Purdue University, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, College of Engineering
West Lafayette, IN
Purdue Engineering invites applications for multiple tenured/tenure track positions at assistant and associate ranks in Space Engineering .
We seek exceptional candidates pursuing innovative research across the breadth of this interdisciplinary area supporting sustained, resilient, and scalable operations and habitation in orbital, cislunar, and extraterrestrial environments. Research in sub-areas may include, but are not limited to, the following:
Space Systems, Astrodynamics and Operations : Astrodynamics & space mission design; innovative spacecraft and space mission architecture; spacecraft guidance, navigation, control & autonomy; space situational awareness & space domain awareness; space sensing & communications; advanced materials & structures for space environment; and planetary entry, descent & landing.
Propulsion and Power: Leveraging world-class experimental infrastructure of Zucrow Labs , in-space and launch...