On February 22nd, the College of Engineering will honor Mark A. Burgess(BSAAE'78, MSAAE'79, MSIA'82) and Richard Byram Rivir (BSAE'60) as two out of ten Engineering Alumni who are distinguished in their engineering careers. The College of Engineering has over 84,000 living alumni. The distinction of DEA has been bestowed upon 489 of these outstanding individuals.

Allissa Battocletti BSAAE'11, who is a member of NASA's EVA Operations team, took the opportunity to fly the Purdue flag during her rotation as instructor for NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL).

Congratulations to Dr. John Sullivan and the fall 2012 AAE 590 Design Build Test class. The team of twenty undergraduate students designed and proposed a Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS) to the BORDERS SUAS design competition.

Aaron Johnson, a senior in the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering, is one of two inaugural recipients of the Harold DeGroff Endowed Scholarship granted from the Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program at Purdue.

Sigma Gamma Tau, the National Aerospace Engineering Honor Society, would like to recognize Dr. Kathleen Howell, Hsu Lo Professor within the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics as the January 2013 recipient of our Faculty and Staff Appreciation Award.

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Dr. Li Qiao who has been named as a recipient of a grant from the prestigious Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) through its Young Investigator Research Program (YIP).

Dr. Al Novick, AAE's distinguished alumnus (B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from AAE) and our school's honorary industry professor, passed away on Dec. 8, 2012.

August 25, 2012 we lost alumni Boilermaker Neil Armstrong. As a 1955 graduate of the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, his accomplishments have long become a source of pride to our school, and before becoming an astronaut, he served his country as an officer in the US Navy and in the Korean War. We are proud to recognize him as an accomplished engineer, naval aviator, test pilot, and educator who went on to become the first man to walk on the Moon. He was an outstanding role model for students of all ages and we salute his hard work and dedication to his profession.

Professor Emeritus Larry Cargnino was posthumously inducted into Purdue University's Cooperative Education Hall of Fame on October 12, 2012. This distinguished group represents an extraordinary cross-section of achievements and leadership. Professor Cargnino, who passed away this past January, was committed to providing Purdue students with real-life work experiences as both the founder and coordinator of the Co-op Program in the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics.