News
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sat, 12/28/2024 | CNN
Inmates are learning to code in prison. Jobs may be hard to come by
CNN spotlights Professor Nisser's 'Brave Behind Bars' program bringing coding education to correctional facilities.
Fri, 12/13/2024
Recent Ph.D. graduates secure faculty positions at leading institutions
Three recent Ph.D. graduates from A&A’s Controls area secure assistant professor positions at leading aerospace institutions.
Mon, 12/09/2024
The fluid mechanics anomaly we can’t dismiss anymore
Sounding the alarm on asymmetric flows, long dismissed as experimental errors, as critical to predict for flight safety.
Wed, 12/04/2024
Breaking through plasma's chaos for stellar science and fusion energy
With NSF support, Daniel Alex's complex simulations shed light on plasma instabilities that could unlock clean fusion energy.