A&A organized our 1st Annual Research Showcase featuring cutting-edge research projects from our graduate students.

Over Zoom, our graduate student presenters did a round of lightning pitches on their research before splitting into breakout room poster sessions. Visitors could move freely among the poster sessions and speak with the students to learn more about the exciting research underway across all of our research programs.

The Research Showcase is an initiative that grew out of A&A’s Strategic Planning to foster community and celebrate and share the research across our programs. Associate Professor Marco Salviato, who leads the Research Task Force of A&A’s Strategic Planning, was the lead organizer of the Showcase, and PhD student Landon Bevier, also on the Task Force,  emceed the event and helped make execute the vision of a fun, upbeat evening that also delivered serious research.

Salviato said, “This was an event focused on the students. We wanted to give them the opportunity to share with our community the outstanding research that they perform everyday through hard work and dedication. The response from students and faculty was overwhelming to say the least! It was a lot of fun! The quality and insight of the pitches and posters were really mind-boggling! It made me want to become a student again! I am so excited to do it again next year!"

A&A would like to thank our judges, Roger Myers, Cris Bosetti, Francesco Deleo and Amir Taghvaei, who judged the presentations on criteria such as accessible messaging, viable solutions, and the potential impact for aerospace and society.

Research Projects