The Purdue Alumni Association has recently created various iGoogle themes for use by alumni, friends, and students.

Engineers, including AAE faculty, and food scientists are teaming up to develop a new type of gelled fuel the consistency of orange marmalade designed to improve the safety, performance and range of rockets for space and military applications.

The School of Aeronautics and Astronautics welcomes new faculty member Dr. Karen Marais (Carr´-en Muh-ray´). She joins the school as Assistant Professor in the aerospace systems group beginning in the spring of 2009.

The 2008 AAE Research Symposium Series winners have been announced!
These awards are given to recognize excellence in technical presentation
skills.

The Aero Assault Flag Football Team, consisting of Matt Conway, Adam Lavely, Steve Skare, Tom Juliano, Brad Wheaton, Tom Pavlak, Justin Rubal, Derek Hazen, Ross Winegar, and Isaac Tetzloff, beat the Sally Slappers from the Chemistry Department to take the title on November 11th!

You are invited to attend and enjoy an evening of meeting and networking with other AAE alumni. Dr. Farris will provide an update on the current events connected with the School of Aeronautics & Astronautics at Purdue University.

Astronaut Mark L. Polansky, an AAE graduate, will speak on campus Friday, Nov. 7, in an event that is free and open to the public. Polansky will talk about his experiences as an astronaut during the 8 p.m. talk in Wetherill Hall, Room 104. He will be on campus to participate in Purdue's annual Space Day on Saturday, Nov. 8.

Please join us in honoring the achievements of the winning team: Pete Psaras, Isaac Detrinidad, Phil Stout, Ian Meginnis, Allissa Battocletti, and Clarice Masaki.

Geoff Wawrzyniak was selected, as one of sixteen graduate students nationwide, as a NASA student representative to the 2008 International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Glasgow, Scotland.