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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.

Inmates in orange prison attire looking at instructors.

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.

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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.

Aerodynamic aircraft model with colored smoke trails illustrating airflow patterns

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.

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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.