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Thu, 07/06/2023
A&A fluids professor Mitsuru Kurosaka retires
Kurosaka, who joined the A&A Department in 1987, reflects on his research and inspirations over his career.
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Wed, 07/05/2023 | UW+Amazon Science Hub
UW+Amazon Science Hub announces 2023-2024 Amazon Fellows
A&A Ph.D. student Taewan Kim received an Amazon Fellowship for his research on optimization algorithms.
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Fri, 06/30/2023 | UW Magazine
Where coastal meets celestial
UW Magazine features the cutting-edge research of Sea Grant and the A&A-based Space Grant.
![Professor Mehran Mesbahi](https://www.aa.washington.edu/sites/aa/files/styles/large/public/media/images/2023/10/Mehran.png?itok=d1Ia5pI6)
Wed, 06/21/2023 | UW Electrical and Computer Engineering
New NSF Center for Soil Technologies
Professor Mesbahi will oversee the new center's efforts in satellite system development for soil remote sensing.
![Snapshots of the College's formal dances this year](https://www.aa.washington.edu/sites/aa/files/styles/large/public/media/images/2023/06/eng-formals_thumbnail.jpeg?itok=VA38B6nd)
Tue, 06/20/2023 | UW College of Engineering
A formal education
A&A's Space Ball is one of a handful of formal dances across the College of Engineering this year post-COVID.
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Fri, 06/02/2023 | The Graduate School
A&A Doctoral student Nick Andrews receives Fulbright fellowship
Andrews will use his Fulbright to conduct AUV subsea inspection and intervention tasks in Norway.
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Wed, 05/31/2023 | GeekWire
Zap Energy lands $5M federal grant and 'vote of confidence' in pursuit of fusion power
Zap Energy will receive $5 million from a new federal program for the commercial development of fusion power.
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Tue, 05/23/2023
Chris Hayner awarded NASA NSTGRO Fellowship
A&A’s Chris Hayner awarded NASA fellowship to develop a trajectory planner for planetary landing missions.
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Thu, 05/18/2023
Team Freyr is “Golden” in the Buerk Center’s Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge
A&A undergrad Morgan Golden talks farming, flying, and FREYR’s recent EIC win with new fertilizer software system.
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Wed, 05/17/2023 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering
Professor Radha Poovendran to be UW lead for NSF-funded ACTION Institute
Poovendran is the UW lead for a new institute to leverage artificial intelligence to defend against cyberthreats.
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Tue, 05/16/2023
A&A’s Thijs Masmeijer heads to University of Ljubljana with Graduate School Boeing International Fellowship
Thijs Masmeijer builds collaboration with University of Ljubljana to engineer structures inspired by spider webs.
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Wed, 05/03/2023
A&A’s Quentin Roberts places 2nd at AIAA competition
Quentin Roberts wins an AIAA second place for research on pre-ignition propellant mixing for an RDRE.
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Wed, 05/03/2023
Tugs in space
A&A is working toward trajectory planning for precise space maneuvers with electric propulsion for Starfish Space.
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Mon, 04/24/2023 | UW Husky 100
A&A senior Salma Hassanain makes the Husky 100
Congratulations to Salma Hassanain for making the Husky 100, a list of 100 UW students!
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Mon, 04/24/2023
Graduate student Thomas Key heads to Brazil with Boren Fellowship
A&A grad student Key will head to Brazil to work on small satellites to aid environmental conservation.
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Wed, 04/19/2023 | Fusion Industry Association on YouTube
A&A grad student Jeff Peachman delivers Fusion Industry Association newscast
The Fusion Industry Association selected Peachman to deliver the April 19 weekly newscast. Watch it on YouTube.
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Tue, 04/11/2023
Howard Hu is the 2023 A&A Distinguished Alumnus
The head of NASA’s Orion Program is the next A&A Distinguished Alumnus and 2023 graduation speaker.
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Mon, 04/10/2023
Put more muscle into that structure
Adding soft actuation to rigid structures yields many key aerospace benefits, including strength, flexibility and efficiency.
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Thu, 02/16/2023
A&A remembers Bob Sandusky (MS ‘71)
The Chief Engineer of the Northrop-McDonnell Douglas “Black Widow II” advanced tactical fighter died in January.
![Behçet Açıkmeşe headshot](https://www.aa.washington.edu/sites/aa/files/styles/large/public/media/images/2023/02/behcet-acikmese-AIAA-news-thumb.jpg?itok=ftuPf1gR)
Thu, 02/16/2023
Açıkmeşe elected AIAA Fellow
Behçet Açıkmeşe will be formally inducted into the AIAA Fellows later this year.
![Kristi Morgansen](https://www.aa.washington.edu/sites/aa/files/styles/large/public/media/images/2023/02/News%20Announcement%20%281%29.png?itok=zEc3Q3GF)
Fri, 02/10/2023 | KIRO 7
Lummi Nation students talk with NASA astronaut who worked with their experiment on ISS
Lummi Nation students spoke with ISS astronaut Josh Cassada about their experiment in a live chat event at the UW.
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Mon, 02/06/2023
A&A remembers Dana Andrews (BSAA '66)
Our 2014 A&A Distinguished Alumnus, board member and affiliate professor passed away in January.
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Mon, 01/30/2023 | Brooke Owens Fellowship
47 undergraduate students earn their place at leading aerospace organizations in the Brooke Owens Fellowship class of 2023
A&A senior Caleigh Stagnone was one of only 47 undergraduates nationwide to secure a 2023 Brooke Owens Fellowship.
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Tue, 01/17/2023
Isabella Rieco is the 2022 A&A Varanasi Fellow
Doctoral student Isabella Rieco from A&A’s SPACE Lab is the 2022 recipient of the Varanasi Endowed Fellowship.
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Tue, 01/03/2023
An A&A-developed experiment is going to the International Space Station
A&A researchers are developing a film evaporation experiment under a new grant from CASIS and the NSF.