News
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.
Tue, 11/12/2024 | GeekWire
Uncommon Thinkers: Zap's Uri Shumlak wrestles with fusion energy in pursuit of carbon-free power
GeekWire recognizes Professor Uri Shumlak for his work to advance fusion energy.
Mon, 11/04/2024 | UW News
NASA funds effort to study effects of the space environment on living organisms
A&A chair Morgansen to lead new $2.5M NASA space biology consortium uniting UW, WSU and PNNL researchers.
Tue, 10/22/2024
Combining machine learning with a mathematical theory to enhance autonomy
PhD student combines machine learning and optimal transport theory to enhance uncertainty management in autonomous systems.