A team from the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics has won the U.S. Department of Justice's first public competition challenge with its proposed concept for testing the viability of in-service body armor. The team was led by Prof. Wayne Chen and included Ben Claus, Matt Hudspeth and Niranjan Parab

You are invited to attend the reception for the Graduating Class of 2013. Please RSVP by December 9th - details below

Purdue Research Foundation hosted its ninth annual inventors Recognition Reception on November 20, 2013 to recognize 54 Purdue faculty and staff whose discoveries were patented during the 2012-2013 fiscal year

Doctoral student Ming Gan won Second place in Best Poster award competition sponsored by NSF at ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition held in San Diego.

Congratulations to Professor Jim Longuski on publishing his latest book, entitled "Optimal Control with Aerospace Applications."

National Geographic published an interview with Prof. James Longuski and Doctoral Candidate Frank Laipert on November 18, 2013. This interview was noticed and made the rounds of the National Academies Committee on Human Space Flight, of which Purdue president is co-chair. President Daniels followed up with a letter of congratulations to Prof. Longuski.

Congratulations to Prof. Wenbin Yu who has been awarded ASME Fellow at the ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition

Prof. Karen Marais has been awarded a CAREER grant, the National Science Foundation's most prestigious honor for young researchers

Professors Bill Crossley and Stephen Heister were among sixty-eight professors who were honored on December 2 when they were inducted into the Book of Great Teachers, which honors outstanding teaching faculty who have demonstrated sustained excellence in the classroom.

Professor Barrett Caldwell (by courtesy) has been selected a member of NASA's new Field Investigations to Enable Solar System Science and Exploration team