The EPA’s first program, “Air Force Research Laboratory - Unmanned Aerial System (AFRL-UAS),” is led by AAE's James Goppert and presented through Purdue’s Vertically Integrated Projects Program.

AAE Professors Weinong Chen, Timothee Pourpoint and Sally Bane and courtesy professors involved in Purdue's Energetic Research Center.

Michael Sangid, Elmer F. Bruhn Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and graduate student Saikiran Gopalakrishnan were part of a team that won for Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Analytics.

In times of crisis, many vulnerable communities in Latin America don't get the aid they need, simply because of faulty or non-existent census data. Two Purdue students set out to change that. As part of an award-winning entry in a recent hackathon, they are creating a new platform called ComuniMap.

Brandon Chynoweth was added as a research assistant professor in AAE this summer and is leading the design and construction of the Purdue University Mach-8 Quiet Tunnel.

A drag sail developed by AAE engineers, including adjunct professor David Spencer, will be on board a Firefly Aerospace rocket expected to launch in November.

A recent paper by AAE students on shock impact induced failure and temperature rise in energetic materials was chosen for cover.

AAE graduate students Derek Mamrol and Lauren Wagner were selected for the Department of Defense’s National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program.

Daniel DeLaurentis, a professor of aeronautics and astronautics, develops new effective methods, theories and tools for systems of systems, specifically in aerospace, in situations where the factors involved are dramatically varied and diverse.

Dianyun Zhang joins faculty as an assistant professor after years as a faculty member at the University of Connecticut.