AAE Congratulates Research Symposium Series Winners
| Event Date: | December 11, 2008 |
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The 2008 AAE Research Symposium Series winners have been announced! These awards are given to recognize excellence in technical presentation skills.
| $500 First place | Joseph Gangestad | The Dynamics of Lorentz Spacecraft with Application to a Mission to Enceladus |
| $275 Second place | Matthew Borg | Effect of Freestream Noise on Roughness-Induced Transition for the X-51A Forebody |
| $150 Third place | Allen Yan | MilliNewton Thrust Stand Calibration Using Electrostatic Fins |
| $300 Best undergraduate presentation | Saad Tanvir | An Experimental and Modeling Study of the Premixed Syngas Combustion |
| $75 Best Abstract | Bradley Wheaton | Towards Mechanism-Based Models for Transition Induced by Isolated Roughness: Experiments on the Nozzle Wall of the Mach-6 Quiet Tunnel |
The Research Symposium Series is a department-sponsored forum for graduate students and advanced-level undergraduates to present their research to a general audience. Feedback is provided to all presenters both by the audience and symposium judges. This symposium has been held each week during the Fall Semester for the past 6 years. More information can be found at https://engineering.purdue.edu/AAE/Academics/StudentOrgs/aaerss.
L-R are Saad Tanvir, Prof. Li Qiao, Allen Yan, Prof. Ivana Hrbud, Prof. James Longuski,
Joseph Gangestad, Prof. Steve Schneider, and Matthew Borg (Bradley Wheaton - Not Pictured)