Spotlights

September 6, 2018

Frueh teaches one-week intensive short course at NASA

AAE assistant professor Carolin Frueh was invited by NASA's Chris D'Souza to teach "Optical Sensor and Measurements Modeling" at Johnson Space Center in Houston.

August 30, 2018

Young professional alums return to campus, provide insight

AAE's Young Professional Advisory Council (YPAC) spent time with faculty and students on a two-day visit.

August 27, 2018

Chen selected as Bruhn Award winner

AAE undergraduate student body chose Prof. Wayne Chen as the recipient for the 2018 Elmer F. Bruhn Award for Excellence in Teaching.

August 22, 2018

Purdue student project to add flare - via 100-foot flamethrower - to Burning Man event

The "Big Friendly Flame" project in AAE 53500, Propulsion Design, Build, Test, in Spring 2018 was done with the intent to develop, assemble, integrate and test a large, artistic flame device.

August 17, 2018

New engineering center makes seed grant awards

Two AAE professors were part of three seed grant awards from the Center for Resilient Infrastructures, Systems, and Processes (CRISP).

August 16, 2018

AAE alumnus honored with Young Professional Award by AIAA

Drew Damon (BSAAE '09) was recognized with the Liquid Propulsion Young Professional Award at the AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum and Exposition.

August 13, 2018

AAE student Fala wins graduate award

Nicoletta Fala received the William T. Piper Sr. General Aviation Systems Graduate Award from the AIAA.

August 13, 2018

Howell elected to International Academy of Astronautics

Howell joins the IAA as a Corresponding Member in Engineering Sciences.

August 8, 2018

AAE students' Mars pioneering base work wins AIAA best paper award

A paper authored by Elizabeth Marandola (MSAAE '17) and a team of AAE graduate and undergraduate students was selected by the AIAA Space Architecture Technical Committee.

August 8, 2018

AAE students earn best poster awards for SURF

Seniors Richard Brookes and Adam Patel completed the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program on high notes.

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