Purdue's first Ph.D. in Aeronautical Engineering was awarded to R. L. Duncan in 1950 for his work with Professor Maurice Zucrow on the performance of gas turbines.

The sole Curtiss P-6 Hawk was restored by students and resides at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.

Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories spreads across 24 acres and includes research facilities in combustion, turbines and compressors, energetic materials, hypersonics, aerodynamics, and fluid mechanics.

It is also home to the largest indoor motion capture space in the world, the Purdue UAS Research and Test Facility.

[5] The School of Aeronautics & Astronautics is also home to many student organizations that engage its members in a wide array of social, outreach, engineering and service activities.

The Purdue chapter works to support the institute's main objectives which is to advance the arts, sciences, and technologies pertaining to the aerospace field.

Guests include Purdue alumnus, YouTube personalities, and United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno.

The chapter formerly hosted the Spring Space Forum, an event in which prominent members of industry, academic, and other space-related fields were invited to discuss a relevant issue.

WIA seeks to raise awareness of the gender disparity in aerospace engineering and encourage to learn more about how to create inclusive environments.