As a Fulbright Student grantee in 2011, Ciprian Dumitrache received a Master’s degree in the field of Aerospace Propulsion Systems at Georgia Institute of Technology, the Aerospace Engineering Department. An alumnus of the Fulbright program in Romania, Ciprian is now earning a doctoral degree in mechanical engineering at Colorado State University. This year he was granted the “Gordon C. Oates Air Breathing Propulsion” award, for his research related to air breathing propulsion, by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). The award is open to graduate students conducting research related to combustion or fluid mechanics of aircraft engines. More details about Ciprian’s research activity and AIAA are available here: http://source.colostate.edu/csu-doctoral-student-honored-by-american-institute-of-aeronautics-and-astronautics/ and here: https://www.aiaa.org/HonorsAndAwardsRecipientsList.aspx?awardId=b033805a-e008-4618-8655-3f230359b458