Highflight
2024 Edition
Engineering “spidey-senses”
Spiders can inform how we engineer sensing structures without sensors.
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Tugs in space
A&A’s Autonomous Controls Lab is working toward trajectory planning for precise space maneuvers with electric propulsion for Starfish Space.
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Supporting Tribal-led salmon monitoring using computer vision
UW researchers are developing a drone-based salmon survey method that the Sauk-Suiattle can use to manage resources.
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Howard Hu (’91 and ’94) is the 2023 A&A Distinguished Alum
Hu has worked for NASA for more than thirty years and now leads the Orion Program.
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Understanding cryogenic propellants for long-duration space missions
Professor Hermanson’s publication was selected as the Cryogenics Best Paper for advancement of propellant modeling.
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Supercomputing quickly uncovers droplet secrets in turbulent shear flows
A new droplet simulation method accelerates answers and uncovers new secrets in turbulent shear flows.
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Assistant professor Justin Little receives DARPA Young Faculty Award
Little’s award is for research on extracting power from solar winds on the lunar surface.
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A&A welcomes associate professor Bhuvana Srinivasan
Srinivasan, who received her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees with us, returns to the UW to join faculty from Virginia Tech’s Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, where she served as the director of the Plasma Dynamics Computational Laboratory.
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A&A alum Stephanie Bostwick wins College of Engineering Diamond Award
Bostwick is harnessing the potential of solar microgrids – bridging renewable energy practices, government relations and indigenous knowledge – to create engineering educational programs that uplift Indigenous communities.
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A&A fluids professor Mitsuru Kurosaka retires
Kurosaka, who joined the A&A Department in 1987, reflected on his research and inspiration, over his career.
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