Industrial Engineering & Aeronautics and Astronautics
ARMS 3209
canino@purdue.edu
Luciano Castillo
(By Courtesy)
Kenninger Professor of Renewable Energy and Power Systems in Mechanical Engineering
Weinong Chen
Reilly Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics & Materials Engineering
Joint appointment with Materials Engineering
Associate Dean for Research and Innovation
Joint appointment with Materials Engineering
Associate Dean for Research and Innovation
Brandon Chynoweth
Research Assistant Professor
Tony Cofer
Spacecraft Laboratory Engineer
Steven Collicott
Professor
Martin Corless
Professor
Lisa Crain
Undergraduate Program Coordinator
Thomas Cunningham
Lecturer
(765) 494-4865
tomcat16@purdue.edu
D
Ran Dai
Associate Professor
Danilo De Camargo Branco
Visiting Assistant Professor
Daniel DeLaurentis
- Bruce Reese Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Chief Scientist of the Department of Defense Systems Engineering Research Center UARC
- Vice President for Research Institutes and Centers, Purdue Discovery Park District
Morgan Delaney
Senior Graduate Program Administrator
James Doyle
Professor
John Drake
Professor Emeritus
Daniel Dumbacher
Adjunct Professor
F
Arthur Frazho
Professor
Carolin Frueh
(she/her/hers)
Harold DeGroff, Jr., Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
G
James Garrison
(he/him/his)
Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (by courtesy)
University Faculty Scholar, 2022-2027
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (by courtesy)
University Faculty Scholar, 2022-2027
Searsha Gebhart
Director of Development, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
(574) 398-8532
SMGebhart@purdueforlife.org
Rohan Gejji
Lead Research Engineer
Sergey Gimelshein
Adjunct Associate Professor
James Goppert
Managing Director of Purdue's UAS Research and Test Facility, and AAE Lecturer
ARMS 3214
jgoppert@purdue.edu
Chaffee Hall, Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories (Mechanical Engineering)
(765) 494-0061
gore@purdue.edu
Alten Grandt
Raisbeck Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Michael Grant
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Mark Grubelich
Adjunct Associate Professor
Cesare Guariniello
Research Scientist
Winthrop Gustafson
Professor Emeritus
H
Clint Hanthorn
Software Engineer
Hashim Hassan
Visiting assistant professor
Stephen Heister
Raisbeck Engineering Distinguished Professor for Engineering and Technology Integration
Kathleen Howell
Hsu Lo Distinguished Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Pascal Hubert
Adjunct Professor
Inseok Hwang
Professor
University Faculty Scholar, 2017-2022
University Faculty Scholar, 2017-2022
J
Joseph Jewell
John Bogdanoff Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Martin Jischke
President Emeritus
(765) 494-9708
mcjischke@purdue.edu
K
Maureen Kane
Events Assistant And Admin Assistant
Melissa Kidwell
Account Assistant
Vlastimil Kunc
Adjunct Assistant Professor
L
Leifur Leifsson
Associate Professor
Mark Lewis
CEO of Purdue Applied Research Institute (PARI)
Husheng Li
Professor Of Aero And Astro Engineering
James Longuski
Professor
Aaron Lorton
Propulsion Test Technician
Robert Lucht
Ralph and Bettye Bailey Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering
(765) 494-5623
lucht@purdue.edu
M
Sergey Macheret
Professor
Kazuki Maeda
Assistant Professor
Muharrem Mane
Research Scientist
Jan-Anders Mansson
(By Courtesy)
Distinguished Professor of Materials Engineering and Chemical Engineering
Belinda Marchand
Adjunct Associate Professor
Director of Astrodynamics and Space Systems R&D, Slingshot AErospace
Director of Astrodynamics and Space Systems R&D, Slingshot AErospace
Francis Marshall
Professor Emeritus
Nicole Martin
Account Assistant
(765) 494-5430
nicolemartin@purdue.edu
Chad Meltzer
Senior Engineering Laboratory Technician
Charles Merkle
Professor Emeritus, Reilly Professor of Engineering
Scott Meyer
Managing Director of Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories, Joint appointment with Mechanical Engineering
Shaoshuai Mou
Elmer Bruhn Associate Professor; Co-Director, Institute for Control, Optimization and Networks (ICON)
(765) 494-5152
jwmrozin@purdue.edu
N
Christopher Nilsen
Associate Propulsion Dbt Engineer
Zucrow Labs, ZL3, Room 111
cnilsen@purdue.edu
Nicholas Novosel
Academic Advisor
Blake Nydegger
Engineering Laboratory Technician
Chell Nyquist
Outreach And Purdue Space Day Program Administrator
O
Christopher Obryan
Aerospace Prototyping Technician
(765) 494-3339
cmobryan@purdue.edu
P
Guillermo Paniagua
(By Courtesy)
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Professor of Aeronautics & Astronautics (by Courtesy)
Ryan Penn
Aerospace Prototyping Technician
R Byron Pipes
John L. Bray Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Joint appointment with Chemical Engineering & Materials Engineering
Joint appointment with Chemical Engineering & Materials Engineering
(765) 494-5767
bpipes@purdue.edu
Jonathan Poggie
Professor
Janet Pool
Lead Administrative Assistant
Q
Li Qiao
Professor, Associate Head for Engagement and Recognition
Liz Quinlan
Administrative Assistant
(765) 494-5117
ekquinla@purdue.edu
R
Anna Rainwater
Senior Academic Advisor for Undergraduate Students
S
Michael Sangid
Reilly Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics/Professor of Materials Engineering
Executive Director of Hypersonics Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center
University Faculty Scholar, 2022-2027
Executive Director of Hypersonics Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center
University Faculty Scholar, 2022-2027
April Sauer
Senior Manager, Operations
Steven Schneider
Professor
(765) 494-5974
fsemperl@purdue.edu
Alexey Shashurin
Associate Professor
(765) 494-3006
asherwo@purdue.edu
Tom Shih
Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Srdjan Simunovic
Adjunct Associate Professor
Carson Slabaugh
Paula Feuer Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Nancy Smigiel
Graduate Program Coordinator
David Spencer
Adjunct faculty
Amy Stanley
Business Manager, AAE and MSE
Krzysztof Stopka
Research Engineer
John Sullivan
Emeritus Professor
Chin-Teh Sun
Neil A. Armstrong Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Dengfeng Sun
Professor
Shawn Swindle
Electrical Specialist
(765) 494-4885
slswindle@purdue.edu
T
Tyler Tallman
Associate Professor
Ashley Thompson
Manager of Development Operations and Donor Stewardship
Vikas Tomar
Professor
University Faculty Scholar, 2016-2021
University Faculty Scholar, 2016-2021
Waterloo Tsutsui
Senior Research Associate
ARMS 3336
wtsutsui@purdue.edu
W
Haifeng Wang
Associate Professor
Terrence Weisshaar
Professor Emeritus
Marc Williams
Professor Emeritus
Scott Williams
Aerospace Prototyping Technician
(765) 494-3339
will2501@purdue.edu
David Wolf
Visiting Professor
Y
Henry Yang
Adjunct Professor
(765) 494-5346
Boris Yendler
Adjunct Associate Professor
Wenbin Yu
Professor
Z
Dianyun Zhang
Associate Professor