Dr. James L. Garrison and Dr. Stephen D. Heister were among forty-seven Purdue faculty and staff whose discoveries were patented during the 2011-12 fiscal year. They were recognized on April 3 at the Purdue Research Foundation's eighth annual Inventors Recognition Reception.

Congratulations to PhD student Devendra Verma who has been awarded the Graduate Student Excellence Award. This award is presented by Purdue Graduate Student Government (PGSG) to one PhD and one master’s student across all departments from Purdue for outstanding scholarship and professionalism.

Graduate Students Tao Qu and Yang Zhang have both been awarded a National Science Foundation Fellowship

Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories (MJZL) under the leadership of Professor Stephen Heister has received the Inaugural Presidential Safety Award from President Mitch Daniels at the annual Safety Chair Meeting.

Presented annually to an Outstanding Teacher in the Purdue University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, selected by the undergraduate student body for excellence in teaching and made possible by the interest and generosity of friends and alumni of the school.

Congratulations of AAE alumnus Dr. Markus B. Heinimann, (BSAAE '92, MSAAE '94, PhD '97) who has been selected by the Board of Directors of ASTM International to receive the 2013 International Award of Merit and its accompanying title of Fellow of ASTM International.

Congratulations to AAE undergraduate Sarah Arnac who has been awarded NASA Group Achievement Award

US News & World Report published their annual rankings of graduate programs. AAE retains # 6 position.

Congratulations to four AAE students who garnered awards at the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Annual Awards Banquet held on February 17, 2013.

Congratulations to the 2013 Magoon Winners: Anthony Cofer, Michael Fruhnert, Oscar Garibaldi and Arjun Rao who have been selected to receive Purdue's College of Engineering Magoon Award for Excellence in Teaching.