The following is a part of an occasional series in which we ask GT-AE alumni to give today's students some perspective on the career and life choices that are ahead of them.

Professor Robert Braun was one of five renowned planetary science and aerospace experts invited to give testimony before the House Committee on Science, Space & Technology on July 28.

eorgia Tech School of Aerospace Engineering alumnus Lenny J. Richoux, BAE'89, is now officially a Brigadier General in the United States Air Force, following a June 5 promotion and ceremonial pinning ceremony at the Pentagon on July 2.

The final -- and most dramatic -- stage of the LightSail-A mission was pulled off this week when the 11-pound spacecraft deployed its 344-square-foot solar sail in low-Earth orbit, returning a mesmerizing image to its cheering sections at Georgia Tech.

On Sunday, July 5, when the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team bested Japan (5-2) to take home the World Cup, Vickie Brian, GT-AE's assistant director for operations, was right at home.

A team of eight graduate and undergraduate researchers from GT-AE’s Aerospace Systems Design Lab (ASDL) has taken home a top honor in the NASA-NIA Revolutionary Aerospace Concepts Academic Linkage (“RASC-AL”) competition.

Seven students enrolled in the School of Aerospace Engineering have been tapped to receive the Presidents Undergraduate Research Award (PURA) this fall, enabling them to continue special projects they have already launched with faculty advisors.

Papers authored by Georgia Tech School of Aerospace Engineering students, faculty, and alumni were awarded top honors by the American Helicopter Society at its 71st Forum, held in Virginia Beach this May.

Brandon Ringfield, a Lithia Springs High School student, is one of several students who will return to GT-AE this summer for the Science Technology and Engineering Pipeline (STEP) camp, sponsored by GT-AE and the Georgia Space Grant Consortium.

Associate Professor Brian German has been selected to attend the 2015 Frontiers of Engineering (FOE) Symposium, to be held Sept. 9-11 in Irvine, CA.