Marcos Flores, who earned his master's online in 2015 from the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, served his first shift on console as flight director in mid-November.

Kyle Runkle, a senior in the School of Aeronautics and Aeronautics, was active in Purdue Space Program.

Cesare Guariniello, a research scientist in AAE and an AAE alumnus, will be commander of Purdue's crew at the Mars Desert Research Station.

More than 280 faculty, including eight from AAE, were honored for years of service to Purdue during the Faculty Service Recognition Luncheon, hosted by the Office of the Provost. Honorees were those who, in 2019, have completed 10 or more years of service.

Dimitrios Michalaros, a freshman interested in majoring in AAE, had a payload on Blue Origin's New Shepard flight Dec. 11.

Maaninee Gupta received the most votes among the AAE300 group, and Islam Nazmy was the top vote-getter in the AAE200 survey.

A new Center for Intelligent Infrastructure (CII) at Purdue University is bringing together researchers of various fields to develop technology that a bridge, building, road or other infrastructure could use to communicate directly with humans and respond to disasters, preventing collapse.

As president and CEO of the Coalition for Deep Space Exploration, Mary Lynne Dittmar is embedded within the world of space policy and intimately understands its facets. She was eager to share that knowledge and insight during a nearly week-long visit to Purdue in early November

Suman Chakraborty, Logan Kamperschroer and Jeremy Marcum were selected for the scholarships, specifically awarded to graduate students in propulsion in the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Ryan Murphy, a junior in AAE, received a $10,000 scholarship from the Wings Club Foundation.