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Prize team winners and one holding a big check

Thu, 05/18/2023

Team Freyr is “Golden” in the Buerk Center’s Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge

A&A undergrad Morgan Golden talks farming, flying, and FREYR’s recent EIC win with new fertilizer software system.

Radha Poovendran

Wed, 05/17/2023 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering

Professor Radha Poovendran to be UW lead for NSF-funded ACTION Institute

Poovendran is the UW lead for a new institute to leverage artificial intelligence to defend against cyberthreats.

Thijs Masmeijer

Tue, 05/16/2023

A&A’s Thijs Masmeijer heads to University of Ljubljana with Graduate School Boeing International Fellowship

Thijs Masmeijer builds collaboration with University of Ljubljana to engineer structures inspired by spider webs.

Quentin Roberts

Wed, 05/03/2023

A&A’s Quentin Roberts places 2nd at AIAA competition

Quentin Roberts wins an AIAA second place for research on pre-ignition propellant mixing for an RDRE.

Starfish Otter pup in space

Wed, 05/03/2023

Tugs in space

A&A is working toward trajectory planning for precise space maneuvers with electric propulsion for Starfish Space.

Salma Hassanain

Mon, 04/24/2023 | UW Husky 100

A&A senior Salma Hassanain makes the Husky 100

Congratulations to Salma Hassanain for making the Husky 100, a list of 100 UW students!

Thomas Key headshot

Mon, 04/24/2023

Graduate student Thomas Key heads to Brazil with Boren Fellowship

A&A grad student Key will head to Brazil to work on small satellites to aid environmental conservation.

Jeff Peachman

Wed, 04/19/2023 | Fusion Industry Association on YouTube

A&A grad student Jeff Peachman delivers Fusion Industry Association newscast

The Fusion Industry Association selected Peachman to deliver the April 19 weekly newscast. Watch it on YouTube.

Howard Hu

Tue, 04/11/2023

Howard Hu is the 2023 A&A Distinguished Alumnus

The head of NASA’s Orion Program is the next A&A Distinguished Alumnus and 2023 graduation speaker.

Skeleton of a snake

Mon, 04/10/2023

Put more muscle into that structure

Adding soft actuation to rigid structures yields many key aerospace benefits, including strength, flexibility and efficiency.