News
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.
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.
Thu, 02/16/2023
A&A remembers Bob Sandusky (MS ‘71)
The Chief Engineer of the Northrop-McDonnell Douglas “Black Widow II” advanced tactical fighter died in January.
Thu, 02/16/2023
Açıkmeşe elected AIAA Fellow
Behçet Açıkmeşe will be formally inducted into the AIAA Fellows later this year.
Fri, 02/10/2023 | KIRO 7
Lummi Nation students talk with NASA astronaut who worked with their experiment on ISS
Lummi Nation students spoke with ISS astronaut Josh Cassada about their experiment in a live chat event at the UW.
Mon, 02/06/2023
A&A remembers Dana Andrews (BSAA '66)
Our 2014 A&A Distinguished Alumnus, board member and affiliate professor passed away in January.
Mon, 01/30/2023 | Brooke Owens Fellowship
47 undergraduate students earn their place at leading aerospace organizations in the Brooke Owens Fellowship class of 2023
A&A senior Caleigh Stagnone was one of only 47 undergraduates nationwide to secure a 2023 Brooke Owens Fellowship.
Tue, 01/17/2023
Isabella Rieco is the 2022 A&A Varanasi Fellow
Doctoral student Isabella Rieco from A&A’s SPACE Lab is the 2022 recipient of the Varanasi Endowed Fellowship.
Tue, 01/03/2023
An A&A-developed experiment is going to the International Space Station
A&A researchers are developing a film evaporation experiment under a new grant from CASIS and the NSF.
Thu, 12/15/2022 | KUOW
A step closer to a new form of renewable energy: Nuclear fusion
A&A’s Chris Hansen speaks with KUOW on what fusion energy is and the significance of the milestone at Lawrence Livermore National Lab.
Tue, 12/13/2022
Uri Shumlak elevated to 2023 IEEE Fellow
IEEE elevated Uri Shumlak to Fellow for research of sheared flow stabilization of the Z pinch for fusion energy.
Mon, 12/12/2022
Our new faculty in their own words
A&A welcomes Karen Leung, Alvar Saenz Otero and Amir Taghvaei to expand our research in controls and enhance our capstone program.
Tue, 12/06/2022 | UW College of Engineering
A pathway to engineering
Holland Kantner and Jayden Shafer come to A&A with some meaningful preparation.
Mon, 12/05/2022
Design Build Fly charts a new course
Expanded membership and a reimagined organizational structure delivered a successful plane and groundwork for more.
Wed, 11/23/2022
A&A mourns the passing of Nathan Precup (MSAA '18)
We are saddened to announce the passing of alumnus and former KWT staff Nathan Precup.
Mon, 11/21/2022 | KIRO7
Orion space capsule passes within 80 miles of Moon's surface
Kristi Morgansen talks with KIRO7 on Artemis’s potential for groundbreaking research that could get us to Mars.
Tue, 11/15/2022 | TechCrunch
Amazon previews its new delivery drone, the MK30
Amazon unveils its newest delivery drone, the MK30, after testing in A&A’s Kirsten Wind Tunnel.
Wed, 10/26/2022
Eli Livne wins Enoch Thulin ICAS Innovation in Aeronautics Award
Professor Eli Livne wins the ICAS award for his contributions to aeroservoelasticity.
Tue, 10/25/2022 | UW College of Engineering
Marco Salviato named as Director of the Advanced Composites Center
Salviato will also lead the Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials in Transport Aircraft Structures.
Mon, 10/24/2022
A&A doctoral student Niyousha Rahimi awarded UW + Amazon Science Hub Fellowship
Rahimi received the fellowship to pursue research in robotics and AI with applications to safety critical systems.
Mon, 10/17/2022
A&A summer research runs the gamut from space travel to vaccine injections
A&A undergrads deliver summer research through Space Grant’s SURP program, spanning from vaccines to space travel.
Mon, 09/26/2022
A&A’s Sarah Li chosen as this year’s Condit Dissertation Fellow
Sarah Li was chosen as the 2022 Condit Dissertation Year Fellow, which is awarded to PhD students finishing their degree.
Thu, 09/22/2022 | UW Mechanical Engineering
Planning for the next generation of composites
A&A's Marco Salviato is part of NSF IUCRC grant supporting industry partnerships to advance composites.
Fri, 09/16/2022 | Warren-McElwain Services
Obituary for Jan Roskam (A&A PhD '65)
Roskam, an accomplished Boeing and Cessna engineer, KU professor and mentor, died September 9 in Lawrence, KS.
Mon, 09/12/2022
Adding turbulence to wildfire research: A conversation with A&A Professor Robert Breidenthal
Professor Breidenthal applies research on turbulence to a new cross-field study of wildfires.