Tim Duquette is an AAE senior graduating in December of 2009. He is focusing in astronautics and specializing in propulsion and design.

Christine Troy, a graduating senior in A&AE at Purdue, is honored to be recognized as the local Sigma Gamma Tau Outstanding Senior. She has also won the Great Lakes Regional Award given by the SGT National Headquarters.

Steve Schneider, AAE Professor, helped shape plans to install a new experiment currently on the space shuttle Discovery to collect data for controlling deadly friction and heating in the design of future spacecraft.

The School of Aeronautics and Astronautics wishes to congratulate Anthony Gingiss, BSAAE 1990.

The Access & Success Campaign was announced in April 2008. Student Access & Success is one of the major goals in the university's strategic plan, which was introduced at the April 11 board of trustees meeting and presented for approval in June 2008.

The Purdue Alumni Association has recently created various iGoogle themes for use by alumni, friends, and students.

Engineers, including AAE faculty, and food scientists are teaming up to develop a new type of gelled fuel the consistency of orange marmalade designed to improve the safety, performance and range of rockets for space and military applications.

The School of Aeronautics and Astronautics welcomes new faculty member Dr. Karen Marais (Carr´-en Muh-ray´). She joins the school as Assistant Professor in the aerospace systems group beginning in the spring of 2009.

The 2008 AAE Research Symposium Series winners have been announced!
These awards are given to recognize excellence in technical presentation
skills.