The Purdue University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics is among the top aerospace engineering programs in the nation and is ranked 5th by the U.S. News and World Report in aerospace graduate programs. A transformational gift to AAE was made by alumnus Ernest Gambaro and his wife Monica to endow and name the school's graduate program. The name Gambaro Graduate Program of Aeronautics and Astronautics was approved by Purdue's Board of Trustees on Dec. 7, 2018.<br><br>The Autonomy and Control group is involved in fundamental research and the development of algorithms and experiments for the modelling, simulation and control of aerospace systems. Example applications include aircraft, spacecraft and UASs (unmanned aerospace systems), especially networks of these systems. Other applications include control of multi-agent networks, air traffic and transportation, and cyberphysical systems. The research combines expertise in control theory, robotics, optimization, nonlinear systems, hybrid systems, stochastic systems, and system of systems.