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A smiling Mehran Mesbahi outside on campus.

Thu, 07/30/2026 | UW College of Engineering

Mehran Mesbahi to serve as A&A chair

Mesbahi, who has been serving as interim chair of Aeronautics & Astronautics since November 2025, will begin his appointment immediately.

Arvindh Sharma with his research poster.

Fri, 07/24/2026

SHARC Week's research poster awards

A&A’s 2026 poster presentation awards for fundamental discovery, applied innovation and scientific communication.

Group of recent graduates at a graduation ceremony

Wed, 07/22/2026

At A&A’s 2026 graduation, a common message about people

Three graduation speakers took to the stage with a common message about personal connections.

Four students with a pink underwater drone.

Tue, 06/30/2026

2026 Capstone Awards

From GPS-free drone navigation to lunar tunnel radar, our senior design teams delivered. Meet the winners.

Ten smiling award-winners.

Wed, 06/17/2026

2026 Excellence Awards

We proudly honor the 2026 awardees of our Student Excellence and Distinguished Faculty and Staff awards!

A smiling Laila Elias.

Tue, 05/19/2026

Curious by design: Laila Elias is the 2026 Distinguished Alum

Laila Elias named 2026 A&A Distinguished Alum.

Three students with the Mako model plane.

Mon, 05/18/2026

Design Build Fly takes second

One year after a humbling 51st-place finish, DBF returned to the annual AIAA competition with a new philosophy.

Kuang-Ying "Eddie" Ting headshot

Fri, 04/24/2026

Holding steady: Kuang-Ying "Eddie" Ting puts next-generation aircraft to the test in UWAL's wind tunnels

Kuang-Ying "Eddie" Ting spends his time in our UWAL wind tunnels figuring out how to keep wings under control.

Bhuvana Srinivasan

Thu, 04/16/2026

Bhuvana Srinivasan's Plasmawise Lab earns Helion funding to study fusion wall erosion

A&A’s Plasmawise Lab is selected for the first round of awards under Helion Energy's new university research program.

Joe Armas headshot

Tue, 04/14/2026

Aerospace engineer, elevator company

Joe Armas (A&A ‘98) has spent the last 20 years solving aerospace engineering problems at Otis Elevator.