WTHR put together a story talking about the SpaceX​ launch and Purdue's history with space exploration. As Prof. Spencer told WTHR, it was one of the "most spectacular launches" he has seen.

AAE Professor James Garrison has been elected a Fellow in the Institute of Navigation (ION), one of three awarded in 2018.

AAE Prof. Steven Schneider, an internationally recognized and highly respected authority on the subject of laminar-turbulent transition in hypersonic boundary-layer flows, was elected a member of the 2018 class of The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Fellows.

AAE Professor Alberto Mello is leading a project to create and install six virtual laboratories this semester. The virtual labs allow AAE to maximize the use of its physical lab space to ensure the best hands-on learning opportunities for students.

Congratulations to Purdue AAE alumnus Stephen Rizzi, who has been named a Fellow of AIAA - The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Civil Air Patrol. Rolls-Royce. AAE. Sarah Burmesch (BS ’19) has a busy schedule, but that doesn’t stop her from trying to make a difference in the lives of younger students.

Harish Saranathan won the 2018 AIAA SciTech Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Student Paper Competition for his paper titled “The Relaxed Autonomously Switched Hybrid System (RASHS) Approach to Indirect Multi-Phase Trajectory Optimization for Aerospace Vehicles."

Jooyoung Lee, a PhD student in Professor Inseok Hwang’s research group, has received a “Best Student Paper” award from the 2018 SciTech Forum Intelligent Systems conference.

AAE Professor Alina Alexeenko co-leads the Advanced Lyophilization Technology Hub, or LyoHub, where research is being done to transform the freeze-drying process. Researchers and industry leaders are trying to modernize a process that has not changed fundamentally in 70 years even though it has a worldwide annual market of about $16 billion.

William Kellerhals (BS ’19) received a scholarship from the Purdue Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR). Kellerhals’ research focus is in structural analysis.