 Greetings from Purdue. I am Neil Odinger, an aeronautics-nationalics master student from Noblesville, Indiana, and newly commissioned officer in the US Air Force. As the first cadet to volunteer for the Purdue Military Research Initiative, Graduate School is my initial active duty assignment before Air Force pilot training. I strived to have an impact on people and projects. In the Purdue Space Program, I'm helping design, build, and test a liquid propellant rocket for the Base 11 Space Challenge, a race between student-led university teams to launch first. In Air Force ROTC, I commanded the Honor Guard at football games, parades, and other events. And as President of Purdue's American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Chapter, I encourage students towards aerospace careers. These steps lead me in my persistent pursuit of the next giant leap to be a test pilot and astronaut. It is my honor to introduce the 2021 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award recipients from the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics. First is Ernest U. Gambaro, engineer, lawyer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Following Purdue, he was a Fulbright scholar studying in Rome with leader of Italy's Burgeoning Space Program, working on the San Marco Program, which launched Europe's first satellite into equatorial orbit. While at Aerospace Corporation, he worked on missile and space programs for the US Air Force, earning him top security clearance, working on the country's premier orbital reconnaissance system. Gambaro's intellect got him noticed, and he was selected as the youngest team member to design experiments that went aboard the Gemini spacecraft. As a lawyer, he was assistant general counsel of the Computer Sciences Corporation, recovering the third largest settlement award by the Iran claims tribunal in the Hague, among many other multimillion dollar acquisitions. In his persistent pursuits of the next giant leap, he co-founded InfoNet Services Corporation from the former computer timeshare division of CSC and turned it into the world's largest secure data network provider, retiring a senior vice president, general counsel, and secretary. Gambaro is an enthusiastic philanthropist, influenced by what happened to him as a student at Purdue, and wanting that experience to be shared with others. He endowed the Gambaro Graduate Program of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue for his forward-thinking approach to enabling client access to computer mainframes that transform the computer timeshare into the world's largest provider of secure data network services to large and mid-sized multinationals, which provide sales and customer support in over 80 countries. The College of Engineering is proud to present the Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award to Ernest U. Gambaro. Our next honoree is Tanya M. Skeen, an aerospace leader in the nation's highest defense operations. Her career has been a roadmap in the persistent pursuit of the next giant leap as a change agent, taking futuristic concepts and applying them to real-life military challenges faced today. Upon graduating from Purdue, she was commissioned in the U.S. Navy as Technical Instructor and Assistant Director at the Nuclear Power Training Command. Her leadership and management career took off with stops as Deputy Director of Test and Evaluation, U.S. Air Force Headquarters, and Executive Director of the Army Rapid Capabilities Office, leading the mission to quickly integrate equipment acquisition methods and other capabilities, transforming and improving processes and systems. Today, she is a leader in military aviation, serving as the Executive Director for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office in Arlington, Virginia. Her elite team is responsible for the transformation in combat aircraft for 21st century threats, securing air dominance and a rapidly accelerating digital age. Her many awards include the David Packard Excellence in Acquisition, exemplary civilian service, Department of Defense Value Engineering Award, and the Navy Achievement Medal. For her exemplary management of complex systems, bringing together the United States Armed Forces, consisting of the Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy, as well as eight Allied nations to implement affordable and sustainable fifth generation strike aircraft, the College of Engineering is proud to present the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award, Tanya M. Schien. To learn more about how Purdue influenced these honorees, please click on their video link below. Boiler up and hail Purdue.