The "Big Friendly Flame" project in AAE 53500, Propulsion Design, Build, Test, in Spring 2018 was done with the intent to develop, assemble, integrate and test a large, artistic flame device.
A paper authored by Elizabeth Marandola (MSAAE '17) and a team of AAE graduate and undergraduate students was selected by the AIAA Space Architecture Technical Committee.
At the University of Edinburgh's School of Engineering graduation ceremony in July, Purdue's John L. Bray Distinguished Professor of Engineering R. Byron Pipes received Doctor Honoris Causa.