Spotlights

February 4, 2020

Purdue to develop world’s first Mach 8 quiet wind tunnel

AAE Professor Steven Schneider is co-lead investigator of the project with Purdue research scientist Brandon Chynoweth, who will be responsible for running and sustaining the Mach 8 wind tunnel.

January 28, 2020

Air Force provides $1 million in funding for Purdue-related technology to improve critical pilot skills

A simulator created by the three Purdue alumni, including AAE alum Muharrem Manehas, received a $1 million SBIR Phase II award, sponsored by the Air Force and AFWERX, the Air Force’s technology and innovation hub.

January 27, 2020

AAE head, graduate student quoted in Popular Science articles

William Crossley and Justin Mansell spoke to the magazine for stories on planes dumping fuel and LightSail2.

January 24, 2020

Shih honored by AIAA

Tom Shih, a professor in AAE, has been selected to receive the 2020 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Thermophysics Award.

January 21, 2020

NASA to help fund AnalySwift, Purdue technology shown to speed design of composite deployable structures

AnalySwift LLC, a Purdue University-affiliated commercial software provider, has received a $125,000 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant from NASA.

January 17, 2020

Undergraduate student earns 'best in session' at AIAA SciTech

Daniel Gochenaur, a junior in the AAE, won in the “Topics in Design Engineering — Design Tools and Processes I” session for a paper on “Validation of Conceptual Hypersonic Design Tool Framework Using X-15 Case Study."

January 15, 2020

AAE faculty, lecturers honored as 'Outstanding Engineering Teachers' by College of Engineering

Eleven School of Aeronautics and Astronautics faculty members and two lecturers were named by the College of Engineering as "Outstanding Engineering Teachers" in an ad placed in the Exponent Monday.

January 13, 2020

Two AAE students selected as "Tomorrow's Leaders: The 20 Twenties"

Master's students Emily Beckman and Ethan Plaehn were chosen for the honor by Aviation Week Network, in collaboration with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).

January 10, 2020

Alumna O'Hara graduates from NASA's astronaut candidate program, eligible for spaceflight

January 10, 2020

Tomar selected as W.A. Gustafson Award winner

AAE juniors and seniors selected Professor Vikas Tomar for the W.A. Gustafson Award, presented annually to an outstanding teacher in AAE.

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