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March 29, 2022
Purdue Graduate Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering Ranked #5 in the Nation!
AAE has moved up! The aeronautical and astronautical graduate engineering program is now ranked No. 5, higher by one spot, in the current US News & World Report rankings released Tuesday.
March 17, 2022
Developing design tools for outer space structures
AAE's Yu developing design tools for outer space structures
February 4, 2022
Purdue hypersonics combines industry, academia in new materials and manufacturing center
Michael Sangid, the Elmer F. Bruhn Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, is executive director of new Hypersonics Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center.
February 2, 2022
AAE sophomore selected as Brooke Owens Fellow
Therese Malinowski was one of 51 undergraduate women chosen for the 2022 cohort of the nationally acclaimed program that offers a 12-week paid internship, mentorship and networking.
February 2, 2022
Macheret elected AIAA Fellow
Professor Sergey Macheret is among 28 new Fellows who will be inducted at an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics ceremony April 26 in Arlington, Virginia.
January 31, 2022
Black, Gold and Blue: AAE alums make their mark at Blue Origin
Twenty-five Purdue alumni are writing new chapters in space at Blue Origin, a commercial space company. Three AAE alumni are featured in a Purdue Engineering Review Medium post.
January 26, 2022
Grad student wins PEGASAS Outstanding Student Researcher Award
AAE PhD candidate Neelakshi Majumdar was “thrilled” to receive the award virtually at The Partnership to Enhance General Aviation Safety, Accessibility and Sustainability (PEGASAS) annual meeting.
January 24, 2022
Alumna Powers 'overwhelmed' to be included in Purdue University's Cradle of Astronauts
Audrey Powers (BSAAE '99) became the 27th member of the renowned Cradle with her October 2021 flight on Blue Origin's New Shepard.
January 24, 2022
Howell on USAF-funded team to track objects in space
Hsu Lo Distinguished Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Kathleen Howell is on a team that will be tackling what is known as space domain awareness (SDA) as part of a $5-million grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory through its newly established Space University Research Initiatives (SURI) program.