Purdue was one of 45 college teams chosen to participate in the 2019 NASA Student Launch competition in April near NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.

Tom Shih, the J. William Uhrig and Anastasia Vournas Head and Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, will step down in August 2019 and transition to full-time faculty in AAE.

Bill Tomek (BSAAE '90) played Pad Leader Donald Babbitt in "First Man," which opened nationwide Oct. 12.

Carolin Frueh, assistant professor in AAE, was elected to serve as chair of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) Panel on Potentially Environmentally Detrimental Activities in Space (PEDAS) at the COSPAR Scientific Assembly from 2018-2022.

Sophomore Wellington Froelich started "Eddie's Causerie" last year, but he's changed the theme in Year 2 to focus on interviews with Purdue people who have technical projects on campus and industry professionals.

The day-long event on Oct. 1 showcased four keynote speakers, mentoring and networking sessions and more.

Xin Liu was awarded the American Society for Composites Ph.D. Research Scholarship Award.

Laura King-Steen (MSAAE '10) earned one of the agency's highest awards that represents an "acknowledgement of significant contributions to NASA's mission and purpose."

AAE Ph.D. student Geoffrey Andrews was featured in an AIAA spotlight.

Lockheed Martin CTO Dr. Dana "Keoki" Jackson detailed why this is the "golden age of aviation and aerospace" at the Charles Rolls and Henry Royce Memorial Lecture on Sept. 24 at Fowler Hall.