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Fri, 07/12/2019 | UW Space Policy and Research Center
UW Apollo Retrospective
For Apollo 11's 50th anniversary, UW presents reflections by those who were inspired to work toward a future in space.
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Mon, 07/01/2019 | Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics
SARP wins Spaceport America Cup
SARP, the UW rocketry team, clinched the top spot as the 2019 Judge’s Choice and Overall Winner with its hybrid rocket.
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Mon, 06/24/2019 | GeekWire
Rocketeers from University of Washington take the prize at Spaceport America Cup
The SARP team took the Judge’s Choice and Overall Winner Award at the largest collegiate rocket engineering contest.
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Tue, 06/18/2019 | BARC
BARC awarded $1.2 million Washington state grant to advance composites research
A&A's composites research and industry collaborations to receive a boost through BARC award from Washington state.
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Fri, 06/14/2019 | Foster Blog
WM Launch Services wins Best Innovation/Technology in startup competition
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.
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Thu, 06/13/2019 | Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Remembering alumnus George Jeffs
A&A remembers George Jeffs, an aerospace legend from the Apollo missions to the development of GPS satellites.
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Wed, 06/12/2019 | Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics
KWT gets a data acquisition upgrade
KWT’s student crew eases the transition from the old DAQ to a new one, a six-month process.
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Mon, 06/10/2019 | GeekWire
Univ. of Washington’s Husky Robotics is on a roll, as Mars rover offers students a big engineering project
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.
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Wed, 06/05/2019 | Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Origami for designing novel materials and structures
Professor Jinkyu Yang’s research team in the LEMS Lab is designing and fabricating origami-inspired aerospace structures.
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Fri, 05/24/2019 | UW News
Origami-inspired materials could soften the blow for reusable spacecraft
A&A researchers have developed a novel solution, inspired by origami, to help reduce impact forces.
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Fri, 05/17/2019 | Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Through icing research, KWT installs structural upgrades
Funding targeted toward enhancing UW ice accretion research leads to KWT structural upgrades.
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Wed, 05/15/2019 | Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics
A&A faculty nominated by students for FACET awards
Eight A&A faculty members have been recognized by the 1st annual FACET awards program.
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Sat, 05/11/2019 | GeekWire
Washington Hyperloop slims down its pod racer for Elon Musk’s next big contest
UW Hyperloop is going for the top prize in Elon Musk’s competition. This time they’ve got their racer down to fighting weight.
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Mon, 05/06/2019 | Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics
A&A's Professor Christopher Lum to move to Boeing
A&A looks forward to continued collaboration with Professor Christopher Lum after his transition to Boeing.
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Thu, 05/02/2019 | UW Aero & Astro
A&A wins three awards at AIAA Region VI conference
A&A students won first in master's, first in team, and third in undergraduate at the AIAA Region VI Conference.
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Wed, 05/01/2019 | College of Engineering
Kristi Morgansen appointed department chair
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."
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Mon, 04/22/2019 | Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics
RAIN Lab's research on the science of sync published in Science
Research on sync and the structure of networks by the RAIN Lab, led by Mehran Mesbahi, was published in Science.
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Tue, 04/16/2019 | LA Times
Amazon's entry into the satellite internet market sets up another faceoff between Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk
LA Times quotes Interim Chair Morgansen about the competition to provide broadband internet through networks of small satellites.
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Mon, 04/15/2019 | Aerospace America
Alum profile: Working on a product that helps keep people safe
Alum Maggie Wintermute is profiled for her work at Honeywell Aerospace and her A&A training and looks to the future of aviation.
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Mon, 04/15/2019 | Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics
A&A partners with Chomarat, JCATI to advance composites and train students
A&A has partnered with JCATI and aerospace company Chomarat to advance composites research and bring hands-on experience to students.
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Sat, 04/13/2019 | ABC News 4 Charleston, SC
Drones designed by students with Boeing's AerosPACE program take flight over Johns Island
A&A students in Boeing's AerosPACE capstone program designed, built, and flew drones in a multi-university effort.
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Mon, 04/08/2019 | Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Varanasi named the 2019 A&A Distinguished Alumnus
Rao Varanasi will accept his Distinguished Alum award at the 2019 A&A graduation, where he will also serve as graduation speaker.
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Fri, 04/05/2019 | Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Plasma flows may provide the missing ingredient to a cheaper, more compact route to nuclear fusion
A&A's FuZE Lab has developed a smaller, cheaper method for thermonuclear fusion using a Z-pinch to compress flowing plasma.
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Fri, 03/29/2019 | Phi Kappa Phi
Gustavo Fujiwara awarded dissertation fellowship
A&A's Gustavo Fujiwara has been awarded a prestigious Phi Kappa Phi dissertation fellowship.
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Thu, 03/21/2019 | Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Composites work wins second Mary Gates Scholarship for John Buffalo
After a six-month internship at SpaceX, John Buffalo has returned to win a second Mary Gates Scholarship.