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Nanobubbles

Mon, 04/11/2022

NSF supports our research into why nanofoams are full of surprises

NSF supports an A&A and ME collaborative investigation of a novel new material.
 

Carter Vu and his colleagues

Thu, 03/31/2022 | UW Foster Blog

Environmental Innovation Challenge rewards student ventures

A&A's Carter Vu earned the Grand Prize in the 2022 Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge for a plastic recycling process.

UW campus and US News logo

Mon, 03/28/2022 | UW News

UW graduate and professional disciplines again place high in US News’ best graduate school rankings

A&A's graduate program ranks 17th in aerospace engineering, according to U.S. News & World Report.

Stephanie Bostwick (far right) teaches engineering at Northwest Indian College on Lummi Nation land near Bellingham, WA.

Fri, 03/25/2022 | Clean Energy Institute

Microgrids for energy sovereignty

Alumna Stephanie Bostwick aims to bring clean energy to her classroom at Northwest Indian College and to the Lummi Nation.

Gary Lai with the New Shepard capsule.

Mon, 03/21/2022 | GeekWire

Blue Origin gives ‘SNL’ comedian Pete Davidson’s suborbital seat to the spaceship’s chief architect

Gary Lai (A&A '99), Blue Origin's chief architect for the New Shepard launch system, gets a ticket to space.

Casey Dunn, Finn Van Donkelaar, and James Penna

Wed, 03/16/2022 | GeekWire

Wave Motion wins $1.3M award to work on prototype jet-gun launcher for U.S. Navy

A start-up founded by three A&A alumni won $1.3M from the U.S. Navy to develop a barrel-less space launcher technology.

 

blue and green plasma flow Illustration

Tue, 03/01/2022

NSF invests in UW’s plasma modeling

The National Science Foundation invests in our labs to advance plasma modeling for propulsion and cleaner energy.
 

Howard Hu

Mon, 02/28/2022 | NASA

NASA Promotes Howard Hu to Lead Orion Ahead of First Artemis Mission

Howard Hu will lead NASA's Orion as the program prepares to send its first uncrewed flight test around the Moon.

Astronaut walking on Mars

Mon, 02/14/2022

Space matters

SPARC sets the course for space research and policy partnerships in the Pacific Northwest.

Mayim Bialek and Kaden Lee on Jeopardy!

Thu, 02/10/2022 | GeekWire

Univ. of Washington student tests trivia smarts in 'Jeopardy! National College Championship'

A&A's Kaden Lee speaks with GeekWire about competing on Jeopardy!