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Fri, 10/16/2026
Gary Lai and Natalya Yudkovsky establish faculty fellowship to advance space exploration
Alumnus Gary Lai and his wife, Natalya Yudkovsky, have established a fellowship to support faculty research in space exploration.
Fri, 10/16/2026 | University of Texas at Austin
Award from Google.org to apply AI in fusion energy research
Alan Kaptanoglu to lead optimization in a three-year project that will build neural network models to explore new stellarator designs and lower the cost of future fusion power plants.
Thu, 10/15/2026
A spiderweb's mechanical intelligence
Orb weavers sense prey through their webs. The same idea could give aerospace structures sensing with fewer parts.
Thu, 10/15/2026
Shake and release: One small motor takes a whole structure apart one piece at a time
One small motor can take a whole structure apart, which will be especially useful for disassembly in space.
Tue, 10/13/2026
Remembering Walter Christiansen, former A&A chair
Walter Christiansen steered the department through one of the harder stretches in our history as chair from 1992 to 1998.
Mon, 10/12/2026 | UW News
Reinforced vertebrae allow plunge-diving seabirds to survive high-speed impace
A new study answers the question of how sea-diving birds are so good at diving and absorbing impact with implications for aerospace.
Mon, 10/12/2026
Alan Kaptanoglu returns to the UW to help shape fusion's magnets
Alan Kaptanoglu returns to the UW where he will study plasma modeling, scientific machine learning and nuclear fusion.
Wed, 09/30/2026 | EIN Presswire
SPACE Lab to advance satellite maneuverability in VLEO under NASA contract
SPACE Lab brings expertise in aerodynamics, spacecraft dynamics, and VLEO control, including research on the use of aerodynamic forces for satellite maneuvering and attitude control.
Wed, 09/30/2026
A&A senior Mark Platonov joins the 2026 class of Astronaut Scholars
Senior student Mark Platonov has been named a 2026 Astronaut Scholar, joining a class of 79 scholars from 54 universities across the country.
Mon, 09/28/2026 | GeekWire
Washington governor sets up space council to boost business ventures targeting the final frontier
Governor Bob Ferguson appoints Professor and Chair Mehran Mesbahi to serve on the new Washington Space Council to identify areas of industry improvement.