More than 280 faculty, including eight from AAE, were honored for years of service to Purdue during the Faculty Service Recognition Luncheon, hosted by the Office of the Provost. Honorees were those who, in 2019, have completed 10 or more years of service.

Maaninee Gupta received the most votes among the AAE300 group, and Islam Nazmy was the top vote-getter in the AAE200 survey.

Dimitrios Michalaros, a freshman interested in majoring in AAE, had a payload on Blue Origin's New Shepard flight Dec. 11.

A new Center for Intelligent Infrastructure (CII) at Purdue University is bringing together researchers of various fields to develop technology that a bridge, building, road or other infrastructure could use to communicate directly with humans and respond to disasters, preventing collapse.

As president and CEO of the Coalition for Deep Space Exploration, Mary Lynne Dittmar is embedded within the world of space policy and intimately understands its facets. She was eager to share that knowledge and insight during a nearly week-long visit to Purdue in early November

Suman Chakraborty, Logan Kamperschroer and Jeremy Marcum were selected for the scholarships, specifically awarded to graduate students in propulsion in the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Ryan Murphy, a junior in AAE, received a $10,000 scholarship from the Wings Club Foundation.

A state-of-the-art, high-speed imaging system is coming to Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories, thanks to a grant awarded through the Department of Defense’s Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP).

Suman Chakraborty, Jeff Hall, Jeremy Marcum, Islam Nazmy and Smriti Nandan Paul were selected by AAE’s graduate committee.

“This recognition by Time magazine is an honor for the many people who supported LightSail,” said David Spencer, an associate professor in AAE and principal manager on LightSail 2.