A fortnight ago, I had the pleasure of attending one of the biggest conferences in aerospace engineering – the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ Science and Technology forum – for the second time. Much like last year, the experience of joinng nearly 5,000 fellow aerospace engineers was slightly overwhelming Read more…
Last month, I had the good fortune to teach a course on the basics of space systems analysis. The catch? The students were a group of gifted middle- and high-schoolers. This came about through an annual program run by Purdue’s Gifted Education Resource Institute, where high-achieving schoolchildren spend part of Read more…
I recently returned from a new and exciting adventure – a fortnight’s travel to beautiful Tanzania. Two weeks isn’t very long, but my time was nonetheless chock-full of exciting new experiences; I arrived home grateful for a fascinating glimpse into the culture and history of a country and a people Read more…
In an entirely unsurprising turn of events, I’ve been very lax about posting anything on here for several months now. As with most problems in graduate school, I’ll attribute it equally to writer’s block, lack of inspiration, and overscheduling. Things have been quite hectic for the past few months – Read more…
This past weekend marked the arrival of one of my favourite days of the year as a member of the Purdue community – Space Day! Now in its twenty-second year, Space Day is Purdue’s largest single-day STEM advocacy event. This year, over 700 students in grades 3-8 from across Indiana Read more…
For those outside the insular world of aerospace engineering, the term “hypersonics” seems to strike the perfect balance between evocativeness and inscrutability. Almost unfailingly, talking about flight at four or five times the speed of sound – and beyond – garners a mixture of disbelief and amazement from the average Read more…