News
October 1, 2015
AAE Associate Professor, Wenbin Yu and his research group discover new approach to modeling composite structures and materials
AAE Associate Professor Wenbin Yu and his students recently discovered the Mechanics of Structures Genome as a new approach to modeling composite structures and materials.
October 1, 2015
Associate Professor of AAE, Dr. Wenbin Yu develops software to speed modeling of composite materials, structures
AnalySwift LLC, a commercial software provider, has launched SwiftComp, technology that provides efficient, high-fidelity modeling of composites and reduces analysis times without a loss of accuracy, while capturing details of composites that were unreachable using traditional methods. The company licensed the technology, which was developed by Wenbin Yu, associate professor in Purdue's School of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
October 1, 2015
The School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Undergraduate Program Moves up in the U.S. News & World Report Rankings
US News & World Report published their annual rankings of undergraduate programs. The College of Engineering maintained its #9 ranking, and the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics have moved up in the rankings this year to the fourth spot.
October 1, 2015
AAE Professor and Head Receives AIAA Award
AAE Professor and Head of School, Tom Shih, was recently awarded the 2015 Energy Systems Award by the AIAA, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
October 1, 2015
AAE Alumni, Mark Geyer, named Deputy Director of Johnson Space Center
Dr. Ellen Ochoa, director of Johnson Space Center, has named Mark S. Geyer as deputy director of the center. Geyer will transitioned to the position in mid-September.
October 1, 2015
AAE Alumni, C. Douglas Ebersole (BSAAE '82) named the new Civilian Leader of Air Force Research Laboratory
The Pentagon has named C. Douglas Ebersole as the new civilian leader of Air Force Research Laboratory.
October 1, 2015
AAE Professor of Practice, Daniel Dumbacher named AIAA Associate Fellow
AAE Professor of Practice, Daniel Dumbacher named Associate Fellow in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
October 1, 2015
AAE Professor, Steven Collicott and AAE Students team up with local 2nd graders to find out if fireflies can light up in space
Aerospace engineering students at Purdue University are teaming with local second-graders to find out if fireflies can light up in space.
The collaborative experiment emerged from a question about fireflies brought up in Maggie Samudio's second-grade class at Cumberland Grade School in West Lafayette. She emailed the question to Steven Collicott, professor of aeronautics and astronautics at Purdue's School of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
The collaborative experiment emerged from a question about fireflies brought up in Maggie Samudio's second-grade class at Cumberland Grade School in West Lafayette. She emailed the question to Steven Collicott, professor of aeronautics and astronautics at Purdue's School of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
October 1, 2015
AAE Associate Professor, Alina Alexeenko and Professor and Head of Industiral and Physical Pharmacy, Elizabeth Topp co-lead Purdue LyoHUB
Purdue University has created a new lyophilization consortium, LyoHUB, to improve freeze-drying technology to make food, pharmaceuticals and biotech products safer and more affordable.
