2019 News

February 19, 2019

Oakes honored with state community engagement award

The Indiana Commission for Higher Education on Feb. 13 selected William Oakes, of the College of Engineering, as one of only two recipients of the 2019 Gerald Bepko Faculty Community Engagement Grant Award.
February 19, 2019

Gambaros' transformational gift endows and names AAE's graduate program

A transformational gift to Purdue University’s School of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AAE) was made by alumnus Ernest Gambaro and his wife Monica to endow and name the school’s graduate program. The name — Gambaro Graduate Program of Aeronautics and Astronautics — was approved by Purdue’s Board of Trustees on Dec. 7, 2018.
February 13, 2019

AAE's Collicott wins STEM award from Commercial Spaceflight Federation

Steven Collicott, professor in AAE, was chosen as the Patti Grace Smith STEM Award Winner by the Commercial Spaceflight Federation in its inaugural Commercial Space Leadership Awards for his “leadership as an educator committed to scientific excellence and the expansion of knowledge for the next generation of commercial space pioneers.”
February 13, 2019

ME undergrads invent leg brace with a kickstand

A comforting innovation for those suffering from a lower-body injury is moving to the market all because one Purdue student wanted to alleviate his mother’s discomfort as she recovered from a leg injury.
February 13, 2019

MSE's Wilker featured on TED for research on sea creatures' adhesiveness

What if we could harness the sticking powers of sea creatures like mussels, oysters and barnacles, which refuse to budge even on wet, stormy coastlines? Dive into the wonderful world of animals that make their own glue and cement with scientist Jonathan Wilker — and preview some of the amazing things we can learn from how they do it.
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