News
Mon, 11/06/2023
Understanding cryogenic propellants for long-duration space missions
Professor Hermanson’s publication selected as Cryogenics Best Paper for advancement of propellant modeling.
Fri, 11/03/2023
Karen Leung is the Vagners-Christianson Endowed Faculty Fellow
Assistant Professor Karen Leung is the inaugural Vagners-Christianson A&A Faculty Fellow.
Wed, 11/01/2023
A&A’s Justin Little receives DARPA Young Faculty Award
Little’s award is for research on extracting power from solar winds on the lunar surface.
Mon, 10/23/2023
Engineering ‘spidey-senses’
Spiders can inform how we engineer sensing structures without sensors.
Mon, 10/02/2023
A&A graduate students receive Aerospace Career Enhancement Fellowships
Nithin Adidela, Jared Smythe and Eddie Ting receive SPEAA ACE Fellowships to advance their research.
Thu, 09/28/2023 | UW Research
New faculty spotlight: Bhuvana Srinivasan
Associate professor Bhuvana Srinivasan joins A&A’s faculty to advance nuclear fusion, space propulsion and more.
Mon, 09/04/2023 | UW College of Engineering
International impact
A&A's Kyra Dugan makes an impact in a local water infrastructure in Nicaragua with UW's Engineers Without Borders.
Mon, 08/14/2023
The 2023 capstone team awards
We announce the winners of the 2022 Capstone Film Fest and the Technical Excellence Awards.
Mon, 08/14/2023
2023 A&A Graduate Research Showcase
A&A’s 2nd annual Graduate Research Showcase featured cutting-edge research from our graduate students.
Tue, 08/01/2023 | A&A's YouTube Channel
Interview with NASA Orion Program Manager Howard Hu
A&A's Kenn Curry interviews Distinguished Alumnus Howard Hu on his best days at NASA, his A&A training, and more.
Tue, 08/01/2023
Top three fin-tastic research posters awarded at SHARC Week’s undergraduate showcase
A&A recognizes three students for their innovative research at first-ever SHARC Week showcase for undergrads.
Mon, 07/31/2023 | Empowered Startups
Emerging technology aims to predict the probability of wildfires
Empowered Startups highlights the work of its capstone team developing a drone prototype for wildfire prevention.
Tue, 07/18/2023 | UW News
Eight UW professors elected to Washington State Academy of Sciences
Professor Mehran Mesbahi will be inducted into the 2023 class of the Washington State Academy of Sciences.
Mon, 07/10/2023
A&A Student Excellence Awards 2023
A&A announces the 2023 Student Excellence Awards for research, teaching and service.
Thu, 07/06/2023 | UW Materials Science & Engineering
First Nations students rocket to success
A materials-heavy rocket challenge leads to a win in Wisconsin for UW's AISES team including A&A's Grace Pardini.
Thu, 07/06/2023
A&A fluids professor Mitsuru Kurosaka retires
Kurosaka, who joined the A&A Department in 1987, reflects on his research and inspirations over his career.
Wed, 07/05/2023 | UW+Amazon Science Hub
UW+Amazon Science Hub announces 2023-2024 Amazon Fellows
A&A Ph.D. student Taewan Kim received an Amazon Fellowship for his research on optimization algorithms.
Fri, 06/30/2023 | UW Magazine
Where coastal meets celestial
UW Magazine features the cutting-edge research of Sea Grant and the A&A-based Space Grant.
Wed, 06/21/2023 | UW Electrical and Computer Engineering
New NSF Center for Soil Technologies
Professor Mesbahi will oversee the new center's efforts in satellite system development for soil remote sensing.
Tue, 06/20/2023 | UW College of Engineering
A formal education
A&A's Space Ball is one of a handful of formal dances across the College of Engineering this year post-COVID.
Fri, 06/02/2023 | The Graduate School
A&A Doctoral student Nick Andrews receives Fulbright fellowship
Andrews will use his Fulbright to conduct AUV subsea inspection and intervention tasks in Norway.
Wed, 05/31/2023 | GeekWire
Zap Energy lands $5M federal grant and 'vote of confidence' in pursuit of fusion power
Zap Energy will receive $5 million from a new federal program for the commercial development of fusion power.
Tue, 05/23/2023
Chris Hayner awarded NASA NSTGRO Fellowship
A&A’s Chris Hayner awarded NASA fellowship to develop a trajectory planner for planetary landing missions.
Thu, 05/18/2023
Team Freyr is “Golden” in the Buerk Center’s Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge
A&A undergrad Morgan Golden talks farming, flying, and FREYR’s recent EIC win with new fertilizer software system.
Wed, 05/17/2023 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering
Professor Radha Poovendran to be UW lead for NSF-funded ACTION Institute
Poovendran is the UW lead for a new institute to leverage artificial intelligence to defend against cyberthreats.