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February 3, 2012

Farewell, Endeavour

NASA flight director and Interdisciplinary Engineering alum Gary Horlacher on the shuttle's last flight.
February 3, 2012

Newly Published: Engineering and Social Justice: In the University and Beyond

This book, edited by ENE professor Alice Pawley (right) with Caroline Baillie and Donna Riley, is the first dedicated specifically to university professionals concerned with engineering and social justice. Its team of multidisciplinary authors includes ENE faculty, graduate students, and staff; a subset of the book's authors came together around the topic of engineering and social justice in a workshop held at Purdue in 2009. [WBAA interview link]
February 1, 2012

Mel Chua Profiled as a Purdue "Example Maker"

A doctoral student in ENE, Chua also teaches and coaches faculty members across the country in ways to provide their students with real-world, hands-on learning experiences.
January 3, 2012

Video Now Available of "It Takes a Team: Reflections at the 50th Anniversary of Human Spaceflight"

The November 10 colloquium featured IDE alumnus Gary Horlacher (NASA shuttle flight director) and Purdue history professor Michael Smith.
Video time-stamps:
• 1961 video footage on Gagarin, Shepard, Grissom, Titov: 4:38
• Dr. Michael Smith (Purdue professor of history): 9:09
• 1981-2011 shuttle-era video footage: 30:15
• Gary Horlacher (NASA flight director): 35:05
• "Lessons Learned" + Q&A: 55:00

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