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May 21, 2009

C. T. Sun initial recipient of the AIAA-ASC James H. Starnes Jr. Award

C.T. Sun received the inaugural AIAA-ASC James H. Starnes, Jr. Award at an awards luncheon May 6, as part of the 50th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, held May 4-7, 2009, in Palm Springs, CA.

May 21, 2009

Space shuttle experiment to provide insights into turbulence, heating

AAE Professor Steven Schneider helped shape plans to install a new experiment on the space shuttle Discovery to collect data for controlling deadly friction and heating in the design of future spacecraft.

May 16, 2009

AAE graduate chosen to give student response at Purdue's Division 2 May Graduation

The School of Aeronautics and Astronautics wishes to congratulate Dr. Marriner Merrill on being selected to give the student response. This selection honors his significant achievement and service during his time at Purdue.

May 13, 2009

STS-127 - Go For Launch With Twitter Updates and Questions via YouTube

Purdue's ties to space continues with alumnus Commander Mark L. Polansky BSAAE'78; MSAAE'78 and Mission Specialist Dr. David A. Wolf BSEE'78 serving as crew on STS-127. Polansky will be the 2nd astronaut to "Tweet" from space, posting Twitter updates as astro_127.

May 8, 2009

Purdue Propulsion Program Featured in CPIAC's May 2009 Bulletin

CPIAC is the U.S. national clearinghouse and technical resource center for data, reports, and analyses related to system and component level technologies for chemical, electrical, and nuclear propulsion for rockets, missiles, and space and gun propulsion systems.

May 6, 2009

Alumni Michael J. Corso named to Florida Trend Magazine's 6th Annual Florida Elite®

Florida Legal Elite® is a special report which recognizes and honors prominent Florida lawyers. Winners are selected by peer members of The Florida Bar. Please join us in congratulating Michael Corso.

April 24, 2009

AAE Professor Skip Grandt honored by alma mater with Distinguished Alumni Award

Please join the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics in congratulating Professor Grandt. The University of Illinois - MechSE Distinguished Alumni Award dates back to 1968.

April 24, 2009

AAE moves up in the U.S. News & World Report Rankings

US News & World Report has released this year's national rankings of graduate programs.

The School of Aeronautics and Astronautics ranking for this year is at #4, up from #5 last year.

April 24, 2009

AAE at the forefront of training aerospace engineers to meet growing demand

Thomas Farris, head of AAE, says "For the most part, our students become aerospace engineers because they are following their dreams." For aerospace students the prospects are great as demand for their expertise grows.

April 23, 2009

AAE Faculty Member, Timothée Pourpoint Named to Tippy Connect's Top 10 Under 40 Honorees

Timothée Pourpoint, was honored Tuesday, April 21st as one of Tippy Connect's top 10 professionals under 40 that live and work in the Lafayette, Indiana area.

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