The Northwestern Alumni Association cast a spotlight on some of the University’s most accomplished and dedicated graduates. Nineteen alumni, representing fields ranging from media to business to medical research, were honored at the Northwestern Alumni Association Alumni Awards on October 8 at the Union League Club of Chicago. Among them were Purdue University AAE's own Prof. C.T. Sun, who was a Merit Award recipient.

Vikas Tomar is the inaugural recipient of the Materials Science and Engineering C. Young Researcher Award.

Purdue University has played a leading role in providing the engineers who designed, built, tested, and flew the many aircraft and spacecraft that so changed human progress during the 20th century.

Purdue alumnus Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the Hero of the Hudson, will be awarded the University's Neil Armstrong Medal of Excellence by Neil Armstrong himself on Friday (Nov. 12), making him only the second person to earn the honor.

Presented annually to an Outstanding Teacher in the Purdue University School of Aeronautics & Astronautics, selected by the juniors and seniors of the student body for excellence in teaching and made possible by the interest and generosity of friends and alumni of the school.

Presented annually to an individual or a team of faculty members in the Purdue University School of Aeronautics & Astronautics to recognize high quality contributions in science and engineering.