<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/space-grant-dbf.aspx" dsn="blogs"><title>Preparing Trine students for real-world aerospace engineering: AIAA Design/Build/Fly </title><pub_date>01/22/2025</pub_date><image_large><img src="/news/2025/images/dbf-space-grant-2025-media.jpg" alt="Design Build Fly team with plane"/></image_large><summary>Assistant Professor Gurudutt Chandrashekar, Ph.D., of the Wade Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, was awarded $6,000 for Trine University’s team in the 2025 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Design/Build/Fly competition.  </summary><sitee>Trine.edu</sitee><type>News Story</type><topics>Research</topics><programs>Aerospace Engineering,Mechanical Engineering</programs><programs_c/><related/><trine_highlight/><trineonline_highlight/><highlight_name/><highlight_major/><highlight_year/><highlight_quote/></item>