Dennis Mendoros, founder, owner, and managing director of
Euravia Engineering & Supply Co. Ltd. delivered the seventh
William E. Boeing Distinguished Lecture entitled Technological Advancement through Innovation and Cluster Development.
Purdue CubeSat is an interdisciplinary project to design, build, and launch Purdue University's first satellite. This team effort has been underway for 3 years, with the current team comprised of 10 undergraduate and graduate students. The Purdue CubeSat is classified as a pico-satellite and resembles a cube approximately 10 centimeters per side with a one kilogram gross mass. Upon completion (projected for 2007), the spacecraft will be launched aboard a Russian Dnepr or similar launch vehicle, in conjunction with the Cal Poly/Stanford CubeSat program.
Every year since NASA began the Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunity Program (RGSFOP) in 1996 Purdue AAE students have participated with winning research proposals and original student-built experiments.
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics is a professional organization for the aerospace industry. It encourages original research, furthers dissemination of knowledge, fosters the professional development of those engaged in scientific and engineering activities, improves public understanding of the profession and its contributions, fosters education in engineering and science as well as other professional groups, and stimulates outstanding professional accomplishments.
SEDS is an independent, student based organization, which promotes the exploration and development of space. The original chapter of SEDS was founded at MIT in 1980 while the Purdue Chapter was established on the 7th of December, 1994. Presently Purdue SEDS has 55 active members. Purdue SEDS believes in a space-faring civilization and that focusing the enthusiasm of young people is the key to our future in space.
The Purdue School of Aeronautics & Astronautics was proud to honor seven individuals with the 2005 Outstanding Aerospace Engineer Award.
Fort Myers, Florida - The law firm of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A. is pleased to announce that Michael J. Corso, a stockholder with the firm, received the President's Award from the Florida Defense Lawyers Association (FDLA), and has also been named the new Secretary-Treasurer of the Association. The FDLA is comprised of over 1,000 lawyers at private practice, private corporation and public entity levels. Its goals are to promote a level playing field in civil litigation and to foster its members' growth as professionals.
Charley Saff (BSAE 71) will be presented with the USAF Lincoln Award at the USAF Aircraft Structural Integrity Conference in November 2005.
Acoustic Emission Testing is the sixth volume in the Nondestructive Testing Handbook series, now in its third edition and published by the American Society of Nondestructive Testing in August 2005. The co-technical editors for this book include Eric V.K. Hill, a professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and Ronnie K. Miller, a Purdue graduate (B.S.A.E. 73, M.S.A.E. 75 and Ph.D. 79), who was the sole technical editor for Acoustic Emission Testing, Volume 5, 2nd Edition, Nondestructive Testing Handbook series.
Purdue graduate Mark Geyer has been appointed as deputy program manager of NASA's Constellation Program. The program will be based at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Geyer earned a bachelor's degree in engineering and a master's degree in aeronautics and astronautics from Purdue.
