News

April 14, 2025

Identical twins help Blue Origin shoot for the stars

Sisters Dayle and Claire Alexander, both Zucrow alumni, now work at Blue Origin as senior propulsion engineers responsible for the New Glenn rocket’s upper-stage BE-3U engines.

March 17, 2025

Switchable explosives: the future of energetics?

Zucrow Labs researchers have made a significant advancement in the field of energetics by creating a switchable explosive, which can be turned off to enhance safety during handling and transportation, and turned on to detonate when needed.

February 28, 2025

Zucrow Labs Annual Report 2024

It's time to take a look back at a remarkable 2024 at the world's largest academic propulsion lab.

January 29, 2025

Purdue and Rolls-Royce: safeguarding our future

For over 70 years, the Purdue and Rolls-Royce partnership has safeguarded national security and provided innovative solutions. Today, it continues to lead progress in critical fields, including advanced manufacturing, compressor and turbine technologies, and hybrid-electric and hypersonic propulsion.

January 13, 2025

William Flaherty: the Olympic skiing rocketeer

Which is more difficult: slaloming down a ski slope at 50 miles an hour, or designing a rocket to travel 1,000 miles an hour? William Flaherty, a Purdue mechanical engineering student, has done both!

November 15, 2024

The future of sustainable aviation: artificial intelligence for new clean propulsion models

As a leader in propulsion technology, Purdue University is always searching for innovative ways to make aviation more sustainable. Their latest initiative is TRANSDIFFUSE, a €10 million collaborative project which promises to revolutionize the field of turbomachinery through an innovative model based on artificial intelligence.

October 10, 2024

Zucrow dedicates $73 million High-Speed Propulsion Lab

Hundreds gathered to cut the ceremonial ribbon at the dedication of the new $73 million High-Speed Propulsion Lab at the Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories. Otherwise known as ZL9, the lab features new testing capabilities for innovative research in rocket combustion and gas turbine engines.