News

Fri, 07/12/2019 | UW Space Policy and Research Center

For Apollo 11's 50th anniversary, UW presents reflections by those who were inspired to work toward a future in space.

Mon, 07/01/2019 | Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics

SARP, the UW rocketry team, clinched the top spot as the 2019 Judge’s Choice and Overall Winner with its hybrid rocket.

Mon, 06/24/2019 | GeekWire

The SARP team took the Judge’s Choice and Overall Winner Award at the largest collegiate rocket engineering contest.

Tue, 06/18/2019 | BARC

A&A's composites research and industry collaborations to receive a boost through BARC award from Washington state.

Fri, 06/14/2019 | Foster Blog

WM Launch Services won the Perkins Coie Best Innnovation/Technology prize at the 2019 Dempsey Startup Competition. A&A graduate students Finn van Donkelaar and James Penna and alum Casey Dunn founded the startup to develop a more efficient space launch system for large payloads.

Thu, 06/13/2019 | Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics

A&A remembers George Jeffs, an aerospace legend from the Apollo missions to the development of GPS satellites.

Wed, 06/12/2019 | Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics

KWT’s student crew eases the transition from the old DAQ to a new one, a six-month process.

Mon, 06/10/2019 | GeekWire

Husky Robotics competed in the University Rover Challenge (URC), an international event that accepted 36 teams with a goal of showcasing designs for the next generation of Mars rovers.

Wed, 06/05/2019 | Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics

Professor Jinkyu Yang’s research team in the LEMS Lab is designing and fabricating origami-inspired aerospace structures.

Fri, 05/24/2019 | UW News

A&A researchers have developed a novel solution, inspired by origami, to help reduce impact forces.

Fri, 05/17/2019 | Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics

Funding targeted toward enhancing UW ice accretion research leads to KWT structural upgrades.

Wed, 05/15/2019 | Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics

Eight A&A faculty members have been recognized by the 1st annual FACET awards program.

Sat, 05/11/2019 | GeekWire

UW Hyperloop is going for the top prize in Elon Musk’s competition. This time they’ve got their racer down to fighting weight.

Mon, 05/06/2019 | Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics

A&A looks forward to continued collaboration with Professor Christopher Lum after his transition to Boeing.

Thu, 05/02/2019 | UW Aero & Astro

A&A students won first in master's, first in team, and third in undergraduate at the AIAA Region VI Conference.

Wed, 05/01/2019 | College of Engineering

Professor Kristi Morgansen has accepted the position of Chair of the Aeronautics & Astronautics Department. Says College of Engineering Dean Mike Bragg, "Her experience and dedication to the mission and excellence of A&A will serve the department and college well." 

Mon, 04/22/2019 | Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics

Research on sync and the structure of networks by the RAIN Lab, led by Mehran Mesbahi, was published in Science.

Tue, 04/16/2019 | LA Times

LA Times quotes Interim Chair Morgansen about the competition to provide broadband internet through networks of small satellites.

Mon, 04/15/2019 | Aerospace America

Alum Maggie Wintermute is profiled for her work at Honeywell Aerospace and her A&A training and looks to the future of aviation.

Mon, 04/15/2019 | Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics

A&A has partnered with JCATI and aerospace company Chomarat to advance composites research and bring hands-on experience to students.

Sat, 04/13/2019 | ABC News 4 Charleston, SC

A&A students in Boeing's AerosPACE capstone program designed, built, and flew drones in a multi-university effort.

Mon, 04/08/2019 | Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics

Rao Varanasi will accept his Distinguished Alum award at the 2019 A&A graduation, where he will also serve as graduation speaker.

Fri, 04/05/2019 | Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics

A&A's FuZE Lab has developed a smaller, cheaper method for thermonuclear fusion using a Z-pinch to compress flowing plasma.

Fri, 03/29/2019 | Phi Kappa Phi

A&A's Gustavo Fujiwara has been awarded a prestigious Phi Kappa Phi dissertation fellowship.

Thu, 03/21/2019 | Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics

After a six-month internship at SpaceX, John Buffalo has returned to win a second Mary Gates Scholarship.