Purdue University held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Indiana Manufacturing Institute on June 23, 2015. More than 200 people attended the ceremony for the IMI, which is part of a $50 million project where Purdue University researchers will advance research of composite materials manufacturing to develop more energy-efficient technologies.

School of Aeronautics and Astronautics graduate student Samantha Alberts has been chosen as the 2015-2017 Student Liaison for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Board of Directors. Created in 2004, the Student Liaison position is designed to provide the Board of Directors with a direct link to student members as well as utilize insight from a student perspective.

The United States Air Force Academy and the Association of Graduates (AOG) announced the winners of the Distinguished Graduate Award for 2014. Recipients include Dr. Thomas J. Eller, who received his M.S. in 1969 from Purdue's School of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Dr. Eller graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1961, and spent 20 years in the Air Force, serving as a pilot and faculty member at the Academy. He is the recipient of numerous medals and commendations, including twice receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC).

School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Ph.D. student Sayan Biswas has been awarded a 2015 Summer Research Grant.

School of Aeronautics and Astronautics graduate student Scott Yantek has received the Arvin-Calspan Fellowship. Yantek is an M.S. student, studying with Professor Inseok Hwang in the research areas of UAS Security Analysis and Unmanned Vehicles.

The School of Aeronautics and Astronautics has announced the 2015 recipients of the Rogers Award. This year's recipients are Stephen Whitnah and Emily Zimovan.

School of Aeronautics and Astronautics senior Stephen Whitnah has been selected for the 2015 Sigma Gamma Tau Great Lakes Regional Undergraduate Award.

NASA's Flight Opportunities Program has selected seven space technology payloads for flights on commercial, parabolic or suborbital launch vehicles to demonstrate new space technologies. Dr. Steven Collicott, School of AAE, had two payloads chosen for flight on parabolic aircraft.

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School of Aeronautics and Astronautics PhD student Natalie Smith received the Outstanding Research Award at the Graduate Student Research, Teaching, and Service Awards Program on April 15, 2015.