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Fri, 03/28/2025

John Berg named Condit Fellow for holistic aircraft controls research

PhD student's research on holistic aircraft control systems earns prestigious fellowship for advancing aviation safety.

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Mon, 03/24/2025

Building customized trust in autonomous systems: Karen Leung receives NSF grant

NSF funds eye-tracking research to help us create autonomous systems that can adjust to individual comfort levels.

Antonino Ferrante and Ed Habtour

Thu, 03/20/2025

A&A Faculty Endowment Awards support strategic initiatives in student development

A&A endowments fund technical communication course NSF fellowship workshop.

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Thu, 03/06/2025

AIAA recognizes Skye Mceowen for innovative hypersonic reentry guidance

Skye Mceowen wins AIAA award for auto-tuning algorithm, applied to hypersonic reentry, boosting spaceflight and defense.

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Tue, 03/04/2025 | Sandia National Labs

National security leader Laura. J. McGill named director of Sandia Labs

A&A alumna and board member Laura McGill has been named the next director of Sandia National Labs.

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Mon, 03/03/2025

Digital tools to combat rain erosion captures Varanasi Fellowship

PhD student Mira Tipirneni develops computational models to predict and combat aircraft surface damage from rain.

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Fri, 02/14/2025

From nature's engines to engineering: An NSF grant explores power at the smallest scale

Professor Taghvaei studies bacteria to build efficient, nature-inspired nano-sized engines.

Marco Salviato in front of composites equipment

Sat, 01/25/2025 | The Seattle Times

Spokane facility gets $48M to boost thermoplastic research for planes

A&A professor's research on lightweight aircraft materials helps secure major CHIPS Act funding for Spokane facility.

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Thu, 01/16/2025

Professor Srinivasan receives nation's highest early-career scientific honor

Professor Bhuvana Srinivasan receives the Presidential Early Career Award for plasma physics research.

Mohammad Al-Jarrah and Spencer Kraisler at the CDC 2024 Milano

Mon, 01/13/2025

A&A takes top student awards at major controls conference

Two doctoral students capture Outstanding Paper Awards and Best Student Paper Award at the 2024 CDC conference in Milan.