One AAE course is producing unique project-based learning opportunities for undergraduate students while also creating a testing bed that will aid the department in future small satellite projects.

Beth Moses (BSAAE '92, MSAAE '94, OAE '18), Virgin Galactic's chief astronaut instructor, was one of three crew members on board a supersonic flight test of spacecraft Unity.

Timothy Cahill and Kenneth Sanger were among seven recognized at Feb. 21 event. The Distinguished Engineering Alumni/Alumnae Award is presented to men and women who have distinguished themselves in any field in ways that reflect favorably on Purdue University, the engineering profession, or society in general.

Tyler Tallman, an assistant professor in AAE, and collaborators from Massachusetts General Hospital and MIT developed a new diagnostic technique that could enable early, cost-effective, and accurate diagnosis of implant loosening.

Ernest Gambaro (BSAE '60, MSAE '61) and wife Monica were honored Feb. 16 in Naples, Fla., for their deep commitment and strong support of AAE. The Gambaro Graduate Program of Aeronautics and Astronautics was approved by Purdue's Board of Trustees on Dec. 7, 2018.

AAE alumnus David Helderman (BSAAE '06, MSAAE '09), the director for test and launching engineering at Blue Origin, says a three-year span working at Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories "set off my whole career."

A startup that plans to use high-altitude balloons to deploy rockets has successfully fired a test launch. Leo Aerospace Inc. includes Purdue alumni from AAE.

Steven Collicott, professor in AAE, was chosen as the Patti Grace Smith STEM Award Winner by the Commercial Spaceflight Federation in its inaugural Commercial Space Leadership Awards for his "leadership as an educator committed to scientific excellence and the expansion of knowledge for the next generation of commercial space pioneers."

William Crossley, a professor in AAE, was an expert on the "On-Demand Aviation: Challenges and Solutions" panel at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Science and Technology Forum and Exposition in early January.

Katya Casper (MSAAE '09, PHDAAE '12) will receive a certificate and trophy during the AIAA's Aerospace Spotlight Awards Gala May 15 in Washington D.C.