Every single space launch has a high cost associated with mass and volume. A transformable system that can adapt its shape or function in situ, like an unfolding origami model, will address the challenges of high mass and volume demands in space missions.

Teams from China, Italy and Poland bring their programming and UAV skills to competition at Purdue.

Thendral Kamal, a sophomore in the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, met her Purdue Engineering hero, Sirisha Bandla, a member of Purdue University's Cradle of Astronauts.

PhD AAE student Nick Gunady (BSAAE '21, MSAAE '22) fired up Aerovy Mobility, a company based on a competition-winning project he led in 2022.

AAE student Kenneth Pritchard shares his experiences as part of a Purdue team on a two-week mission simulating the experiences of crew life on a research station on the red planet.

Students voted in record numbers this year and gave LeGrand the E.F. Bruhn Teaching Award from the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Dianyun Zhang, Tyler Tallman and Joseph Jewell have been promoted to associate professors. Briony Horgan, an EAPS faculty member with a courtesy appointment to AAE, was promoted to full professor.