Since the autumn of 1996, Purdue's School of Aeronautics & Astronautics has been involved in the NASA Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunity program.

The College of Engineering Awards of Excellence was initiated in 2002 to honor outstanding faculty and administrative, professional, clerical and service staff.

The 2007 AAE Research Symposium Series winners have been announced!
These awards are given to recognize excellence in technical presentation
skills.

Purdue and 16 of its astronaut alumni on Saturday Oct. 27 dedicated the university's Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering, hailing the new $53.2 million building as a gateway to engineering research and education.

Seetha Raghavan, an AAE graduate student working under the supervision of Dr P.K. Imbrie won first prize in the Student Abstract/Presentation Competition at the 44th Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science. Her abstract and presentation was titled, "A 3D Stress Measurement Model for Chromium-Doped Alumina."

Purdue and at least 16 of its astronaut alumni on Saturday (Oct. 27) dedicated the university's Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering, hailing the new $53.2 million building as a gateway to engineering research and education.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - More than 450 schoolchildren from four states are expected at Purdue Space Day on Nov. 3, when they will meet Purdue alumnus and astronaut Charles D. Walker and participate in a number of space-related activities.

Purdue workers move one piece of the full-scale replica of the Apollo 1 command module into the Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering. In 1967, two of the Apollo 1 astronauts, Purdue graduates Virgil "Gus" Grissom and Roger Chaffee, died in a fire during a launch pad training exercise in the capsule.

The Purdue University designation Outstanding Aerospace Engineer recognizes the professional contributions of graduates from the School of Aeronautics & Astronautics and thanks them for the recognition that their success brings to Purdue and the School.

The School of Aeronautics would like to recognize Lindsay Millard for the hard work and technical accomplishment that lead to her receipt of the Best Paper Award at the AAS/AIAA astrodynamics conference. The School and Purdue University are proud of this achievement.