Introducing our 2025 Distinguished Engineering Alumni/Alumnae! Dan Dumbacher (BSME '81) is a professor of engineering practice at PurdueAeroAstro and Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer at Special Aerospace Services. He has earned AAE's coveted Gustafson Teaching Award and

Introducing our 2025 Distinguished Engineering Alumni/Alumnae! Anna-Maria McGowan (BSAAE '92) is senior executive for complex systems design at NASA. Her career has advanced innovation and demonstrated new capabilities for commercial and military systems through integrating

Introducing our 2025 Distinguished Engineering Alumni/Alumnae! Beth Moses (Beth Moses) (BSAAE '92, MSAAE '94) is an astronaut and chief astronaut instructor at Virgin Galactic. She made history in 2019 when she flew to space in Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity, becoming the

.The Webby Awards has nominated the #ThisIsPurdue solar eclipse astronaut panel podcast episode for “Best Live Podcast Recording.” This special episode features four PurdueAeroAstro alums. Help support Purdue’s official university podcast by voting by April 17:

Congratulations to PurdueAeroAstro undergrad Marek Gibson, the 1st Purdue student to win the Student Achievement Award from CEIAinc! How the Office of Professional Practice allowed Gibson to get real-world experience before he graduates: bit.ly/42EAsyS

Yesterday, PSP's Active Controls team successfully fired their TADPOLE calorimeter engine for the first two times, demonstrating successful burn durations up to 10 seconds. This was the culmination of 2 years of work. We'd like to thank Elementum3D for our chamber, Zucrow Labs,

🗓️ April 18 (2022) On this date in 2022, Travis Langster (BSAAE ’94) was sworn in as principal director of space policy in the Office of Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. In this role, he led critical areas, including space, nuclear weapons, cyber, missile defense,

Help us win before Purdue Day of Giving even begins! We’re participating in the Introductory Video Sharing Challenge. Share this official #PurdueDayofGiving video and tag ぼいらーめいかー or use #PurdueAAE. Let’s get those shares in before April 30! #BoilerUp

.PurdueAeroAstro associate professor Joe Jewell has been elected a fellow of the Royal Royal Aeronautical Society, the oldest aeronautical professional society in the world. More about his expertise in hypersonics: bit.ly/3Gjs6UG

On #NationalSpaceDay, we salute twin sisters Dayle and Claire Alexander, senior propulsion engineers on the @BlueOrigin New Glenn team that will help author the next exciting chapter in space exploration. Read the PurdueAeroAstro alums’ story. ⬇️ purdue.university/4juftnY

PSP: Active Controls won the Lander Challenge (CPLC) Throttle Milestone last Friday. This $15k award allows us to continue building our rocket-powered lander. We would like to thank our mentors at Zucrow Labs. Your support has made our dreams possible. Ad Astra and Boiler Up!

For distinguishing themselves in teaching, Purdue Mechanical Engineering's Marcial Gonzalez and Purdue Chemical Engineering's Julie Liu have been named Purdue Teaching Academy fellows, while PurdueAeroAstro's Suzanne Swaine has been named an associate fellow! The full list: bit.ly/4lORvGi

In fact, Derek Schultz confirmed there is a #Boilermaker on every American team in this year’s #Indy500. Some have more than a dozen 🏁🚂 Purdue University Purdue Engineering Indianapolis Motor Speedway

PSP: Active Controls ended off the semester with a bang! The TADPOLE campaign encompassed 68 different tests, 16 engine ignitions, and an impressive total of 160 seconds of hotfire. Purdue Engineering PurdueAeroAstro Purdue Mechanical Engineering PurdueECE Purdue Chemical Engineering

🗓️ May 20-21 (1932) - Amelia Earhart, AMERICA’S ‘QUEEN OF THE AIR’ Amelia Earhart became the first woman — and only the second person, after Charles Lindbergh — to fly nonstop and solo across the Atlantic Ocean, prompting her to be dubbed “Queen of the Air.” In the years that

We're excited to welcome our 2025 summer interns to COMSPOC! These students bring energy, talent, and a shared commitment to advancing space situational awareness: 🔹 Ava Anderson, University of Notre Dame 🔹 Kaitlyn Hess, Conestoga High School 🔹 Kellen Martin, Iowa State University 🔹 Paulo

🗓️ July 11 (2021) - Sirisha Bandla (BSAAE ’11), Virgin Galactic’s VP of Government Affairs and Research Operations Following graduation, Sirisha Bandla [Sirisha Bandla] (BSAAE ’11) began her career at L-3 Communications as an aerospace engineer, playing a key role in designing

🗓️ July 20 (1969) - Neil Armstrong (BSAE ’55, HDR ‘70): First to walk on the moon After graduating from Purdue, Neil Armstrong (BSAE ’55, HDR ‘70) joined NASA as an experimental research pilot. He became an astronaut in 1962 and served as command pilot for Gemini 8 in 1966,

🗓️ July (1995) - William J. “Bill” O’Neil (BSAAE ’61 , HDR ’04): Leader of NASA Galileo Project’s Jupiter Mission In this month after a six-year journey covering 2.4 billion miles, the NASA Galileo spacecraft reached Jupiter. William J. “Bill” O’Neil (BSAAE ’61) served as

Once again AV’s MacCready Works is partnering with NASA JPL for SkyFall a concept to quickly and cost effectively fly 6 drones on Mars, accelerating our understanding of Mars and inspiring the next generation of creators!