Marcos Flores was "shocked" when he was selected in a six-member class of NASA flight directors in July. And proud. "Coming from Puerto Rico and having the aspirations I've had, this is something that's going to mean a lot, not just to myself but to everybody around me," he says.

AAE professor Steven Collicott and his Zero-Gravity Flight Experiment class sent its third payload on Blue Origin's suborbital rocket, New Shepard, Wednesday.

Allison Bolinger (BSAAAE '04) wasn't sure she could leave the comfort and familiarity of NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Lab. But when she took a leap, she was rewarded: By being selected into an elite group at the agency.

After winning NASA's University Student Design Challenge in the spring, a group of Purdue engineering students toured NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland and presented their project.

"Physics of Turbulent Jet Ignition" explores how to design a safe and reliable gas engine combustor at ultra-lean conditions.

Allison Bolinger (BSAAE '04) and Jose Marcos Flores (MSAAE '15) were among six chosen to join a group of flight directors who will lead mission control in Houston.

Dr. Tom Shih, J. William Uhrig and Anastasia Vournas Head and Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, joined AAE Prof. Kathleen Howell as a member of NASA's Advisory Council.

AAE Prof. Vikas Tomar collaborated with ChE Prof. Vilas Pol on ways to implement current miniature sensors and a new class of sensors into industrial battery designs.

AAE students Nicoletta Fala and Morgan Pietruch to represent "Purdue Pilots, Inc." in the Air Race Classic.

Karen Marais, an associate professor in Purdue's School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, was part of a National Academies committee that recommended the FAA should change its Safety Risk Assessment Approach for drones.