Spotlight Archives
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School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Ph.D. Student Wayne Schlei Receives Best Paper Award at AIAA Conference
At the recent AIAA Space and Astronautics Forum in August 2014, current Ph.D. student in Astrodynamics and Space Applications, Wayne Schlei, as well as AAE Professor Kathleen Howell, received a conference Best Paper Award for their technical paper entitled "Enhanced Visualization and Autonomous Extraction of Poincaré Map Topology."
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Lunar-landing rocket research hits milestone with 'hot-fire' test
A Purdue University student team has designed, built and tested a critical part of a new a rocket engine as part of a NASA project to develop spacecraft technologies needed to land on the moon, Mars and other cosmic venues. The work began as a senior design project in 2010, initiated by students in a propulsion course taught by William Anderson, a professor in Purdue's School of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
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TEAM KANAU Wins International Inspiration Mars Student Design Contest
On August 9, 2014, the Mars Society declared Team Kanau, comprised primarily of students from Purdue University and Keio University, as the 1st place winner of the International Inspiration Mars Student Design Contest.
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School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Graduate Student Lauren Bowers Awarded Stipend from Transportation Research Board
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics graduate student Lauren Bowers has been selected as a recipient of a research stipend as part of the Graduate Research Award Program on Public-Sector Aviation Issues from the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) of the Transportation Research Board (TRB)/National Academies, which is sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation.
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Center of Excellence for Integrated Thermal Management of Aerospace Vehicles
The School of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue's College of Engineering, in conjunction with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), is pleased to announce the formation of the Center of Excellence for Integrated Thermal Management of Aerospace Vehicles.
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