The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics selected AAE Professor Stephen Heister for the distinguished technical award.

Emeritus adjunct professor died May 23.

Sven Gustafson, a Ph.D. student in Michael Sangid's research group, was one of two selected for the 2021 CHESS student paper awards.

Purdue University is one Space ISAC's founding members, and AAE Professor Daniel DeLaurentis is on the board of directors.

Julio Hernandez and Oscar Ojeda recently returned from trips to research stations, called analog habitats, that are designed specifically to simulate the physiological and psychological environment of life on Mars.

Joseph Jewell, an assistant professor in AAE, was selected to receive a highly competitive early-career award program from the Office of Naval Research.

Project Bridge was established with a generous $5 million gift from benefactors Bill Uhrig, an AAE alumnus, and Anastasia Vournas. It is the first major achievement toward the Board of Trustees’ recent unveiling of its goal of securing private resources toward this effort at the university.

The College of Engineering has nearly 1,300 undergraduate students who identify as AAPI and many more who are graduate students, staff, and faculty.

Michael Sangid, the Elmer F. Bruhn Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, was chosen by AAE faculty as the 2021 recipient.

Dengfeng Sun and William Crossley contributed to a recent NASA work that said smaller, local airports soon will be catalysts for change in how people travel.