School of Aeronautics and Astronautics PhD student Natalie Smith received the Outstanding Research Award at the Graduate Student Research, Teaching, and Service Awards Program on April 15, 2015.

School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Ph.D. student Israel Sebastiao was awarded the Dr. Thomas Jennings Award for best poster at the International Society of Lyophilization/Freeze-Drying Conference on Chicago on April 9, 2015.

Incoming School of Aeronautics and Astronautics graduate student Imad Hanhan has been awarded the National Science Fellowship graduate research fellowship. The fellowships are highly competitive and recognize outstanding graduate student and their demonstrated potential "for significant achievements in science and engineering."

Congratulations to Professor Michael Grant who has been selected to receive the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Elmer F. Bruhn Award for 2015.

Purdue University President Mitch Daniels on Tuesday (April 21) announced plans to create a 980-acre Purdue Research Park Aerospace District in West Lafayette housing public and private aerospace research facilities that will provide jobs for Indiana residents and learning opportunities for Purdue students.

The School of Aeronautics and Astronautics AAE 450 Senior Spacecraft Design class will hold its final presentation on Thursday, April 23, 2015. The presentations, which will include review by Gemini and Apollo astronaut Dr. Buzz Aldrin, will highlight the culmination of work done as part of Dr. James Longuski's class.

School of Aeronautics and Astronautics alumnus Michael Corso (BSAAE'71; OAE'11) will present a special lecture on unmanned aerospace vehicles entitled Drones: The Growing Proliferation of Unmanned Aircraft in the National Airspace System on Wednesday, April 22, 2015. The lecture will take place on the campus of Florida SouthWestern State College.

School of Aeronautics and Astronautics undergraduate student Joseph Lorenzetti was awarded third place for the College of Engineering at the recent Undergraduate Research and Poster Symposium.

In recognition of the influential role that the academic leaders of engineering colleges play in creating the engineers of tomorrow, the Kate Gleason College of Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology has established the Kate Gleason Medal for Leadership in Engineering Education. The college will bestow its first award on Purdue University College of Engineering Dean Leah Jamieson.

Purdue University has joined a group of 122 U.S. universities to educate a new generation of engineers with specialties aimed at tackling some of the most pressing issues facing society.