News
Mon, 03/24/2025
Building customized trust in autonomous systems: Karen Leung receives NSF grant
NSF funds eye-tracking research to help us create autonomous systems that can adjust to individual comfort levels.
Thu, 03/20/2025
A&A Faculty Endowment Awards support strategic initiatives in student development
A&A endowments fund technical communication course NSF fellowship workshop.
Thu, 03/06/2025
AIAA recognizes Skye Mceowen for innovative hypersonic reentry guidance
Skye Mceowen wins AIAA award for auto-tuning algorithm, applied to hypersonic reentry, boosting spaceflight and defense.
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
Daniel Alex uses complex simulations to understand 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.
Mon, 10/14/2024 | UW College of Engineering
Blazing a trail with wildfire research
An increase in wildfires across the nation has lit a fire under our researchers who are developing new technologies and hazard prevention protocols.
Fri, 10/11/2024
In memoriam: Anita Gale (1951-2024), A&A Distinguished Alumna and space pioneer
Remembering Anita Gale (1951-2024): Distinguished alumna, aerospace innovator, and champion of space education.
Fri, 10/11/2024
Alum Lars Andersen receives prestigious Museum of Flight Pathfinder Award
A&A alum Lars Andersen honored for aerospace innovations, including pioneering work on Boeing's 777 program.
Wed, 10/09/2024 | GeekWire
Zap Energy confirms $130M round, shares progress on its demo power plant system
A&A spinoff Zap Energy receives another major round of investment to advance key fusion energy technologies for municipal power.
Mon, 10/07/2024
A&A welcomes three new faculty members, boosting space systems capabilities
Dorn, Nisser, and Vijay join A&A, enhancing space systems engineering expertise in structures and controls.
Thu, 09/19/2024 | UW College of Engineering
A shared love of rocketry
Students from Indigenous cultures unite to build rockets and compete in NASA's First Nations Launch — while celebrating their culture and traditional native values.
Wed, 09/18/2024
Honoring three trailblazing women in aeronautical engineering
Honoring Rose Lunn, Eleanor Dickson and Luella Armstrong: Pioneering UW engineers who shaped aerospace history.
Wed, 09/11/2024
Professor Mehran Mesbahi elected to IEEE Control Systems Society Board of Governors
Professor Mehran Mesbahi has been elected to the Board of Governors of the IEEE Control Systems Society for a 3-year term.
Thu, 08/01/2024 | Washington State Academy of Science
Chair Kristi Morgansen joins WSAS board
A&A Chair Kristi Morgansen elected to Washington State Academy of Sciences board of directors.