Leah Jamieson, John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering, College of Engineering, announced that Dr. Tom I-P. Shih to be the 11th Head of the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University effective August 17, 2009.

For well over 40 years, Prof. George Palmer worked tirelessly to design and create the wind tunnel program that Purdue is known for today. His efforts, along with his students and colleagues have positioned Purdue as one of the premier higher educational institutions in the world for wind tunnel testing. Professor Palmer impacted the lives of thousands of students during his tenure at Purdue with the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

A full-scale model of the Northrop Grumman Global Hawk unmanned military aircraft will be on display Wednesday and Thursday (Sept. 9 and 10) at Purdue University Airport.

We are proud to announce that the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
honored George Palmer as the designer of The Boeing Wind Tunnel on
Friday, September 25th at the Aerospace Sciences Laboratory located at the Purdue Airport. Images from the event now included.

The Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowships were established in honor of Amelia Earhart, famed pilot and Zonta club member. The Fellowships are granted annually to women pursuing doctoral degrees in aerospace-related sciences and engineering.

AAE courtesy faculty Steven Son noted that the ALICE propellant can be improved to become a potential solid rocket propellant on Earth. On the Moon or Mars, ALICE can be manufactured in place instead of being transported at a large cost.

Mementos, artifacts and personal papers from Neil Armstrong, Eugene Cernan and other Purdue astronaut alumni will be on display until Oct. 30 as the university celebrates its rich space heritage and the 40th anniversary of the historic first walk on the moon.

Professor Steven Collicott has been named to the Suborbital Applications Researchers Group (SARG). He is one of only ten members of this group.

The NASA Aeronautics Student competition required students to propose ideas or design concepts for a commercial transport that can fly faster than the speed of sound over land or water.

The School of Aeronautics and Astronautics undergraduate program ranking for this year remains at its all time high of #4.