Geoff Wawrzyniak was selected, as one of sixteen graduate students nationwide, as a NASA student representative to the 2008 International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Glasgow, Scotland.

We invite you to watch their entry, entitled "Our Place in Space: Propulsion at Purdue."

We invite you to watch their entry, entitled "Our Place in Space: Propulsion at Purdue."

Professor Hwang will use this five-year, $400K grant, to develop a theory
to describe the workings of "mobile networked embedded systems" and create efficient numerical algorithms and experimental testbeds to help improve the systems.

Jordan and Steve use humor in their search for more information about the space program at Purdue.

Honorees include: Frank H. Bauer, Darryl W. Davis, Wayne A. Eckerle, Walter Eversman, Troy M. Gaffey, Markus B. Heinimann, Timothy A. Kinnan,and Kenneth B. Sanger.

The School of Aeronautics & Astronautics welcomed new faculty member Dr. Timothée Pourpoint in the fall of 2008. He joined the school as Research Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics in the propulsion group. He completed his Ph.D. in the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics in December 2005.

Brian Pomeroy has been awarded the prestigious AIAA Wright Brothers Graduate Award for 2008 to support his research topic Combustion Instabilities. He is one of four in the nation receiving AIAA's highest honor for graduate students.

Paul M. Bevilaqua, MSAAE '68, PhD. '73, OAE '02, DEA '05 was awarded an honorary degree by Cranfield University and Defence College of Management and Technology, UK. on July 18, 2008.

Purdue University alumnus and serving astronaut Commander Mark L. Polansky has committed to share his experiences at the 13th annual Purdue Space Day to be held on Purdue's West Lafayette campus on Saturday, November 8th 2008.