News

Thu, 02/18/2021 | UW Aero & Astro
New law of physics finds a sweet spot for aircraft efficiency
A&A researchers in the Computational Fluid Mechanics Lab prove the existence of a new law of physics.

Mon, 02/08/2021 | UW Aero & Astro
Khalil Jones named 2021 Matthew Isakowitz Fellow
Khalil Jones awarded the elite Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship to advance commercial spaceflight.

Tue, 02/02/2021 | Office of Merit Scholarships, Fellowships & Awards
A&A junior Carter Vu nominated for the Goldwater Scholarship
Carter Vu is a UW nominee for the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship.

Fri, 01/29/2021 | UW Aero & Astro
Undergraduate coral research wins national recognition
A summer program in oceanography paved the way for Isaiah Cuadras to apply his interest in fluid dynamics to ocean ecosystems.

Wed, 01/13/2021 | UW Aero & Astro
Sarah Li named Amelia Earhart Scholar
Ph.D. student Sarah Li wins Amelia Earhart Scholarship for her dynamic games approach to autonomous networks.

Mon, 01/04/2021 | UW Mechanical Engineering
UW's marine renewable energy research gets a boost
Two recent funding announcements from the U.S. Department of Energy are good news for UW’s marine renewable energy research.

Wed, 12/30/2020 | College of Engineering
Leveraging this moment
Ed Connery discusses how A&A senior capstones were reimagined due to the pandemic.

Wed, 12/23/2020 | UW Aero & Astro
A&A’s Carter Vu named 2020 Astronaut Scholar
Carter Vu was selected for the elite Astronaut Scholarship, established to support rising STEM leaders in the US.

Mon, 11/23/2020 | UW Aero & Astro
Peering into snow
The Autonomous Flight Systems Lab outfits a drone to monitor snowpack.

Thu, 10/29/2020 | UW News
UW Space Symposium
Nov 6: Join us for this all-day event exploring the tech & policy issues of autonomous operations in space.

Wed, 10/21/2020 | UW Aero & Astro
Hawkmoth research yields lessons in agile flight
A&A research of the biological sensing mechanisms of the hawkmoth informs the advancement of aerospace systems.

Fri, 09/25/2020 | UW Aero & Astro
Estate gift from Richard Scherrer (‘42) creates new faculty support fund
Richard Scherrer (‘42) planned a surprise estate gift that will help A&A fill a priority need.

Fri, 09/25/2020 | UW Aero & Astro
SEDS takes off
A new club out of the aeronautics & astronautics department seeks students interested in space exploration from around the UW.

Wed, 09/16/2020 | AIAA
Livne wins AIAA Ashley Award 2021
The Ashley Award for Aeroelasticity recognizes outstanding contributions to the understanding and application of aeroelastic phenomena.

Wed, 09/16/2020 | UW Aero & Astro
A&A's structures faculty win major honors
September proves to be a successful month for A&A's structures faculty Jinkyu Yang, Eli Livne and Marco Salviato.

Wed, 09/02/2020 | UW Aero & Astro
A&A's fusion energy labs receive $3.5M
The funding moves us closer to initial commercialization for cost-competitive fusion energy.

Mon, 08/24/2020 | UW Magazine
The queen of the skies goes quiet
Hit by the global pandemic, British Airways is retiring the Boeing 747, designed by Joseph Sutter (A&A ’43).

Wed, 08/19/2020 | IEEE Control Systems Magazine
A conversation with Behçet AçıkmeşeIEEE Control Systems Magazine interviews Professor Açıkmeşe on his early career and the field’s future directions.

Mon, 08/17/2020 | College of Engineering
STAR(S) Student
STARS graduate Ivan Cordero on what he's been up to since completing his A&A degree.

Fri, 08/07/2020 | UW Aero & Astro
Hide and seek
A&A's Autonomous Flight Systems Lab is building a drone-based machine learning dataset to find those lost in wilderness.

Tue, 07/14/2020 | GeekWire
Former Spaceflight CEO and French entrepreneur join forces to launch astronaut training startup
A&A alum and Visiting Committee member Jason Andrews co-launches start-up Orbite to train future space tourists.

Tue, 07/07/2020 | UW Aero & Astro
A&A Student Excellence Awards 2020
Announcing the William E. Boeing Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics' 2020 Student Excellence Awards.

Mon, 07/06/2020 | UW Aero & Astro
2020 capstone award honorees announced
A&A is thrilled to announce these 2020 capstone awards as a wonderful close to this most unusual academic year.

Tue, 06/23/2020 | UW Aero & Astro
AIAA region VI student conference awards 2020
Two A&A papers won recognition from the 2020 AIAA Region VI Student Conference.

Mon, 06/15/2020 | UW Aero & Astro
Dr. Ed Habtour to join A&A faculty
Habtour brings an impressive track record of academic, industry, Department of Defense and national lab experience.