Carson Slabaugh

Can #PurdueAAE students build a rocket engine for less than $1,500? Yes! Will they survive a hot fire? Maybe! Watch these student videos to see what it takes to make liquid methane-oxygen engines, and find out which team came out on top in testing: buff.ly/478EU8e

ICYMI: #PurdueAAE master's student Ethan Plaehn was selected as one of the "20 Twenties" by @AviationWeek and @aiaa, spurred by his work at Zucrow Labs on rotating detonation engines with @SlabaughGroup. bit.ly/Plaehn20Twenties

Current Dean Mung Chiang, former Dean Leah Jamieson, and #PurdueAAE faculty, staff and students, thanked Tom Shih for his decade of service as head during a reception this afternoon.

Let's add to that #cradleofastronauts @LifeAtPurdue. #PurdueAAE alumna Beth Moses (@astro_beth), Virgin Galactic's chief astronaut instructor, flew in spacecraft Unity's cabin today. @PurdueEngineers #Purdueinspace #takegiantleaps

“The one thing I’ve always believed is that you have an obligation to pass the torch forward,” #PurdueAAE alumnus Ernest Gambaro says. “This is our way of trying to give back.” For more on the transformational gift that endowed, named the graduate program: bit.ly/GambaroGift

ROCKET POWER: Purdue SEDS and @PurdueSpace had a successful hot fire this weekend of their liquid oxygen and liquid methane engine for the FAR-MARS competition. Read more: bit.ly/Rocket-SEDS