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August 3, 2018
Pipes receives honorary degree from University of Edinburgh
At the University of Edinburgh's School of Engineering graduation ceremony in July, Purdue's John L. Bray Distinguished Professor of Engineering R. Byron Pipes received Doctor Honoris Causa.
August 1, 2018
Purdue students enriched by Maymester course in Australia
Students from the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics were joined by civil engineering and mechanical engineering students on the nearly two-week trip to Sydney.
July 31, 2018
Mark Geyer brings daring, but reasoned, approach to director role at NASA's Johnson Space Center
Mark Geyer (BSAAE '82, MSAAE '84), who became the 12th director of NASA's Johnson Space Center in late May, is ready to remind the world NASA is "back in the business of launching people" into space.
July 30, 2018
Purdue School Launchboxes available to send school experiments into space
The School of Aeronautics and Astronautics developed the "launchboxes" so K-12 schools can conduct zero-gravity experiments in space.
July 25, 2018
Student-developed communication network for UAVs interests NASA
A group of students in Purdue's School of Aeronautics and Astronautics won NASA's University Student Research Challenge but still has work to do to secure a grant.
July 25, 2018
AAE student Jain earns FAA Center of Excellence fellowship
Utsav Jain, a Ph.D student in Purdue's School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, has spent the summer at the FAA's William J. Hughes Technical Center in Atlantic City, N.J.
July 25, 2018
Howell is developing potential orbits around a Lagrange point
Hsu Lo Distinguished Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Kathleen Howell -- and a near-rectilinear halo orbit (NRHO), a specialty of hers -- was featured in Bloomberg Businessweek.
July 24, 2018
AAE student selected for AIAA Foundation award
Geoffrey Andrews (MSAAE '17) is the 2018 recipient of the AIAA Foundation's Abe M. Zarem Award for Distinguished Achievement in Aeronautics.
July 23, 2018
NASA flight director, AAE alum Flores 'humbled' by new role
Marcos Flores was "shocked" when he was selected in a six-member class of NASA flight directors in July. And proud. "Coming from Puerto Rico and having the aspirations I've had, this is something that's going to mean a lot, not just to myself but to everybody around me," he says.