Highflight
2020 Edition
Updating Apollo 11
A&A researchers show us what we gain by applying optimization algorithms to the iconic mission.
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Hide and seek
A&A's Autonomous Flight Systems Lab builds a drone-based machine learning dataset to find those lost in the wilderness.
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Aerospace turns the tide on marine energy
A&A's Owen Williams advises how to map the hydrodynamics of marine cross-flow turbines to advance cost-effective industry standards.
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Message from the Chair
Professor and Chair Kristi Morgansen reflects on this most unusual and challenging year, encouraged by the research, activities and successes coming out of the Department.
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Modeling COVID-19 transmission: Apply aerospace
A&A alum Dan Klein draws on his controls training to model the transmission of COVID-19 in King County.
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Kourosh Hadi named A&A's Distinguished Alumnus 2020
Boeing's Kourosh Hadi is being honored for his contributions to the field of aeronautics and to the department.
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SARP wins Spaceport America Cup
SARP, the UW rocketry team, clinched the top spot as the 2019 Judge’s Choice and Overall Winner with its hybrid rocket.
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A&A CubeSat secures exclusive NASA spot
NASA picks A&A's CubeSat for the CubeSat Launch Initiative, providing preparation services and a ride into space.
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Good vibrations
A&A's Chun-Wei Chen contains energy for better structures, smoother rides, and higher efficiency.
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Landing big on Mars
A&A is researching supersonic retropropulsion, a leading technique to slow down and land large spacecrafts on Mars.
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Simple, fuel-efficient rocket-engine could enable lighter, cheaper spacecraft
James Koch's (A&A Ph.D. 2020) research on rotating detonation engines may aid in building cheaper, lighter spacecraft.
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Yang part of $1.7M NSF grant to study corals
Associate professor Jinkyu Yang and a team of researchers have received a two-year, $1.7 million National Science Foundation grant to study coral growth.
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Açıkmeşe leads $1.2M NSF grant to advance autonomy through Mars missions insights
A research team spanning three universities led by A&A professor Behçet Açıkmeşe received a total of $1.2 million from the NSF.
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Little to develop data science methods for plasma optimization
A&A professor Justin Little won an award from the Air Force to apply data science methods to plasma physics.
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A&A's fusion energy labs receive $3.5M
The funding moves us closer to initial commercialization for cost-competitive fusion energy.
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Estate gift from Richard Scherrer ('42) creates new faculty support fund
Richard Scherrer (‘42) planned a surprise estate gift that will help A&A fill a priority need.
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