School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Faculty and Staff

A

Adarsh Agrawal

(he/him/his)

Associate Lab Coordinator

ARMS 3098A

(765) 494-5162

agraw156@purdue.edu

Ronald Agyei

Lecturer

ragyei@purdue.edu

Alina Alexeenko

Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education & Academic Programs in Indianapolis; Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics & Chemical Engineering; Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education

ARMS 3027

(765) 496-1864

alexeenk@purdue.edu

Sarah Allard

Lead Academic Advisor for Undergraduate Students

ARMS 2000-1

(765) 494-5137

sallard@purdue.edu

William Anderson

Professor

ARMS 3223

(765) 496-2658

wanderso@purdue.edu

Dominick Andrisani

Emeritus Professor

David Arnas

(he/him/his)

Assistant Professor

ARMS 2015

(765) 494-3344

darnas@purdue.edu

Andres Arrieta Diaz (By Courtesy)

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

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

ARMS 3219

(765) 494-9364

sbane@purdue.edu

Tom Bietsch

(he/him/his)

Senior Design-Build-Test Engineer

ARMS 2098A

tbietsch@purdue.edu

Gregory Blaisdell

Professor, Associate Head of Gambaro Graduate Program of Aeronautics and Astronautics

ARMS 2029

(765) 494-1490

blaisdel@purdue.edu

C

Barrett Caldwell

Professor of Industrial Engineering & Aeronautics and Astronautics

GRIS 228D

(765) 494-5412

bscaldwell@purdue.edu

Jamie Canino

(he/him/his)

Associate Professor of Engineering Practice

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

LCastillo@purdue.edu

Alan Cesar

(he/him/his)

Senior Marketing and Communications Specialist

ARMS 2013

(765) 496-0291

acesar@purdue.edu

Weinong Chen

Reilly Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics & Materials Engineering
Joint appointment with Materials Engineering

ARMS 2031

(765) 494-1788

wchen@purdue.edu

Brandon Chynoweth

Research Associate Professor

Aerospace Sciences Lab (AERO) Room 2

(765) 496-7929

bchynowe@purdue.edu

Tony Cofer

Spacecraft Laboratory Engineer

acofer@purdue.edu

Steven Collicott

Professor

ARMS 2039

(765) 494-2339

collicott@purdue.edu

Martin Corless

Professor

ARMS 3335

(765) 494-7411

corless@purdue.edu

Lisa Crain

Undergraduate Program Coordinator

ARMS 2000-1

(765) 494-5157

lcrain@purdue.edu

William Crossley

(he/him/his)

Uhrig & Vournas Head of Aeronautics and Astronautics

ARMS 2023

(765) 496-2872

crossley@purdue.edu

Thomas Cunningham

Lecturer

(765) 494-4865

tomcat16@purdue.edu

D

Ran Dai

Associate Professor

ARMS 3227

(765) 496-5243

randai@purdue.edu

Danilo De Camargo Branco

Visiting Assistant Professor

ARMS 3212

(765) 496-4011

dbranco@purdue.edu

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

ARMS 3225

(765) 494-0694

ddelaure@purdue.edu

Morgan Delaney

Senior Graduate Program Administrator

ARMS 2005

(765) 496-6414

mdelane@purdue.edu

James Doyle

Professor

ARMS 3327

(765) 494-5145

jfdoyle@purdue.edu

John Drake

Professor Emeritus

Daniel Dumbacher

Adjunct Professor

dan-dumbacher@purdue.edu

F

Arthur Frazho

Professor

ARMS 3333

(765) 494-5976

frazho@purdue.edu

Carolin Frueh

(she/her/hers)

Harold DeGroff Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics

ARMS 3309

(765) 494-7436

cfrueh@purdue.edu

G

James Garrison

(he/him/his)

Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (by courtesy)
University Faculty Scholar, 2022-2027

ARMS 3311

(765) 496-7482

jgarriso@purdue.edu

Rohan Gejji

Lead Research Engineer

rgejji@purdue.edu

Sergey Gimelshein

Adjunct Associate Professor

sgimelsh@purdue.edu

Christopher Goldenstein (By Courtesy)

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

csgoldenstein@purdue.edu

James Goppert

Managing Director of Purdue's UAS Research and Test Facility, and AAE Lecturer

ARMS 3214

jgoppert@purdue.edu

Jay Gore (By Courtesy)

Reilly Professor in Combustion Engineering

Chaffee Hall, Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories (Mechanical Engineering)

(765) 494-0061

gore@purdue.edu

Alten Grandt

Raisbeck Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Aeronautics and Astronautics

alten.f.grandt.1@purdue.edu

Michael Grant

Adjunct Assistant Professor

mjgrant@purdue.edu

Mark Grubelich

Adjunct Associate Professor of Engineering Practice

Cesare Guariniello

Research Scientist

cguarini@purdue.edu

Winthrop Gustafson

Professor Emeritus

H

Kennedy Hall

(she/her/hers)

Academic Advisor

ARMS 2000-1

(765) 494-4086

hall803@purdue.edu

Clint Hanthorn

Software Engineer

chanthor@purdue.edu

Mary Haworth

Business Assistant

haworth@purdue.edu

Stephen Heister

Raisbeck Engineering Distinguished Professor for Engineering and Technology Integration

ARMS 2019

(765) 494-5126

heister@purdue.edu

Briony Horgan (By Courtesy)

Professor of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science

briony@purdue.edu

Kathleen Howell

Hsu Lo Distinguished Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics

ARMS 3235

(765) 494-5786

howell@purdue.edu

Pascal Hubert

Adjunct Professor

hubertp@purdue.edu

Robert R Hughes

Instructional Laboratory Technician

(765) 496-9155

rrhughes@purdue.edu

Inseok Hwang

Professor
University Faculty Scholar, 2017-2022

ARMS 3323

(765) 494-0687

ihwang@purdue.edu

J

Neera Jain (By Courtesy)

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

HLAB 1006

neerajain@purdue.edu

Joseph Jewell

John Bogdanoff Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Aerospace Sciences Lab (AERO) Room 13B & ARMS 3216

(765) 494-6549

jsjewell@purdue.edu

Martin Jischke

President Emeritus

(765) 494-9708

mcjischke@purdue.edu

Pankaj Joshi

Visiting Assistant Professor

joshi307@purdue.edu

K

Maureen Kane

Event Planner

ARMS 2001

(765) 496-3424

mekane@purdue.edu

Nicole Key (By Courtesy)

Professor Of Mechanical Engineering

ZUCR 126, ME 2149

(765) 494-2333

nkey@purdue.edu

Melissa Kidwell

Account Assistant

ARMS 2201

(765) 494-3885

mkidwel@purdue.edu

Vlastimil Kunc

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Kawai Kwok

Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics

ARMS 3205

kawaik@purdue.edu

L

Keith LeGrand

(he/him/his)

Assistant Professor

ARMS 3213

(765) 496-3592

klegrand@purdue.edu

Leifur Leifsson

Associate Professor

ARMS 3229

(765) 494-3311

leifur@purdue.edu

Mark Lewis

CEO of Purdue Applied Research Institute (PARI)

lewis619@purdue.edu

Husheng Li

Professor Of Aero And Astro Engineering

ARMS 3215

(765) 494-4919

husheng@purdue.edu

James Longuski

Professor Emeritus of Aeronautics and Astronautics

ARMS 3220

(765) 494-5139

longuski@purdue.edu

Aaron Lorton

Propulsion Test Technician

alorton@purdue.edu

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 2023

tguimara@purdue.edu

Kazuki Maeda

Assistant Professor

ARMS 3211

(765) 496-0937

kmaeda@purdue.edu

Muharrem Mane

Research Scientist

mane@purdue.edu

Jan-Anders Mansson (By Courtesy)

Distinguished Professor of Materials Engineering and Chemical Engineering

jmansson@purdue.edu

Karen Marais

(she/her)

Professor; Associate Head for Undergraduate Education

ARMS 2041

(765) 494-0063

kmarais@purdue.edu

Belinda Marchand

Adjunct Associate Professor
Director of Astrodynamics and Space Systems R&D, Slingshot Aerospace

marchand@purdue.edu

Francis Marshall

Professor Emeritus

Nicole Martin

Account Assistant

(765) 494-5430

nicolemartin@purdue.edu

Zherui Martinez-Guo

Research Assistant Professor

zmg@purdue.edu

Monique Mcclain (By Courtesy)

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

mcclain5@purdue.edu

Chad Meltzer

Senior Engineering Laboratory Technician

cmeltzer@purdue.edu

Charles Merkle

Professor Emeritus, Reilly Professor of Engineering

Scott Meyer

Managing Director of Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories, Joint appointment with Mechanical Engineering

ZL3 High Pressure Lab

(765) 496-1772

meyerse@purdue.edu

Terrence Meyer (By Courtesy)

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

trmeyer@purdue.edu

David Minton (By Courtesy)

Associate Professor of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences

daminton@purdue.edu

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)

ARMS 3329

(765) 494-2546

mous@purdue.edu

Jon Mrozinski

(he/him/his)

Graduate Program Coordinator

(765) 494-5152

jwmrozin@purdue.edu

N

Christopher Nilsen

Associate Propulsion Dbt Engineer

Zucrow Labs, ZL3, Room 111

cnilsen@purdue.edu

Blake Nydegger

Engineering Laboratory Technician

bnydegge@purdue.edu

Chell Nyquist

Instruction Manager

ARMS 2001

(765) 494-5554

nyquist@purdue.edu

O

Christopher Obryan

Aerospace Prototyping Technician

(765) 494-3339

cmobryan@purdue.edu

Kenshiro Oguri

(he/him/his)

Assistant Professor

ARMS 2021

(765) 496-0887

koguri@purdue.edu

P

Guillermo Paniagua (By Courtesy)

Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Professor of Aeronautics & Astronautics (by Courtesy)

ZL3 (Zucrow Labs)

(765) 494-1514

gpaniagua@purdue.edu

Ryan Penn

Aerospace Prototyping Technician

rmpenn@purdue.edu

R Byron Pipes

John L. Bray Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Joint appointment with Chemical Engineering & Materials Engineering

(765) 494-5767

bpipes@purdue.edu

Jonathan Poggie

Professor

ARMS 3315

(765) 496-0614

jpoggie@purdue.edu

Janet Pool

Lead Administrative Assistant

ARMS 2013

(765) 496-5314

jpool@purdue.edu

Timothée Pourpoint

(he/him)

Professor
University Faculty Scholar, 2020-2025

Chaffee Hall, Room 116 & ARMS 2017

(765) 494-9423

timothee@purdue.edu

Q

Li Qiao

Professor, Associate Head for Engagement and Recognition

ARMS 3221

(765) 494-2040

lqiao@purdue.edu

Liz Quinlan

Administrative Assistant

(765) 494-5117

ekquinla@purdue.edu

R

Anna Rainwater

Senior Academic Advisor for Undergraduate Students

ARMS 2000-1

(765) 494-4054

arainwat@purdue.edu

John Rusek

Adjunct Associate Professor

rusek@purdue.edu

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

ARMS 2027

(765) 494-0146

msangid@purdue.edu