Kathleen Howell, Hsu Lo Distinguished Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, was recognized as a leader in a field of astronautics of fundamental importance for the exploration of space.
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.
AAE Ph.D. student Michael Baier is part of a group investigating a safer and less toxic hypergolic propellant, studying its explosive reaction with a new technique involving both visible and infrared high-speed cameras.
"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.