The Tullahoma, Tennessee Board of Mayor and Aldermen hosted a public reception on Monday, October 21, 2014 to honor two groups for bringing "honor and distinction to Tullahoma," community coordinator Winston Brooks announced.

School of Aeronautics and Astronautics faculty member, Dr. Michael Grant, engaged the community during his recent talk at the Tippecanoe County Public Library on October 23, 2014.

The 19th annual Purdue Space Day (PSD) will take place the weekend of Friday, October 24th and Saturday, October 25th with guest VIP School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Alum and Astronaut Charlie Walker (BSAAE'71, OAE'99).

School of AAE Ph.D. candidate Christabelle Bosson has received commendation two recent contributions to the aviation field of air traffic management.

Purdue University School of AAE Ph.D. candidate, Sarag Saikia, was recently featured in a Purdue News story, 5 Students Who Move the World Forward.

Purdue University's School of Aeronautics and Astronautics professor, Dr. Vikas Tomar, has been elected to the grade of Associate Fellow in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).

Michael Bedard, graduate student of School of AAE Professor William Anderson, recently presented a paper to the 65th International Astronautical Congress in Toronto, Canada. The paper, Student Design/Build/Test of a Throttleable LOX/LCH4 Thrust Chamber, was written by Bedard, along with fellow AAE graduate student Eric Meier, and AAE faculty member, Dr. William Anderson. The project detailed in the paper is based on liquid oxygen/liquid methane rocket engine development for the NASA Morpheus test vehicle.

Congratulations to Anthony Cofer (Ph.D. student of Dr. Alina Alexeenko and Dr. Stephen Heister), Nicholas Smith (Ph.D. student of Dr. Byron Pipes), and Brandon Terry (Ph.D. student of Dr. Steven Son) who have been named as recipients of the 2014 Purdue Forever Fellowship.

School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Ph.D. student Amanda Haapala received the 2014 Leading Light Award on October 1, 2014 in a special awards ceremony in Indianapolis. Sponsored by Women & Hi-Tech, the Leading Light Award honors women of achievement in science, education, and technology. Amanda received recognition for her demonstrated exceptional and substantive accomplishments as a recipient of the Rising Star Award for achievements in technology, science or engineering related careers.

Dr. Michael Sangid, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Assistant Professor, has been selected as a recipient of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award. The objective of the DARPA Young Faculty Award (YFA) program is to identify and engage rising research stars in junior faculty positions at U.S. academic institutions and expose them to Department of Defense needs as well as DARPA’s program development process.