On Friday, November 5th, AAE held it's annual Outstanding Aerospace Engineers Award Banquet to honor 7 of our alumni whose professional contributions demonstrated excellence in industry, academia, governmental service, or other endeavors that reflect the value of an aerospace engineering degree.

Prof. Jay Melosh and a student will be among the first to see close up images of the comet Hartley 2 from NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft on Thursday (Nov. 4).

Dr. DeLaurentis' research is working with the U.S. Department of Defense's Missile Defense Agency to develop software that would improve the ability to manage the large volume of incoming data during an enemy attack.

John Rusek's company, Swift Enterprises Ltd. has entered into an agreement that will allow Purdue University researchers to test the company's unleaded, renewable general aviation fuel during various projects.

Purdue University alumnus David Wolf will speak on campus Oct. 29 about his experiences as an astronaut. Wolf's talk, which is free and open to the public, begins at 7 p.m. in Stewart Center's Fowler Hall.

AAE Assistant Professor Vikas Tomar will speak at the upcoming roundtable at ASME's International Mechanical Engineering Congress in Vancouver, Canada.

Please join us in honoring the achievements of the winning teams: Launch Vehicle – Team "Awesome" and Tactical Cargo Transport Team "Impala"