Spotlights

March 5, 2020

Report: NASA should collaborate to research effects of increased drone traffic

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine formed a 12-person committee that featured AAE Professor Daniel DeLaurentis to study potential benefits and challenges associated with advanced aerial mobility.

March 3, 2020

Three AAE students receive OPP scholarships

Ryan Murphy received the ExxonMobil Scholarship; Sarah Palmer was a recipient of the William & Linda Nelson Cooperative Education Scholarship; and Sarah Scoggin received the Leonard Wood Co-Op Scholarship.

February 13, 2020

Purdue among select members of new space, cybersecurity organization

Purdue University is a founding member of the newly formed Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC). AAE Professor Dan DeLaurentis will represent the University on the center’s board of directors.

February 6, 2020

AAE student among first class of Dean's Teaching Fellows

Bing Li, a Ph.D. student in AAE, was one of three students selected by the College of Engineering for a Dean's Teaching Fellowship.

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."

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