News

Wed, 12/23/2020 | UW Aero & Astro
A&A’s Carter Vu named 2020 Astronaut Scholar
Carter Vu was selected for the elite Astronaut Scholarship, established to support rising STEM leaders in the US.

Mon, 11/23/2020 | UW Aero & Astro
Peering into snow
The Autonomous Flight Systems Lab outfits a drone to monitor snowpack.

Thu, 10/29/2020 | UW News
UW Space Symposium
Nov 6: Join us for this all-day event exploring the tech & policy issues of autonomous operations in space.

Wed, 10/21/2020 | UW Aero & Astro
Hawkmoth research yields lessons in agile flight
A&A research of the biological sensing mechanisms of the hawkmoth informs the advancement of aerospace systems.

Fri, 09/25/2020 | UW Aero & Astro
Estate gift from Richard Scherrer (‘42) creates new faculty support fund
Richard Scherrer (‘42) planned a surprise estate gift that will help A&A fill a priority need.

Fri, 09/25/2020 | UW Aero & Astro
SEDS takes off
A new club out of the aeronautics & astronautics department seeks students interested in space exploration from around the UW.

Wed, 09/16/2020 | AIAA
Livne wins AIAA Ashley Award 2021
The Ashley Award for Aeroelasticity recognizes outstanding contributions to the understanding and application of aeroelastic phenomena.

Wed, 09/16/2020 | UW Aero & Astro
A&A's structures faculty win major honors
September proves to be a successful month for A&A's structures faculty Jinkyu Yang, Eli Livne and Marco Salviato.

Wed, 09/02/2020 | UW Aero & Astro
A&A's fusion energy labs receive $3.5M
The funding moves us closer to initial commercialization for cost-competitive fusion energy.

Mon, 08/24/2020 | UW Magazine
The queen of the skies goes quiet
Hit by the global pandemic, British Airways is retiring the Boeing 747, designed by Joseph Sutter (A&A ’43).

Wed, 08/19/2020 | IEEE Control Systems Magazine
A conversation with Behçet AçıkmeşeIEEE Control Systems Magazine interviews Professor Açıkmeşe on his early career and the field’s future directions.

Mon, 08/17/2020 | College of Engineering
STAR(S) Student
STARS graduate Ivan Cordero on what he's been up to since completing his A&A degree.

Fri, 08/07/2020 | UW Aero & Astro
Hide and seek
A&A's Autonomous Flight Systems Lab is building a drone-based machine learning dataset to find those lost in wilderness.

Tue, 07/14/2020 | GeekWire
Former Spaceflight CEO and French entrepreneur join forces to launch astronaut training startup
A&A alum and Visiting Committee member Jason Andrews co-launches start-up Orbite to train future space tourists.

Tue, 07/07/2020 | UW Aero & Astro
A&A Student Excellence Awards 2020
Announcing the William E. Boeing Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics' 2020 Student Excellence Awards.

Mon, 07/06/2020 | UW Aero & Astro
2020 capstone award honorees announced
A&A is thrilled to announce these 2020 capstone awards as a wonderful close to this most unusual academic year.

Tue, 06/23/2020 | UW Aero & Astro
AIAA region VI student conference awards 2020
Two A&A papers won recognition from the 2020 AIAA Region VI Student Conference.

Mon, 06/15/2020 | UW Aero & Astro
Dr. Ed Habtour to join A&A faculty
Habtour brings an impressive track record of academic, industry, Department of Defense and national lab experience.

Fri, 06/12/2020 | UW Aero & Astro
A message from A&A Chair Kristi Morgansen
A&A Chair Kristi Morgansen reflects on the close of this year and the challenges we face.

Fri, 05/29/2020 | UW Aero & Astro
Innovate is what we engineers do: The A&A capstones pivot
A&A capstone teams adjusted deliverables in the wake of closures of UW facilities and social distancing rules.

Fri, 05/29/2020 | UW Aero & Astro
2020 Capstone Film Fest
As we couldn't gather together for the usual Capstone Poster Sessions, A&A debuts the Capstone Film Fest.

Mon, 05/18/2020 | UW Aero & Astro
Modeling COVID-19 transmission: Apply aerospace
A&A alum Dan Klein draws on his controls training to model the transmission of COVID-19 in King County.

Tue, 05/12/2020 | UW Aero & Astro
Ferrante and Yang win FACET awards
A&A's Ferrante and Yang are recognized for their influence on the professional development of their students.

Wed, 05/06/2020 | Wired
After 60 years, explosion-powered rockets are nearly here
A&A's James Koch figures out the mathematical model that explains the patterns in a rotating detonation engine.

Mon, 05/04/2020 | UW College of Engineering
Job searching during COVID-19
Advice for students on how to navigate the near-term engineering job market.