Adrienne Rudolph: Assistant Operations Coordinator

 

Hometown: Boonville, IN
Major: Aeronautical Engineering Technology
Class: Senior
Anticipated Graduation Date: May 2022

What do you love about Purdue Space Day?
Not only do I get to make kids fall in love with the stars, but I also get to be my nerdy, authentic self while doing it.

Favorite Class/Professor?
My favorite class so far has actually been Thunderstorms and Tornadoes (EAPS 138), but I’m getting ready to take Intro to Satellite Navigation and Positioning (AAE 575) and I already know I’m going to love it. Favorite professor hands down is Professor Marais.

What do you hope to be doing in 10 years?
I’d like to utilize remote sensing to find and study other habitable planets in our galaxy. Although, my true passion is to be an astronaut, but that realistically won’t happen for another 20 years.

What do you think your favorite memory of Purdue will be?
Purdue was where I learned to fly and earned my pilot’s license, and because of that, it will always be sacred ground to me. Flying over campus in the summertime will forever be one of my fondest memories..

Hidden Talent?
I learned how to roll my tongue up in a weird clover shape in 4th grade, and can say my ABC’s backwards faster than I can forward.