Tom Shih, a professor in AAE and former head of the School, will begin the new role in January 2021.

Seven-member, all-senior team will be able to test its tool in 2021 at NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Lab at Johnson Space Center in Houston.

AAE Professor Jonathan Poggie and Purdue innovators have developed battlefield simulation technology.

Professor Karen Marais was selected by AAE juniors and seniors to win the award given annually for outstanding teaching.

The team, comprised primarily of AAE students, won $25,000 for its "Wheels-Up Solution."

Ashwin Sivakumar, graduating from AAE in December, will be Purdue's first ROTC cadet to become a U.S. Department of Defense Space Force officer.

The "Wheels-Up Solution," a smart wheelchair and compatible management system that assists physically impaired travelers in the airport terminal and beyond, was developed by a group of Purdue students, primarily from the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

PSP, Purdue's SEDS chapter, won for its Midwest Rocketry Forum.

The We Support Black Engineers Campaign was curated to celebrate and show support for the College of Engineering's Black students, faculty, staff and alumni.

AAE will lend its expertise to Morgan State University as it launches its own liquid-fueled rocketry lab and training program.