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MARS AND � BEYOND � 09 / PURDUE’S 24TH ASTRONAUT 29 / DEFYING GRAVITY 34 / 3-D PRINTER CREATES ROCKET ENGINES AEROGRAM PRODUCTION AND MEDIA is an annual publication for the alumni and friends of Marti LaChance / Managing Editor, Writer Purdue University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Kristin Malavenda / AAE Writer, Communications Coordinator Purdue News Service / Contributing Writers Unless otherwise noted, articles in Aerogram may be reprinted Cheryl Glotzbach / Senior Graphic Designer without permission. Appropriate credit is appreciated. Charles Jischke, Mark Simons, John Underwood / Contributing Photographers Dan Howell, Rex Marrs, Paula McKinney / Copy Editors ROOKIE RACER Graduate student Nicoletta Fala (above, right) was the pilot on the first AAE- sponsored Air Race Classic team in June 2017. Fala, a native of Nicosia, Cyprus, is a PhD student studying aerospace systems and general aviation safety under Professor Karen Marais. Fala earned her bachelor ’s and master ’s degrees from Purdue AAE in 2014. Fala and her co -pilot, Chloé de Perre (left), a chemist in the Department of Agronomy and native of France, finished 22nd in the 41st annual Air Race Classic. Fala won the Rookie Racer Award. More than 100 women in 52 planes participated in this year ’s race, a 2,652- mile, all -female airplane race across the United States. The race took off from Frederick, Maryland, on June 20 and ended in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on June 23. The race is the oldest of its kind in the country, tracing its roots back to the 1929 Women’ s Air Derby, where Amelia Earhart and other female pilots raced from Santa Monica, California, to Cleveland, Ohio. The winner is determined by which team beats its handicap speed by the largest margin over the course of the race. Fala and de Perre are both members of Purdue Pilots Inc., a student- run flying club open to anyone in the Purdue community. The Piper Warrior II aircraft they flew during the race is owned by the club.
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Destination: Deep Space Atlas V Launch Smart Power Named Headship Ratified for Shih Suborbital Rocket Faculty Awards > > > > > > 04 16 ON THE COVER NASA’s Orion spacecraft will carry astronauts to destinations beyond Earth orbit to Mars, support the crew during travel and provide safe re - entry to Earth. FLIGHT PATHS CAPSULES STUDENT NEWS ALUMNI NEWS PHOTO: LOCKHEED MARTIN, ARTIST COMPOSITE Hyperloop Team Advances 3-D Printed Rockets Defying Gravity NASA Distinguished Service Medal Student Awards Alumni Awards > > > > > > 25 34 GRAM AERO
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05 | FALL 2017 06 | AEROGRAM guidance, software, propulsion, mechanical systems, systems, mechanical propulsion, software, guidance, avionics, systems, control thermal in positions hold alumni These Honeywell. and Martin Lockheed at NASA, work their through program Orion the in involved directly are who graduates 60 than more at NASA. They include: include: They at NASA. managers program top as work grads AAE numerous — missions Orion for acandidate be will who ’09) (MSAAE O’Hara Loral candidate astronaut selected recently —plus alums Purdue are who astronauts 23 to addition In industry. space burgeoning the in and NASA in ubiquitous are alums Purdue tide, black and agold Like exploration. space on deep influence pervasive Purdue’s is impressive more arguably but of astronauts, cradle the be may Purdue Purdue’s influence bistatic radar, signals of opportunity radar,bistatic signals of opportunity and Astronautics of Aeronautics Professor GARRISON JAMES retrieval and quantification information systems, low tasking, sensor observability control, astrodynamics, guidance, and satellite navigation characterization, objects), space object and Astronautics of Aeronautics Professor Assistant FRUEH CAROLIN of Practice Engineering Professor DUMBACHER DAN and Astronautics of Aeronautics Professor ALINA ALEXEENKO IN SPACE EXPLORATION EXPERTS AAE n n n n EXPERTISE: EXPERTISE: EXPERTISE: EXPERTISE: EXPERTISE:
In addition to high-ranking personnel, Purdue has has Purdue personnel, high-ranking to addition In design. systems complex for engineer senior McGowan, Rivas Anna-Maria program. Vehicle Exploration Crew Multi-Purpose Orion the for engineer chief White, Kramer Julie Houston. in Center Space Johnson of the director deputy Geyer, Mark operations. and exploration human for administrator associate Gerstenmaier, Bill
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Deep Space Exploration, an influential nonprofit nonprofit influential an Exploration, Space Deep for Coalition the with partnered recently AAE Purdue exploration, space deep commercial of field the in presence astronger To establish practice of AAE’s community the best in the world,” Saikia says. says. Saikia world,” the in best the one of be will that facility atire-testing designing are we project, of the “As part or Enceladus. Europa of surface icy rough, on the operate will that design tire innovative with arover develop to a contract won recently team AAC the space, deep for plan says. Saikia discovery,” ahuge be will it of Earth, that from different be locations. at multiple surfaces of the exploration the enable —will Fahrenheit 352 degrees —minus worlds ocean cold very and distant one to of these rover A on Europa. lander astatic includes that project a Jupiter, to orbiter an send will NASA 2022-23, In oceans. global are interiors their that indicate observations satellite and ice, water are surfaces moons’ The respectively. Saturn, and of Jupiter moons are which Enceladus, and Europa life, harbor to likely most system solar our in bodies planetary Ocean worlds. An integral component of NASA’s long-term of long-term NASA’s component integral An can of life genesis the that prove can we “If
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07 | FALL 2017 08 | AEROGRAM they chose to start with Purdue.” Purdue.” with start to chose they that significant is “It says. Dumbacher Exploration,” Space Deep for Coalition the with project pilot sciences. planetary in as well —as engineering astronautical and aero- and mechanical, civil, in faculty includes effort That Mars. and moon on the settlements long-term safe, build to ways researching is team Habitats Extraterrestrial Resilient Purdue’s For example, travel. space deep to pertinent fields in expertise —with University the over all from —and AAE within from answers. for Purdue to looking are companies Space). These in (Made space in manufacturing and construction and Industries) Space (Deep mining asteroid (Astrobotics), payloads robotic like things in specialize that startups space and Martin Lockheed and Boeing as such companies travel. space deep commercial by presented problems tough solve to brainpower academic the with team —afaculty of practice community aformal assembling is school the coalition, 60-plus-member this with league In group. industry undocking. after Station Space International Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) (CYGNSS) System Satellite Navigation Global Cyclone The observatories. micro-satellite with winds hurricane forecasting by measuring ocean-surface improve to mission aNASA-funded behind concept underlying the invented Garrison James Professor research, satellite groundbreaking In Crossley. William and DeLaurentis Daniel professors AAE by development under currently materials invented newly with structures lightweight as such areas in industry space the offer to much have Purdue at researchers applications, propulsion and space Multidisciplinary work. Multidisciplinary “The community-of-practice initiative is a is initiative community-of-practice “The colleagues comprises of practice community The aerospace traditional includes coalition The As well as obvious obvious as well As
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n Saikia says. “We have to do ambitious work.” work.” ambitious do to have “We says. Saikia stature,” his maintain to legacy, Armstrong’s Neil to up live to need we that people tell “I generation. next the educate help to partners industry with work and of practice community Purdue’s join to prepared are beginning.” very at the “We’re yet. stage that reached not has economy space The industry. airline the for incentives early provided contracts airmail like things in investment Government 1920s. of the industry airline commercial budding says. Dumbacher awhole,” as enterprise exploration space of the sustainability long-term the to key absolute the is successful be them helping think “I space. in opportunities economic for looking are others and Origin Blue SpaceX, as such companies Entrepreneurial funding. worth is exploration space that taxpayers American convinces that linchpin the be may economy space sustainable A healthy, economy space The n n n expected later this year. Other vital areas include: include: areas vital Other year. this later expected are data first the 2016, and December in launched
maintain and protect human bodies in space. space. in bodies human protect and maintain to ways —discovering research Biomedical and discovering ways to mitigate it. it. mitigate to ways discovering and debris orbital —tracking research Near-space periods. long for space in living while cope emotionally and mentally can humans ways —researching research Psychological economy. space the seeding for policies public —examining research economic ag and Business For their part, professors Saikia and Longuski Longuski and Saikia professors part, For their the to economy space budding the He equates
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Purdue’s 24th astronaut O’Hara becomesLoral loved it.” I discovered “I says. she work,” test and assembly design, hands-on of lot a doing time my first was “It Labs. at Zucrow work her and Integration, Technology and Engineering for Professor Distinguished Engineering Raisbeck the Heister, Stephen with class propulsion rocket her particularly career, of her language and how to spacewalk, fly a T-38 jet, and and a fly jet, T-38 spacewalk, to how and language Russian the learn she’ll which in program training In August, O’Hara began a rigorous two-year two-year arigorous began O’Hara August, In operate robotics and space systems. But the the But systems. space and robotics operate rigor excites her. excites rigor missions were shorter and the teams were were teams the and shorter were missions because one field just in experts up send could
larger,” she says. “But with the International International the with “But says. she larger,” Space Station and longer missions, you have have you missions, longer and Station Space “ to be very broad in your expertise.” expertise.” your in broad very be to In the past, with the space shuttle they they shuttle space the with past, the In extreme environments on Mars or the or the on Mars environments extreme moon. But for all the work she has done has she work the all for But moon. to get to this point, the skies still take take still skies the point, this to get to Ultimately, O’Hara wants to research research to wants O’Hara Ultimately, her breath away. breath her think, ‘Holy cow, I might be walking walking be cow, Imight ‘Holy think, “Every time I look at the moon, I moon, at the Ilook time “Every around up there someday — that’s —that’s someday there up around actually a real possibility,’ ” possibility,’ areal actually O’Hara says.
09 | FALL 2017 Supercomputer replaces wind tunnel for AAE professor RESEARCH ADVANCES > � GIANT LEAPS > DIGITAL � VORTEXJONATHAN POGGIE’S HIGH -SPEED FLUID MECHANICS RESEARCH AIMS TO MAKE SUPERSONIC FLIGHT MORE EFFICIENT, BUT HE DOESN’T NEED A PHYSICAL WIND TUNNEL TO TEST HIS THEORIES. HE HAS ACCESS TO SOME OF THE LARGEST SUPERCOMPUTERS IN THE WORLD.
Poggie, an associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics, studies fluid mechanics in the supersonic and hypersonic (greater than five times the speed of sound) regimes. In particular, he studies separation unsteadiness and laminar-turbulent transition. “Separation” is an undesirable recirculating flow over an aircraft, and “transition” is a difficult-to-predict change from orderly laminar flow to chaotic turbulent flow. The common themes in the two areas are undesirable drag, heating and mechanical loads. Poggie looks for ways to predict and control these phenomena, and he analyzes devices that can be used to control flow. “It’s a lot faster to try out different ideas for flow control on the computer than it is in the wind tunnel, and it’s a lot cheaper, especially in the high-speed regime,” he explains. “Running a hypersonic wind tunnel costs millions of dollars, and it’s something we can prototype
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| 10 CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN MULTI-FIDELITY MODELING � OF COMBUSTION DYNAMICS �
Researchers from the School of AAE were selected by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the Air Force Research Laboratory to participate in the multi -university Center of Excellence in Multi - Fidelity Modeling of Combustion Dynamics. “Combustion instability is one of the most complex problems that can be encountered during the development of chemical propulsion systems,” says Professor William Anderson, who serves as the principal investigator at Purdue. “It is especially difficult A close - up of the separated flow over a ramp at Mach 2.25 shows the in rocket engines because complex turbulent flow near the bottom wall and unsteady shocks energy addition rates farther away. From work carried out by Kevin Porter (MS ’17) under are so extreme, on the Poggie ’s DoE INCITE Award. order of a terawatt per cubic meter, and because the rocket combustor environment is so inaccessible to detailed But not on just any computer. High-performance measurement.” computing is essential to Poggie’s research, due to the way Enabled by advances fluid flow must be broken up into grid cells to be modeled. in high -fidelity WILLIAM ANDERSON computational fluid Using a larger number of smaller cells creates more accurate dynamics, adaptive reduced models and data - models that can capture turbulence on a smaller scale; but, it driven modeling, the center will develop and requires a supercomputer’s parallel processing capabilities demonstrate mathematically derived reduced to perform the calculations efficiently. Poggie’s group carries order models and physically inspired reduced out direct numerical simulations with billions of cells on fidelity models to efficiently and accurately predict many thousands of processors, using computers such as combustion dynamics. The University of Michigan - led center is Argonne National Laboratory’s Mira and the Air Force funded for $4.2 million for six years, including a Research Laboratory’s Thunder. For code development and two - year renewal option. The award includes the testing, his group runs smaller jobs on Purdue Community Massachussetts Institute of Technology as well as Cluster Program machines, such as Halstead. Purdue. Along with Bill Anderson, investigators at Formerly with the Air Force Purdue include Charles Merkle, the Reilly Professor of Engineering, and Swanand Sardeshmukh, PhD, Research Laboratory, Poggie served as researcher. “With support from NASA, AFRL, and a technical team leader and program AFOSR, we have been using concurrent simulation manager, focusing on technology and experimentation to improve our understanding to enable flight at extremely high of combustion dynamics for the past decade,” speed — supersonic and hypersonic Anderson says. “This center brings together experts aircraft. in combustion instability and advanced multi - physics and multi -scale modeling to take the next Poggie’s work is supported by big step toward a truly predictive capability.” computer hours through Purdue University, a Department of Energy JONATHAN POGGIE INCITE Award and a Department of Defense Frontier Project. He also is supported through research grants from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the Office of Naval Research. FALL 2017 2017 FALL
| 11 SMARTSMART Two AAE research projects funded through POWER U.S. Navy partnership � P Of sixWE Purdue projects funded through aR Ion Batteries under Dynamic Loading and at partnership with the U.S. Navy, two AAE High Temperatures Using Nanomechanical research teams have received grants of Raman Spectroscopy. It is led by Vikas Tomar, $450,000 each. professor of aeronautics and astronautics; The U.S. Navy Enterprise Partnership Vilas G. Pol, professor of chemical engineering; Teaming with Universities for National and Tom Adams, scientist at the Naval Surface Excellence (NEPTUNE) was launched by Warfare Center, Crane Division. Purdue and the Navy in 2014 to help the The second project is Low-Cost Catalyst for military branch reach its goal to convert Portable Hydrogen Generation and On-Demand half of its energy consumption to alternative Power, led by Timothée Pourpoint, professor of sources, including biofuels, by 2020. aeronautics and astronautics. “These interdisciplinary projects came Purdue President Mitch Daniels and Navy from a diverse lineup of nearly 30 submitted Secretary Ray Mabus announced an agreement proposals in energy storage, renewable in 2014 to develop research efforts aimed at energy technologies, high energy and pulsed addressing the goal by the Navy and Marine power, smart grid, flexible electronics, energy Corps to generate at least 50 percent of their efficiency and systems engineering,” says energy from alternative sources. In addition, Maureen McCann, director of the Purdue Purdue and the Navy have partnered on more Energy Center in Discovery Park, who chairs than 600 research projects valued at $80 million the proposal selection committee. “The depth in the past decade. of the campus projects was impressive, and In September 2015, Purdue Energy Center the deep engagement this process is creating faculty received grants totaling $3 million between Purdue and the U.S. Navy is something from the Office of Naval Research for the pilot we continue to build on.” McCann is also a phase of the NEPTUNE program, focused on professor of biological sciences. developing a power and energy course and The first newly funded project is In-Situ establishing a research facility for testing Examination of Thermal Runaway in Lithium aviation fuels from biomass. Purdue was chosen to be a lead university in the NEPTUNE pilot because of its strengths in basic science and engineering research and its commitment to providing educational opportunities to current, former and future members of the military through the Purdue Military Research Initiative. Integration of Navy officers, veterans and ROTC students into cutting-edge research
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| 12 manner that integrates technical, social and and social technical, integrates that manner a in threats address then and understand important. equally be will science social and —behavioral engineering or science bench from be will discoveries and security. defense national in university preeminent the Purdue make could and campus, across efforts research defense and security will centralize institute new The projects. research defense-related advanced for million $50 than received more Purdue year, fiscal community. and defense security nation’s the to solutions systems integrated deliver to simulations and analytics, data big sciences, nanotechnology, and behavioral social instrumentation, advanced as such areas research to institutes and centers Park. Discovery in institute the opening was University the 1that Dec. announced Daniels Mitch and Defense Innovation. President Global Security for Institute new of the director the is Initiatives, Defense for Fellow President’s and astronautics and of aeronautics professor Purdue DeLaurentis, Dan INNOVATION DEFENSE SECURITYGLOBAL Professor DeLaurentis selected � new Purdue director as institute of Professor “We must develop teams that can can that teams develop must “We all not that says DeLaurentis 2016 the In research other Purdue’s with works institute The
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13 | FALL 2017 ADVANCES H C STRENGTH R E S E A R A E S E R IN S T R U C T U R E New engineering consortium partnering with Indiana industry �
AAE was selected in January to be part of a new In a real-life case study, Purdue faculty consortium of Purdue Engineering faculty and have been working with Knauf Insulation in facilities with expertise in simulation-based Shelbyville, Indiana, a manufacturer of glass fiber engineering of materials and structures, which insulation materials. During the introduction of > GIANT LEAPS GIANT LEAPS GIANT LEAPS is now offering partnerships with Indiana-based a new insulation material into the marketplace, manufacturers. Knauf engineers worked with Purdue faculty Michael Sangid, assistant professor of to better understand and fine-tune the material AAE, is a key member of the group. Research microstructure. Purdue researchers simulated the in his Advanced Computational Materials material microstructure and its deformation and and Experimental Evaluation lab combines failure response in the computer, and determined knowledge of materials science, solid mechanics, how forces are distributed internally to the and advanced manufacturing to solve complex material. Based on the collaboration with Purdue problems in materials behavior and processing. faculty, Knauf Insulation implemented several The Indiana Consortium for Simulation- new techniques into their processes. Based Engineering of Materials and Structures Consortium members’ technical expertise and (ICSEMS) formed in January 2017. It also computational infrastructure can be useful in includes members of Purdue’s School of many industries, including automotive, aerospace, Mechanical Engineering and Lyles School of civil infrastructure, biomedical, materials, Civil Engineering. defense and consumer products. “It’s designed to be a mutually beneficial The consortium also offers training for the partnership,” says Thomas Siegmund, professor engineering workforce as well as a platform for of mechanical engineering. “Manufacturers running open-source simulation software. can benefit from our expertise in computational “We’re looking forward to what Indiana modeling, and Purdue students and faculty can manufacturers can accomplish when they team up benefit from conducting that research in real- with our simulation-based engineers,” Siegmund world environments.” says. Simulation-based engineering refers to the ICSEMS is a part of the Indiana Next Generation computer modeling of materials, specifically Manufacturing Competitiveness Center, which in stress and deformation analysis, fatigue and aims to sustain manufacturing growth and fracture, shape optimization, and material leadership in the state of Indiana. selection.
In an example of how simulation - based engineering can assist manufacturers, Purdue demonstrated to Knauf Insulation how mechanical loads are transmitted in porous glass fiber GRAM materials. PHOTOS: COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AERO
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PROFESSORS ANDRISANI, FILMER � RETIRE FROM PURDUE AAE Professor Dominick Andrisani retired after 37 years of service to Purdue AAE. Andrisani had two major areas ALUMNUS DAVID SPENCER of research: precision location of ground targets from airborne platforms and air traffic management. He was joins AAE faculty honored twice with the Elmer F. Bruhn Outstanding Teacher Award, in 2007 and 2013, and he received the W.A. Professor David Spencer joined the AAE faculty in fall Gustafson Outstanding Teacher Award in 2007. 2016 after six years as a professor of practice at Georgia Professor David Filmer retired after 15 years with Purdue Tech. Before that, Spencer spent 17 years at NASA’s Jet AAE. His technical interests included satellite design and Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, where ground station design for acquisition of satellite data. he was the deputy project manager for the Phoenix Filmer served on the biological sciences faculty at Purdue Mars Lander, mission manager for the Deep Impact and for 40 years. Mars Odyssey projects, and mission designer for Mars Pathfinder and TOPEX/Poseidon. Spencer is an alumnus of the Purdue AAE program, earning BS and MS degrees in 1989 and 1991, respectively. He says the lure of working at his alma mater is only one reason he decided to join the PROFESSOR CHEN RECEIVES Purdue AAE faculty. “Purdue has a very strong program HONORARY DOCTORATE and is extremely well-known in space AAE Professor Weinong “Wayne” DAVID SPENCER mission design,” he says. “The strong Chen has received an honorary ties between AAE and Purdue’s Department of Earth, doctorate in technology by Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences is key, as well. I look Tampere University of Technology forward to partnering with them on projects.” in Finland. Spencer’s research interests include small-satellite The title of honorary doctor applications, the orbital mechanics involved in the is the highest recognition that relative motion of one spacecraft with respect to another, a university can award. The and what he calls aeroassist technologies. conferment ceremony took place on May 20, 2017. Awardees “Aeroassist means using the atmosphere of a planet received a doctoral hat as a symbol to help shape the orbit,” Spencer says. “There are several of academic freedom and a written different categories of that, including entry, descent and WEINONG CHEN conferment certificate. landing, aerocapture and aerobraking.” The university invited 10 individuals from Finland and Spencer earned a PhD from Georgia Tech in 2015. abroad to accept honorary doctorates in recognition of He is an associate fellow in the American Institute of excellence in fields represented at the university and other Aeronautics and Astronautics and is the author and co exceptional scientific, artistic or social merits. author of technical publications in the fields of mission Chen's honorary doctorate came “in recognition of design, flight operations and system engineering. Spencer significant contributions to the research of the behavior of has earned numerous awards and honors, including high deformation rates in materials as well as longstanding the Purdue School of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ collaboration in research and technological development in the field of materials science.” 2017 FALL
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Grant is a Purdue alumnus (BSAAE ’05). He joined the AAE faculty in 2012 after earning an MSAAE and PhD in AAE from Georgia Institute of Technology. Three additional faculty members were also nominated for the W.A. Gustafson Award for Outstanding Teaching: Karen Marais, Tyler Tallman and James Longuski. The purpose of the Exceptional MICHAEL GRANT Early Career Teaching Award is to honor assistant professors with two or more years of service who have established an early record of exceptional teaching. W.A. Gustafson Award for � Nominees are judged based on instructional effectiveness, course Outstanding Teaching • � instruction improvement and innovation, contact with students Nominee for Purdue � outside the classroom, service as a research mentor for undergraduate Exceptional Early Career students outside of normal classroom � activity, and participation in college/ Teaching Award school or university committees related to undergraduate education. Assistant Professor Michael Grant “Purdue established the Exceptional is the winner of the prestigious Early Career Teaching Award in 2014 to 2016 W.A. Gustafson Award recognize assistant professors who are for Outstanding Teaching, and he outstanding undergraduate teachers,” has been selected as the College of says Kathleen Howell, associate Engineering’s nominee for Purdue’s dean for engineering and Exceptional Early Career Teaching the Hsu Lo Distinguished Award. Professor of Aeronautics and The recipient of the Gustafson Astronautics. “These faculty award is selected by the juniors and demonstrate superior ability seniors of the AAE student body. It in communicating material is made possible by the interest and to students and stimulate their generosity of friends and alumni of desire to learn. Outstanding teachers the school. also recognize that their teaching “Though AAE is at a world - class responsibility to students does not stop research university, excellence in at the classroom door. I cannot think of teaching has always gone hand --in anyone who exemplifies this philosophy hand with excellence in research,” better than Mike Grant.” says Tom Shih, the J. William Uhrig Grant’s nomination was presented and Anastasia Vournas Head of to the University selection committee Aeronautics and Astronautics. “With on Feb. 27, 2017, and he was recognized so many outstanding educators in as the recipient of the College of AAE, it is quite a feat for Professor Engineering’s Exceptional Early Career Grant to be chosen for this award.” Teaching Award at the college’s Faculty Awards of Excellence Banquet on April 7.
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| AND HONORS 22 CONTINUED 2017 was a big year for Howell. In addition to her election to the NAE, Howell was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. Founded in 1780, the AAAS is an independent research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems. Howell joins 11 Purdue colleagues as KATHLEEN HOWELL members of the AAAS. “Receiving one of these honors in your area is unbelievable,” Howell says. National Academy of � “Having both — and at almost the same time — is almost miraculous. I Engineering • American � look forward to representing Purdue in these organizations.” Academy of Arts and “Dr. Howell’s work on spacecraft trajectories and interplanetary travel Sciences • Bruhn Award � is a testament to the strides Purdue is making toward the future every day,” Kathleen C. Howell, the Hsu Lo University President Mitch Daniels says. Distinguished Professor of Aeronautics “She exemplifies the brilliant minds and Astronautics and associate dean hard at work to make Purdue a greater TIMOTHÉE POURPOINT for engineering, has been elected to university and the world a better the prestigious National Academy place.” of Engineering. Howell is among 84 In addition to these prestigious � new members and 22 new foreign national honors, Howell has been AIAA Associate Fellow members of the academy. selected to receive the School of “It’s a big honor for me to be Aeronautics and Astronautics’ Elmer F. AAE Associate Professor Timothée elected to the NAE,” Howell says. “It’s Bruhn Award for 2017. Pourpoint has been selected as an particularly notable to be elected by The Bruhn award is presented Associate Fellow of the American Institute your colleagues. I’m grateful to other annually to an outstanding teacher of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). NAE members at Purdue that I now in the School of Aeronautics and Pourpoint was inducted with other new have the honor of joining.” Astronautics and is made possible by associate fellows from around the world Election to the NAE is among the generosity of friends and alumni at a ceremony on Jan. 9, 2017, during the the highest professional honors for of the school. The winner is selected AIAA SciTech Forum in Grapevine, Texas. an engineer. Academy membership by the AAE undergraduate student AIAA is the world’s largest technical honors those who have made body. Howell previously won the award society dedicated to the global outstanding contributions to in 1984, 1987, 1990, 1995, 2002, 2005 aerospace profession, with more than engineering research, practice or and 2010. 35,000 individual members worldwide education. Howell has taught aeronautics and and nearly 100 corporate members. AIAA Howell was elected to the NAE astronautics at Purdue since 1982. She brings together industry, academia, and “for contributions in dynamical is an expert on spacecraft navigation government to advance engineering and systems theory and invariant manifolds and orbital mechanics and the motion science in aviation, space and defense. culminating in optimal interplanetary of man -made objects in space. Howell Pourpoint’s research interests relate to trajectories and the Interplanetary has designed novel trajectories propulsion, combustion and energy Superhighway.” for spacecraft that have enabled storage. “We are extremely proud of some space missions, and she was According to the AIAA, associate Professor Howell for her significant largely responsible for the design of fellows are “individuals of distinction contributions that led to this the intricate series of Cassini spacecraft who have made notable and valuable recognition,” says Tom Shih, the maneuvers that contributed to the contributions to the arts, sciences, J. William Uhrig and Anastasia success of the ongoing exploration or technology of aeronautics Vournas Head of Aeronautics and of Saturn and its moons. She has or astronautics.” Astronautics. “Since being elected to developed techniques that help To be selected as an associate the National Academy of Engineering reduce the cost in fuel and design time fellow, an individual must be an is one of the highest distinctions for planetary missions with spaceships AIAA senior member with at least 12 an engineer can receive, Professor in orbits near points in the solar system years’ professional experience and be Howell’s accomplishments bring where satellites can be safely placed. recommended by a minimum of three honor not just to her, but also to AAE, current associate fellows. Only 2 percent our college and our great University.” of the AIAA’s 35,000-plus members are FALL 2017 2017 FALL
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Two teams of students from AAE 25100: Introduction to Aerospace Design have been selected as winners of the Orbital ATK S.P.A.C.E. Awards. The goal of the spacecraft teams was to examine the potential use of a small satellite as a cost- effective way of conducting a precursor mission for future human exploration, as well as more extensive robotic missions. PICTURED FROM LEFT / Professor Michael Grant, PICTURED FROM LEFT / Stephen Kubicki, Tyler Brady Walter, Jacob Nunez -Kearny, Vincent Cassi and Schmidt, Michael Dai, Subhiksha Raman, Ernesto Requirements for the project Ethan Plaehn Ramirez, Amy Comeau, Alexander Stevens and included: Dave McGrath of Orbital ATK 1. �Selecting a SmallSat concept and the basic science mission, with SPRING 2017 CLASS FALL 2016 CLASS an emphasis on using simple and proven technologies for Student teams in the Spring 2017 class were Teams in the Fall 2016 class were tasked with cost, reliability and scalability tasked with designing an undenied supply designing an aircraft capable of delivering consideration. delivery system (USDS) that is capable of 20 - foot containers — to be used for supplies delivering a 2,000 -kilogram payload anywhere at living quarters, hospitals, etc. — in combat 2. Designing a new launch vehicle, on Earth with notable populations. zones. specifying the number of stages and type(s) of fuel. The USDS had to consist of three parts: Requirements for the project included: 3. Performing trade studies for 1. An aircraft that takes off from a U.S. Air 1. The container must be external to the a SmallSat precursor mission Force base and travels to the launch point aircraft. at the architecture level, (and later returns to a landing site). including vehicle architectures, 2. The aircraft must be a fixed- wing airplane. 2. A rocket that is dropped from this aircraft launch vehicles, science 3. The design of the aircraft must use an and carries the supplies to orbit. instruments, selection of existing engine. a target asteroid, orbital 3. An orbital maneuvering system that is 4. It must be possible to drop the container mechanics, spacecraft and other capable of changing the orbit of the during flight. mission system -level trades. supplies and deorbiting the supplies for delivery on the ground. 5. The aircraft must be able to land and take off on rough surfaces. Assistant Professor Michael Grant, who taught the course, presented the certificates to the Orbital ATK chose the winning team for each students during the spring 2017 meeting of project. Dave McGrath, Orbital ATK’s director AAE’s Industrial Advisory Council. of systems engineering and IAC member, presented certificates to the students during the fall 2016 meeting of AAE’s Industrial Advisory Council. FALL 2017 2017 FALL
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AAE ALUMNUS PROVIDES COMMITMENT TO PAVE THE WAY
Purdue AAE alumnus Bob Truitt (BSAAE ’62) and his wife, Patti (MAHSSE ’63), have made the initial commitment to Pave the Way, a new philanthropic component to Purdue University’s Back a Boiler income share agreement initiative. Beginning with fall 2017, students who Tri-D Dynamics LLC co-founders Deepak Atyam (left) and Alexander Finch work with components and a diagram of one of their engines. They want to produce tomorrow’s rocket engines using 3-D take part in Back a Boiler — designed to offer printers. PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION PHOTO: OREN DARLING students and their families an alternative financing option — also may apply for support from the Pave the Way program. Until recently, SmallSats have Valley Boilermaker Innovation “Our hope is that we can not only help students finance their education, but also help been launched as secondary Group,” Finch says. “They serve as a teach the importance of charitable giving, payloads on larger launch vehicles. sort of a proxy board of advisors for including the joy and importance of giving back But several companies around the us.” to Purdue,” Bob Truitt says. world are developing new launch SV BIG is a group of Silicon Back a Boiler participants receive education vehicles for smallsats. Valley Purdue alumni dedicated funding in exchange for an agreed-upon Tri-D Dynamics’ plan is for the to assisting new ventures in the percentage of their post-graduation income launch vehicles to employ clusters Purdue community. Purdue Foundry over a set number of months. In addition to signing a Back a Boiler contract, Pave the Way of their engines positioned on the suggests that relevant startups pitch participants are asked to make a voluntary vehicle to lift the payload. The their ideas to SV BIG, which then pledge. After graduation, students fulfill their more engines used, the larger the decides what startups to assist. Back a Boiler commitment and are encouraged payload capacity. “We didn’t see anything like to donate to Purdue through charitable giving, Tri-D Dynamics officials want SV BIG as undergrads in California,” creating an evergreen Pave the Way fund to to be able to scale up production Finch says. “To have a dedicated benefit future students. of engines to allow more launches alumni group of entrepreneurs in “It’s what we like to call a virtuous cycle,” says Amy Noah, vice president for development over shorter time frames. Silicon Valley dedicated to helping at the Purdue Research Foundation. “We’re “Our goal is to see these rockets companies from that university is a grateful to Bob and Patti for establishing an launching once or twice a week. wonderful asset.” ongoing legacy of philanthropy, and we’re And that’s a minimum of 10 to 20 Tri-D Dynamics’ founders are hopeful that our generous alumni and friends engines per week when you get to working on proving the viability of will be interested in supporting future that scale,” Atyam says. “Nobody their idea and looking for investors generations of Boilermakers through right now can stamp out engines at as well as funding from the U.S. this new way of giving to Purdue.” that rate.” government. The duo went through Purdue “We hope to gain a large market Foundry’s LaunchBox program share of the rocket engine production during the fall 2016 semester industry. Most others produce them and continued working with through conventional methods or the accelerator in the spring outsource them to machine shops,” with entrepreneur-in-residence Atyam says. “We want to be the one- Mike Shepard. Purdue Foundry stop shop to be able to create rocket is an entrepreneurship and engines on a large or small scale.” commercialization accelerator. For more information about Tri-D “The Foundry also led us to Dynamics, visit triddynamics.com. become involved with Silicon
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PURDUE SPACE DAY The 21st annual Purdue Space Day featured VIP guest Jerry Ross (BSME ’70, MSME ’72), who started the day with a talk to the hundreds of children in attendance. Purdue student volunteers (pictured at right with Jerry Ross) then led participants through hands-on STEM activities (stomp rockets, shown above) with a space theme. With support from AAE, the Indiana Space Grant Consortium, corporate partners and individual donations, Purdue Space Day seeks to inspire the next generation of space explorers through STEM outreach in the local community. Purdue Space Day 2017 is Oct. 21 with VIP guest astronaut Mark Polansky (BSAAE, MSAAE ’78). PHOTOS: PURDUE SPACE DAY Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage PAID Purdue University SCHOOL OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS Permit No. 221 COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING NEIL ARMSTRONG HALL OF ENGINEERING 701 W. STADIUM AVE. WEST LAFAYETTE, IN 47907-2045
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