School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Faculty and Staff
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Faculty and Staff
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Ronald Agyei
  
        
          
Lecturer
Alina Alexeenko
  
        
        Reilly Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics & Chemical Engineering
Sarah Allard
  
        
        Lead Academic Advisor for Undergraduate Students
R. Bruce Alstrom
  
        
        Assistant Professor Of Engineering Practice
ARMS 3217
(765) 494-1285
            William Anderson
  
        
        Professor
Dominick Andrisani
  
        
        Emeritus Professor
David Arnas Martinez
  
        
          
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Andres F. Arrieta
 (By Courtesy)
  
        
        Doug and Cathy Field Rising Star Professor of Mechanical Engineering
ME 3061H, HLAB 1004
aarrieta@purdue.edu
            B
Rita Baines
  
        
        Senior Director of Development
(765) 426-8199
rlbaines@purdueforlife.org
            Sally Bane
  
        
        (she/her/hers)
Director of Laboratory & Hands On Education and Associate Professor of AAE
Gregory Blaisdell
  
        
        Professor
Alexander Burton
  
        
          
Continuing Lecturer
C
Barrett Caldwell
  
        
        Professor of Industrial Engineering & Aeronautics and Astronautics
Stephanie Camden
  
        
          
Business Assistant, Account Management
ARMS 3209
canino@purdue.edu
            Andrea Capannolo
  
        
        Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
ARMS 3207
acapa@purdue.edu
            Suman Chakraborty
  
        
          
Visiting Assistant Professor
Weinong Chen
  
        
        Adjunct Professor
(765) 494-1788
wchen@purdue.edu
            Brandon Chynoweth
  
        
        Research Associate Professor
Tony Cofer
  
        
          
Spacecraft Laboratory Engineer
Steven Collicott
  
        
        Professor
Martin Corless
  
        
        Professor
Lisa Crain
  
        
        Undergraduate Program Coordinator
Thomas Cunningham
  
        
        Lecturer
(765) 494-4865
tomcat16@purdue.edu
            D
Ran Dai
  
        
        Professor
Daniel DeLaurentis
  
        
        - Bruce Reese Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
 - Chief Scientist of the Department of Defense Systems Engineering Research Center UARC
 - Vice President for Research Institutes and Centers, Purdue Discovery Park District
 
(765) 494-0694
ddelaure@purdue.edu
            Kyle DeMars
  
        
        Professor
(512) 217-8336
            Morgan Delaney
  
        
        Program Administration Specialist, Lead
James Doyle
  
        
        Professor Emeritus of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Daniel Dumbacher
  
        
          
Professor of Engineering Practice
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Arthur Frazho
  
        
        Professor
G
Jason Gabl
  
        
          
Lead Research Engineer
James Garrison
  
        
        (he/him/his)
Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (by courtesy)
University Faculty Scholar, 2022-2027
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (by courtesy)
University Faculty Scholar, 2022-2027
Rohan Gejji
  
        
          
Lead Research Engineer
Sergey Gimelshein
  
        
          
Adjunct Associate Professor
Christopher Goldenstein
 (By Courtesy)
  
        
          
Avrum and Joyce Gray Rising Star Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
James Goppert
  
        
        Research Assistant Professor
Managing Director of Purdue's UAS Research and Test Facility
Managing Director of Purdue's UAS Research and Test Facility
ARMS 3214
jgoppert@purdue.edu
            Chaffee Hall, Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories (Mechanical Engineering)
(765) 494-0061
gore@purdue.edu
            Alten Grandt
  
        
          
Raisbeck Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Michael Grant
  
        
          
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Mark Grubelich
  
        
        Adjunct Associate Professor of Engineering Practice
Cesare Guariniello
  
        
          
Principal Research Scholar
Winthrop Gustafson
  
        
        Professor Emeritus
H
Kyle Hanquist
  
        
        Assistant Professor In Defense Innovation
ARMS 2021
hanquist@purdue.edu
            Clint Hanthorn
  
        
          
Software Engineer
Mary Haworth
  
        
          
Business Assistant
Stephen Heister
  
        
        Professor Emeritus
Kathleen Howell
  
        
        Hsu Lo Distinguished Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Rob Hughes
  
        
        Lead Instructional Laboratory Technici
(765) 496-9155
rrhughes@purdue.edu
            Inseok Hwang
  
        
        Paul Stanley Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
J
HLAB 1006
neerajain@purdue.edu
            Joseph Jewell
  
        
        John Bogdanoff Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Martin Jischke
  
        
        President Emeritus
(765) 494-9708
mcjischke@purdue.edu
            Pankaj Joshi
  
        
          
Visiting Assistant Professor
K
Maureen Kane
  
        
        Event Planner
Nicole Key
 (By Courtesy)
  
        
        Avrum and Joyce Gray Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation; Associate Head for Graduate Studies; Professor of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Melissa Kidwell
  
        
        Account Assistant
Kawai Kwok
  
        
        Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
L
Keith LeGrand
  
        
        Assistant Professor
Leifur Leifsson
  
        
        Associate Professor
Mark Lewis
  
        
          
CEO of Purdue Applied Research Institute (PARI)
Husheng Li
  
        
        Professor Of Aero And Astro Engineering
James Longuski
  
        
        Professor Emeritus of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Aaron Lorton
  
        
          
Propulsion Test Technician
Omar Loya
  
        
          
Electronics Specialist, Lead
Zehui Lu
  
        
          
Visiting Assistant Professor
Robert Lucht
  
        
        Ralph and Bettye Bailey Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering
(765) 494-5623
lucht@purdue.edu
            M
Thiago Augusto Machado Guimaraes
  
        
        Associate Professor of Engineering Practice
ARMS 3203
tguimara@purdue.edu
            Kazuki Maeda
  
        
        Assistant Professor
Muharrem Mane
  
        
          
Research Scientist
Francis Marshall
  
        
        Professor Emeritus
Zherui Martinez-Guo
  
        
          
Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
and Materials Engineering (by courtesy)
and Materials Engineering (by courtesy)
Gavin Mauk
  
        
          
Academic Advisor
Brad Mcdaniel
  
        
        Graduate Program Coordinator
ARMS 2005
            Chad Meltzer
  
        
          
Senior Engineering Laboratory Technician
Charles Merkle
  
        
        Professor Emeritus, Reilly Professor of Engineering
Scott Meyer
  
        
        Managing Director of Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories, Joint appointment with Mechanical Engineering
Shaoshuai Mou
  
        
        Elmer Bruhn Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics; associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering by courtesy.
Co-Director, Institute for Control, Optimization and Networks (ICON)
Co-Director, Institute for Control, Optimization and Networks (ICON)
(765) 494-5152
jwmrozin@purdue.edu
            N
Christopher Nilsen
  
        
        Associate Propulsion Dbt Engineer
Zucrow Labs, ZL3, Room 111
cnilsen@purdue.edu
            Chell Nyquist
  
        
        Instruction Manager
O
P
Guillermo Paniagua
 (By Courtesy)
  
        
        Reilly Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Professor of Aeronautics & Astronautics (by Courtesy)
Kevin Parsons
  
        
        Associate Professor Of Engineering Practice
ARMS 3205
kkparson@purdue.edu
            Shane Paulson
  
        
          
Visiting Assistant Professor
Ryan Penn
  
        
          
Aerospace Prototyping Technician
R Byron Pipes
  
        
        John L. Bray Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Joint appointment with Chemical Engineering & Materials Engineering
Joint appointment with Chemical Engineering & Materials Engineering
(765) 494-5767
bpipes@purdue.edu
            Jonathan Poggie
  
        
        Professor
Janet Pool
  
        
        Lead Administrative Assistant
Q
Li Qiao
  
        
        Professor, Associate Head for Engagement and Recognition
Haylee Queen-Link
  
        
        Academic Advisor
ARMS 2000
            Liz Quinlan
  
        
        Administrative Assistant
(765) 494-5117
ekquinla@purdue.edu
            R
Anna Rainwater
  
        
        Senior Academic Advisor for Undergraduate Students
John Rusek
  
        
          
Adjunct Associate Professor
S
Michael Sangid
  
        
        Reilly Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics/Professor of Materials Engineering
University Faculty Scholar, 2022-2027
University Faculty Scholar, 2022-2027
April Sauer
  
        
        Senior Manager, Operations
Steven Schneider
  
        
        Professor
Fabio Semperlotti
 (By Courtesy)
  
        
        Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
(765) 494-5974
fsemperl@purdue.edu
            Alexey Shashurin
  
        
        Associate Professor
(765) 494-3006
asherwo@purdue.edu
            Tom Shih
  
        
        Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Mahavir Singh
  
        
        Post Doctoral Research Assistant
ARMS/B159
sing1042@purdue.edu
            Carson Slabaugh
  
        
        Paula Feuer Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Amy Stanley
  
        
        Business Manager, AAE and MSE
Krzysztof Stopka
  
        
          
Lead Research Engineer
John Sullivan
  
        
        Professor Emeritus of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Chin-Teh Sun
  
        
        Neil A. Armstrong Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Dengfeng Sun
  
        
        Professor, Associate Head of Gambaro Graduate Program of Aeronautics and Astronautics
T
Tyler Tallman
  
        
        Associate Professor
Takashi Tanaka
  
        
        Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and of Electrical and Computer Engineering
ARMS 3327
(765) 494-5143
            Ashley Thompson
  
        
        Manager of Development Operations and Donor Stewardship
Vikas Tomar
  
        
        Professor
University Faculty Scholar, 2016-2021
University Faculty Scholar, 2016-2021
Waterloo Tsutsui
  
        
        Senior Research Associate
ARMS 3336
wtsutsui@purdue.edu
            W
Haifeng Wang
  
        
        Associate Professor
Terrence Weisshaar
  
        
        Professor Emeritus
Marc Williams
  
        
        Professor Emeritus
Scott Williams
  
        
        Aerospace Prototyping Technician
(765) 494-3339
will2501@purdue.edu
            David Wolf
  
        
        Visiting Professor
Y
Henry Yang
  
        
        Adjunct Professor
(765) 494-5346
            Boris Yendler
  
        
          
Adjunct Associate Professor
Wenbin Yu
  
        
        Milton Clauser Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Z
Dianyun Zhang
  
        
        Associate Professor