News
Tue, 10/13/2026
Remembering Walter Christiansen, former A&A chair
Walter Christiansen steered the department through one of the harder stretches in our history as chair from 1992 to 1998.
Mon, 10/12/2026
Alan Kaptanoglu returns to the UW to help shape fusion's magnets
Alan Kaptanoglu returns to the UW where he will study plasma modeling, scientific machine learning and nuclear fusion.
Wed, 09/30/2026
A&A senior Mark Platonov joins the 2026 class of Astronaut Scholars
Senior student Mark Platonov has been named a 2026 Astronaut Scholar, joining a class of 79 scholars from 54 universities across the country.
Mon, 09/28/2026 | GeekWire
Washington governor sets up space council to boost business ventures targeting the final frontier
Governor Bob Ferguson appoints Professor and Chair Mehran Mesbahi to serve on the new Washington Space Council to identify areas of industry improvement.
Tue, 09/15/2026
From collision avoidance to Avatar
Vector algebra has carried alum Emmett Lalish (BS ‘05, MS ‘07, Ph.D. ‘09) from UAVs to 3D printing to an Oscar-winning blockbuster.
Thu, 09/10/2026
Taghvaei earns AFOSR Young Investigator Program award
Amir Taghvaei earns a prestigious award to improve nonlinear filtering algorithms behind navigation, tracking and forecasting.
Tue, 09/01/2026 | GeekWire
Juno Propulsion wins $1.2M grant from NSF to advance non-toxic space propulsion system
Professor Knowlen's lab and alum Alexis Harroun are developing non-toxic rocket propulsion with $1.2M from NSF.
Thu, 07/30/2026 | UW College of Engineering
Mehran Mesbahi to serve as A&A chair
Mesbahi, who has been serving as interim chair of Aeronautics & Astronautics since November 2025, will begin his appointment immediately.
Fri, 07/24/2026
SHARC Week's research poster awards
A&A’s 2026 poster presentation awards for fundamental discovery, applied innovation and scientific communication.