Whether at NASA Langley or DARPA or NATO or the National Science Foundation or now as the founder of a consulting company, McGowan (BSAAE) has thrived because she's been willing to "feel the fear and do it anyway."

Inspired by Purdue University alumnus Neil Armstrong, the 38 by 38 Award honors young alumni who have demonstrated remarkable achievement, rapid professional growth and meaningful impact in their fields. Of this year's recipients, 5 were AAE alumni.

The College of Engineering recognized faculty, lecturers and other staff for outstanding dedication to teaching students in a Purdue Exponent ad on August 24.

AnalySwift LLC, a Purdue University-affiliated company, has received an $899,738 Phase II STTR (Small Business Technology Transfer) award from NASA for a two-year activity to develop a solution: a robotic technology that welds and unwelds thermoplastic composites in space.

The High-Speed Propulsion Lab (ZL9) at Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories has become the first research facility at Purdue University to earn the International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) 9001 standard for quality management systems certification, awarded to the facility by BSI.

Written by the student members of the Purdue AIAA Design/Build/Fly team

Claire Diffey didn't expect to end up in elite motorsports. The Canada-born student knew little about the racing series when she applied to Purdue, drawn to the university's reputation as the "Cradle of Astronauts." She hoped to work in the space industry. But the hands-on wind tunnel experience she got with the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics led elsewhere.