James Gregory, AAE alum and professor at The Ohio State University, has helped set a drone world speed record. Gregory was part of a team at OSU’s Aerospace Research Center that set the record for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of any size.

A group of AAE seniors earned second place in the NASA Advanced Air Vehicles Subsonic Commercial Transport Design Challenge for their Project Indra aircraft design.

Prof. James Garrison has been appointed the editor-in-chief of IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine. The publication informs readers of activities in the IEEE GRS Society, its technical committees and chapters.

Graduate student Geoffrey Andrews won second place in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Individual Aircraft Design Competition. The challenge in the competition was to design a multi-mission amphibian aircraft capable of both passenger and cargo missions.

AAE alumna Mar Vaquero has been featured in a Washington Post story called “How to steer a spacecraft into Saturn.” The article discusses the billion-dollar spacecraft named Cassini, which was launched during the tenure of Bill Clinton and arrived at Saturn in the first term of George W. Bush.

A reception and ceremony were held on Friday (Oct. 6) to celebrate ratified distinguished and named professors and administrators at Purdue for their many accomplishments and successes. The event took place in Stewart Center's Fowler Hall.

Kevin Sheridan and Austin Williams, students at the Purdue College of Engineering, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, completed internships over the summer at Aerotronic LLC, an Indianapolis-based company developing and manufacturing drones and other unmanned aerial systems.

Jonathan Poggie, an associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics, and his team were selected for the competitive Frontier Award of supercomputer hours. The award enables science and technology research that would not be possible without extraordinary computer resources.

The new Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories expansion dedication is set for 1-2:30 p.m. on Friday (Sept. 22). Speakers include John Philo, graduate assistant at Zucrow Lab; Mung Chiang, John A. Edwardson Dean of the College of Engineering; and Purdue President Mitch Daniels.

A new type of micropropulsion system for miniature satellites called CubeSats uses an innovative design of tiny nozzles that release precise bursts of water vapor to maneuver the spacecraft. The research is being led by AAE Prof. Alina Alexeenko.