School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Faculty and Staff
A
Ronald Agyei
Lecturer
Alina Alexeenko
Reilly Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics & Chemical Engineering
Sarah Allard
Lead Academic Advisor for Undergraduate Students
Robert Alstrom
Assistant Professor Of Engineering Practice
ARMS 3217
(765) 494-1285
William Anderson
Professor
Dominick Andrisani
Emeritus Professor
ME 3061H, HLAB 1004
aarrieta@purdue.edu
B
Rita Baines
Senior Director of Development
(765) 426-8199
rlbaines@purdueforlife.org
Sally Bane
(she/her/hers)
Director of Laboratory & Hands On Education and Associate Professor of AAE
Gregory Blaisdell
Professor
C
Barrett Caldwell
Professor of Industrial Engineering & Aeronautics and Astronautics
ARMS 3209
canino@purdue.edu
Andrea Capannolo
Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
ARMS 3207
acapa@purdue.edu
Luciano Castillo
(By Courtesy)
Kenninger Professor of Renewable Energy and Power Systems in Mechanical Engineering
Suman Chakraborty
Visiting Assistant Professor
Weinong Chen
Adjunct Professor
(765) 494-1788
wchen@purdue.edu
Shah Mahmud Hasan Chowdhury
Post-Doctoral Research Assistant
Brandon Chynoweth
Research Associate 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
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
Program Administration Specialist, Lead
James Doyle
Professor Emeritus of Aeronautics and Astronautics
John Drake
Professor Emeritus
Daniel Dumbacher
Adjunct Professor
F
Arthur Frazho
Professor
G
Jason Gabl
Senior Test Engineer
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
Rohan Gejji
Lead Research Engineer
Sergey Gimelshein
Adjunct Associate Professor
James Goppert
Research Assistant Professor
Managing Director of Purdue's UAS Research and Test Facility
Managing Director of Purdue's UAS Research and Test Facility
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 of Engineering Practice
Cesare Guariniello
Research Scientist
Winthrop Gustafson
Professor Emeritus
H
Clint Hanthorn
Software Engineer
Mary Haworth
Business Assistant
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
Rob Hughes
Instructional Laboratory Technician
(765) 496-9155
rrhughes@purdue.edu
Inseok Hwang
Paul Stanley Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
J
HLAB 1006
neerajain@purdue.edu
Joseph Jewell
John Bogdanoff Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Martin Jischke
President Emeritus
(765) 494-9708
mcjischke@purdue.edu
Pankaj Joshi
Visiting Assistant Professor
K
Maureen Kane
Event Planner
Melissa Kidwell
Account Assistant
Vlastimil Kunc
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Kawai Kwok
Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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 Emeritus of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Aaron Lorton
Propulsion Test Technician
Zehui Lu
Visiting Assistant Professor
Robert Lucht
Ralph and Bettye Bailey Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering
(765) 494-5623
lucht@purdue.edu
M
Thiago Augusto Machado Guimaraes
Associate Professor of Engineering Practice
ARMS 3203
tguimara@purdue.edu
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
Business Assistant, Purchasing
(765) 494-5430
nicolemartin@purdue.edu
Zherui Martinez-Guo
Research Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
and Materials Engineering (by courtesy)
and Materials Engineering (by courtesy)
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 of Aeronautics and Astronautics; associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering by courtesy.
Co-Director, Institute for Control, Optimization and Networks (ICON)
Co-Director, Institute for Control, Optimization and Networks (ICON)
(765) 494-5152
jwmrozin@purdue.edu
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Christopher Nilsen
Associate Propulsion Dbt Engineer
Zucrow Labs, ZL3, Room 111
cnilsen@purdue.edu
Blake Nydegger
Engineering Laboratory Technician
Chell Nyquist
Instruction Manager
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
John Rusek
Adjunct Associate Professor
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
Mahavir Singh
Post Doctoral Research Assistant
ARMS/B159
sing1042@purdue.edu
Carson Slabaugh
Paula Feuer Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Nancy Smigiel
Graduate Program Coordinator
Amy Stanley
Business Manager, AAE and MSE
Krzysztof Stopka
Research Engineer
John Sullivan
Professor Emeritus of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Chin-Teh Sun
Neil A. Armstrong Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Dengfeng Sun
Professor, Associate Head of Gambaro Graduate Program of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Sarah Sutor
Academic Advisor
ARMS 2000
T
Tyler Tallman
Associate Professor
Takashi Tanaka
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
Milton Clauser Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Z
Dianyun Zhang
Associate Professor