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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.

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.

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."

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."

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.

Purdue researchers, including AAE Prof. Alexey Shashurin, have developed a technology to address the uncertainty of the ignition system that initiates the propulsion system of the CubeSats.

As principal manager and configuration designer engineer, Tamaira Ross (BSAAE '96, MSAAE '98, OAE '14) is a key player in Blue Origin's New Glenn orbital launch vehicle program.

Brad Belcher (BSAAE '82) was one of 29 individuals selected as Fellow by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) in its 2019 class.

Bill Crossley, professor in AAE, was quoted in Popular Science article on flying taxis.

Steven Collicott, a professor in AAE, participated in a panel session on commercial space at the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board Jan. 16 in Washington and was quoted in Space News.