Posted on 08 April 2011. Tags: Aeronautical Engineering, Astronauts, grant, Purdue Libraries
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue Libraries will receive a $2 million grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to endow an archivist for the Neil Armstrong and Eugene Cernan archives and special collections at the university. Conrad Hilton’s son, Barron Hilton, is the retired chairman, president and CEO of Hilton Hotels Corp. An avid pilot […]
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Posted on 24 November 2009. Tags: Aeronautical Engineering, alternative fuel, grant, Purdue Airport, Test Facility
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University will operate a new federally funded facility to test aircraft engines and develop alternative fuels in work that also aims to reduce the nation’s reliance on imported oil. The National Test Facility for Fuels and Propulsion is funded with a $1.35 million grant from the U.S. Air Force and […]
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