Purdue AAE has one of the top aerospace engineering educational and research programs in the nation and the world. To further help enrich the educational experience for our students, AAE launched in November 2017 the J. William Uhrig and Anastasia Vournas Distinguished Short Course Series.

David Helderman (BSAAE ’06, MSAAE ’09) received the Purdue College of Engineering’s 2017 Young Alumnus Award.

AAE Prof. Carolin Frueh is leading research on Space Situational Awareness and Satellite Navigation.

AAE PhD student Samantha Alberts has received a national award for her accomplishments in STEM research and academics.

New cold plasma technology being developed by AAE at Purdue may one day impact your experiences buying fresh produce and being treated at a medical office.

Masatoshi Hirabayashi, now an assistant professor of aerospace engineering at Auburn University, was honored with an asteroid naming. 11471 Toshihirabayashi was discovered on March 6, 1981.

As we mark Veterans Day this weekend, AAE wants to extend our heartfelt thanks to all veterans and to those currently serving. We talked with AAE alumnus Jason Bowman about his military experiences and advice for current students.

AAE Prof. Dan Dumbacher, who worked at NASA for more than three decades, is featured in a WTHR story about a NASA challenge for Mars and the moon.

AAE PhD student Jooyoung Lee has been selected as an Amelia Earhart Fellowship recipient for the 2017-18 academic year by Zonta International.

When Hannah Mas transferred to Purdue from a small community college in California, it was a big step forward toward achieving her dream of becoming an aerospace engineer. She’s well on her way already – as the first person in her family to attend college and as the winner of a John Gleiter Scholarship for Aero-Astro Engineering Perseverance.