Lt. Col. Reid Vander Schaaf (US Army), Program Manager Enhanced C2BMC, visited Purdue on 1 May 2012. He came to meet with students and faculty involved on a project funded by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA)

This prestigious award is given by AIAA every four years for excellence in aerospace materials, structural design, structural analysis, or structural dynamics. The citation reads "For pioneering developments in damage tolerant design in composite structural mechanics and for seminal contributions to academic programs in composite structures and materials."

Congratulations to Mar Vaquero for winning 1st place in the Research Symposium Series, along with 2nd place – Steven Shark, 3rd place – Loic Chappaz, and Best Abstract – Lucie Poulet

A check for undergraduate and graduate scholarships was presented on behalf of Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne, Inc. by Dr. Munir M. Sindir, Director of Engineering Technical Disciplines and a member of the Steering Advisory Committee (SAC) to Dr. Tom Shih, professor and head of School of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

AAE junior Jim Behmer will step into a senior leadership role as drum major for the 'All-American' Marching Band for the 2012-2013 year. Jim is from Elyria, Ohio and is from the alto saxophone section

Congratulations to AAE senior Jenny DePauw has been selected to win this year's Herbert F. Rogers Award

Congratulations to Marat Kulakhmetov who has won the 2012 Sandia Excellence in Science and Engineering Research Fellowship

Presented annually to an Outstanding Teacher in the Purdue University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, selected by the undergraduate student body for excellence in teaching and made possible by the interest and generosity of friends and alumni of the school.

Three AAE faculty members recognized at the Faculty Awards Convocation held on April 26. Dr. Alina Alexeenko was recognized for an NSF Career Award, and Dr. James Doyle and Dr. Kathleen Howell were recognized for 35 years and 30 years of service respectively.

Congratulations to Logan Larson who has been awarded the CETA Excellence in Teaching Award. Prof. Sally Bane is Logan's faculty advisor for his Teaching Assistant Position and Prof. Stephen Heister is his faculty advisor in his major area of study.