News

Wed, 01/26/2022
Rao and Usha Varanasi receive 2022 Diamond Award
Rao (A&A PhD '68) and Usha Varanasi are the 2022 UW College of Engineering Diamond Award Honorees for Distinguished Service.

Fri, 01/14/2022
SEDS wins two chapter awards at SpaceVision
SEDS is a burgeoning chapter at UW, recently winning the Chapter of the Year award and the Chapter Diversity award.

Wed, 01/05/2022
Aithal awarded Condit Fellowship
Abhiram Aithal chosen as the Condit Dissertation Year Fellow, a new award to help PhD students finish their degree.

Thu, 12/09/2021
Behçet Açıkmeşe elevated to 2022 IEEE Fellow
Professor Açıkmeşe voted IEEE Fellow for optimization-based nonlinear control and planetary landing systems.

Wed, 11/24/2021
Samuel Buckner is the newest A&A ARCS Scholar
A&A doctoral student Samuel Buckner received an ARCS Scholarship to create new technologies and expand innovation.

Sat, 11/06/2021 | GeekWire
The buzz about fusion energy: Expert explains industry’s ‘reinvigoration’ as tech attracts VC dollars
A&A’s Chris Hansen talks fusion energy with GeekWire, discussing the current industry state as VC dollars flood in.

Mon, 10/25/2021 | UW College of Arts & Sciences
The Math Alliance expands diversity in STEM through mentorship
The math mentorship program preparing underrepresented students for STEM graduate programs comes to the UW with A&A support.

Tue, 10/12/2021
WA Space Grant moves to A&A
The renowned NASA program's relocation to A&A will help strengthen hands-on student learning.

Tue, 10/05/2021
Strategic Plan 2021-2026
Engineering for the public good pursues solutions to improve the quality of life for all – whether in infrastructure, technology, transportation, health, environment or manufacturing.

Mon, 09/27/2021 | AIAA
AIAA Announces its Class of 2022 Associate Fellows
A&A’s Antonino Ferrante makes the 2022 Class of AIAA Associate Fellows.

Wed, 09/01/2021 | CoMotion
University of Washington spinoff, Zap Energy, on track to power the planet
Zap Energy is paving the way to commercially scalable low-carbon fusion.

Thu, 08/12/2021 | UW Aero & Astro
Nailing the landings in space
A&A is solving the challenges of how and where to land on the Moon, Mars and beyond.

Wed, 07/28/2021 | UW Aero & Astro
Kristi Morgansen elected to Washington State Academy of Sciences
Chair Kristi Morgansen joins the WA State Academy of Sciences, receiving one of only 38 spots offered this year.

Fri, 07/23/2021 | UW News
Gaming graphics card allows faster, more precise control of fusion energy experiments
A&A researchers are borrowing advances from computer gaming, using a GPU to control their prototype fusion reactor.

Thu, 07/22/2021 | UW News
20 UW researchers elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences for 2021
A&A Chair Kristi Morgansen is among 20 UW researchers elected to WSAS

Wed, 06/30/2021 | UW Aero & Astro
Salviato selected for NAE Symposium
Marco Salviato is among 83 early-career engineers invited to take part in this selective program.

Wed, 06/30/2021 | UW Aero & Astro
A&A research takes flight
A&A sensing research out of the Nonlinear Dynamics & Control Lab is flying on the 2021 Boeing ecoDemonstrator.

Tue, 06/29/2021 | UW Aero & Astro
2021 Capstone team awards
We announce the winners of the 2021 Capstone Film Fest and the Technical Excellence Awards.

Tue, 06/15/2021 | University of Washington Magazine
New law of physics
UW researchers have discovered a new law of physics that will affect the future of aircraft design.

Tue, 06/15/2021 | University of Washington Magazine
Scott Crossfield
This A&A alumnus ('49, '50) was the first to fly at twice the speed of sound, laying the groundwork to go into space.

Fri, 06/11/2021 | UW Aero & Astro
A&A Student Excellence Awards 2021
We introduce you to the six students who received this year’s awards for Research, Teaching, and Service.

Fri, 06/04/2021 | UW Aero & Astro
Anita Gale is the 2021 A&A Distinguished Alumna
Gale, inspiring the next generation of space pioneers, is our latest recipient of the department’s highest award.

Wed, 05/26/2021 | GeekWire
Seattle startup ZaP Energy lands $27.5M to build commercial fusion reactor without magnets
A&A's Flow Z-Pinch Lab spinoff ZaP Energy has landed $27.5M to build commercial reactor without magnets.

Wed, 05/26/2021 | College of Engineering
Engineering Equity
Kristi Morgansen reflects on the value of the UW ADVANCE program as it supports gender equity in the STEM field.

Mon, 05/24/2021 | University of Washington
Cat Hannahs makes the Husky 100
Senior Cat Hannahs joins the exclusive annual list of 100 students who are making the most of their time at the UW.