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Thomas Key headshot

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.

Jeff Peachman

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.

Howard Hu

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.

Skeleton of a snake

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.

Robert Sandusky

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

Thu, 02/16/2023

Açıkmeşe elected AIAA Fellow

Behçet Açıkmeşe will be formally inducted into the AIAA Fellows later this year.

Kristi Morgansen

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. 

Dana G Andrews headshot

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.

Caleigh Stagnone

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.

Isabella Rieco

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.

 Rendering of the International Space Station

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.

KUOW logo and Chris Hansen photo

Thu, 12/15/2022 | KUOW

A step closer to a new form of renewable energy: Nuclear fusion

A&A’s Chris Hansen speaks with KUOW on what fusion energy is and the significance of the milestone at Lawrence Livermore National Lab.

Uri Shumlak

Tue, 12/13/2022

Uri Shumlak elevated to 2023 IEEE Fellow

IEEE elevated Uri Shumlak to Fellow for research of sheared flow stabilization of the Z pinch for fusion energy.

Headshots of three A&A faculty members

Mon, 12/12/2022

Our new faculty in their own words

A&A welcomes Karen Leung, Alvar Saenz Otero and Amir Taghvaei to expand our research in controls and enhance our capstone program.

Holland Kantner and Jayden Shafer

Tue, 12/06/2022 | UW College of Engineering

A pathway to engineering

Holland Kantner and Jayden Shafer come to A&A with some meaningful preparation.

Albatross aircraft

Mon, 12/05/2022

Design Build Fly charts a new course

Expanded membership and a reimagined organizational structure delivered a successful plane and groundwork for more.

Nathan Precup in Antarctica

Wed, 11/23/2022

A&A mourns the passing of Nathan Precup (MSAA '18)

We are saddened to announce the passing of alumnus and former KWT staff Nathan Precup.

A rendering of the Orion spacecraft

Mon, 11/21/2022 | KIRO7

Orion space capsule passes within 80 miles of Moon's surface

Kristi Morgansen talks with KIRO7 on Artemis’s potential for groundbreaking research that could get us to Mars.

Amazon drone in Kirsten Wind Tunnel

Tue, 11/15/2022 | TechCrunch

Amazon previews its new delivery drone, the MK30

Amazon unveils its newest delivery drone, the MK30, after testing in A&A’s Kirsten Wind Tunnel.

Eli Livne

Wed, 10/26/2022

Eli Livne wins Enoch Thulin ICAS Innovation in Aeronautics Award

Professor Eli Livne wins the ICAS award for his contributions to aeroservoelasticity.

Marco Salviato headshot

Tue, 10/25/2022 | UW College of Engineering

Marco Salviato named as Director of the Advanced Composites Center

Salviato will also lead the Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials in Transport Aircraft Structures.

Niyousha Rahimi headshot

Mon, 10/24/2022

A&A doctoral student Niyousha Rahimi awarded UW + Amazon Science Hub Fellowship

Rahimi received the fellowship to pursue research in robotics and AI with applications to safety critical systems.

an undulating, translucent star-forming region in the Carina Nebula is shown in this Webb image, hued in ambers and blues; foreground stars with diffraction spikes can be seen, as can a speckling of background points of light through the cloudy nebula

Mon, 10/17/2022

A&A summer research runs the gamut from space travel to vaccine injections

A&A undergrads deliver summer research through Space Grant’s SURP program, spanning from vaccines to space travel.

Sarah Li headshot

Mon, 09/26/2022

A&A’s Sarah Li chosen as this year’s Condit Dissertation Fellow

Sarah Li was chosen as the 2022 Condit Dissertation Year Fellow, which is awarded to PhD students finishing their degree.

Marco Salviato headshot

Thu, 09/22/2022 | UW Mechanical Engineering

Planning for the next generation of composites

A&A's Marco Salviato is part of NSF IUCRC grant supporting industry partnerships to advance composites.