Rhonda Walthall (BSAAE '86, OAE '20) hopes "Flight Paths to Success," in which female aerospace engineers share personal career journeys, will be of particular interest to female aerospace engineers in their early-to-mid careers.

Thomas Cannon Jr., who also earned his BS and MS from the School, attributes his parents' examples, Purdue education and determined nature for his career success.

"We're a company of about 600 people. To look at a school that's 2,000 miles away and realize we have 10 employees from that school, that doesn't really happen by accident. It says something about the school."

Brandon Terry (PhD AAE '14) is founder and chief technology officer at Adranos, Inc., which announced plans Feb. 3 to construct a facility in the Purdue Research Park of West Lafayette to manufacture ALITEC in support of various launch systems, including hypersonic systems.

AAE senior Zachary Marshall is among three recipients of the Astronaut Scholarship, which will be presented by Covey on Feb. 23.

Robert Bayt, Adam Butt and David Forrest received awards.