This award is based on polling of our junior and senior undergraduate students.

They are: Zaid Alami, The Boeing Company; Sirisha Bandla, Virgin Galactic; Ronak Dave, NASA; Matthew Sunday, The Boeing Company; Kara Cunzeman, The Aerospace Corporation; Daniel Gillies, NOAA

Professor Wenbin Yu received two significant honors and gave a talk on modeling wind turbines at the American Society for Composites Annual Technical Conference.

Alexeenko has authored over 220 journal articles and conference papers and is a co-inventor of 10 patents.

Garcia shares the importance of composite materials to aerospace engineering, the personal significance of her Hispanic heritage, and how her mother inspires her persistent pursuit of her goals.

Nearly 500 paper transcripts used by Neil Armstrong for his public addresses and select speeches are being digitized. The nearly 500 transcripts are available for public viewing, text-searchable, and accessible on Purdue's online archives platform.

The Dean's Leadership Scholars, within Purdue University's College of Engineering, recognizes and nurtures the talents of a group of undergraduate students. Established in 2019, the program selects students based on academic and leadership accomplishments to serve in an external advisory role to the dean. This year, 11 new students were selected for the 2024-2025 cohort, joining nine existing scholars.

Three Purdue students have earned the prestigious Astronaut Scholarship for their remarkable efforts and achievements through hours of research and coursework while in undergraduate studies. As Astronaut Scholars, they will build relationships with scholarship alumni and astronauts, as well as pioneers and leaders in their fields of study. In addition, they recently had a unique opportunity to network with these and fellow scholars across the country at the annual Innovator’s Gala held in August.

Each position honors a distinguished figure in AAE history.