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Mars InSight’s escorts: Michigan Engineers built first deep-space CubeSats

Mars InSight’s escorts: Michigan Engineers built first deep-space CubeSats

The MarCO mission opens new space exploration opportunities that aren’t possible with large, expensive probes.
Embracing changing landscapes: autonomy, space exploration and diversity

Embracing changing landscapes: autonomy, space exploration and diversity

A Q&A with Anthony Waas, the new Richard A. Auhll Department Chair of Aerospace Engineering and Felix Pawlowski Collegiate Chair at the University of Michigan.
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‘2001: A Space Odyssey:’ From science fiction to science fact

‘2001: A Space Odyssey:’ From science fiction to science fact

As part of a celebration of the film’s 50th anniversary, leading researchers discussed artificial intelligence and deep space travel.
Anthony Waas named new chair of the Department of Aerospace Engineering

Anthony Waas named new chair of the Department of Aerospace Engineering

Anthony Waas has been named the new chair of the Department of Aerospace Engineering, effective September 1, 2018. Waas returns to U-M AE after completing a four year term as University of Washington’s Aeronautics and Astronautics department chair.
Professor Ella Atkins selected as editor-in-chief of Journal of Aerospace Information Systems

Professor Ella Atkins selected as editor-in-chief of Journal of Aerospace Information Systems

Congratulations to U-M Aerospace Professor Ella Atkins for her appointment as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Aerospace Information Systems!
UM Aero alum Sandro Salgueiro drives innovation as member of Airbus’s Team X

UM Aero alum Sandro Salgueiro drives innovation as member of Airbus’s Team X

Michigan Aerospace alum Sandro Salgueiro (BSAE ’15) is helping to drive some of aviation’s most innovative projects as a member of Airbus’s Team X.
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Aerospace Professor Iain Boyd wins 2018 AIAA Thermophysics Best Paper award

Aerospace Professor Iain Boyd wins 2018 AIAA Thermophysics Best Paper award

Congratulations to Aerospace Professor Iain Boyd, winner of the 2018 AIAA Thermophysics Best Paper Award!
Aerospace Professor Anouck Girard wins CoE Claudia Alexander Trailblazer award

Aerospace Professor Anouck Girard wins CoE Claudia Alexander Trailblazer award

Congratulations to Associate Professor Anouck Girard, recipient of the CoE Claudia Alexander Trailblazer award at the 2019 Willie Hobbs Moore Luncheon!
Aero MSE students Smrithi Keerthivarman and Manuel Lanchares Prieto win Martin & Anne Sichel Award

Aero MSE students Smrithi Keerthivarman and Manuel Lanchares Prieto win Martin & Anne Sichel Award

Congratulations to Smrithi Keerthivarman and Manuel Lanchares Prieto on the Martin & Anne Sichel Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Aerospace Engineering Master’s Program!
Carlos E. Cesnik named Clarence L. “Kelly” Johnson Collegiate Professor of Aerospace Engineering

Carlos E. Cesnik named Clarence L. “Kelly” Johnson Collegiate Professor of Aerospace Engineering

Congratulations to Carlos E. Cesnik, 2019-2024 Clarence L. “Kelly” Johnson Collegiate Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Congratulations to Prof. Joaquim Martins and Marco Mangano on 2019 AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Best Paper Award

Congratulations to Prof. Joaquim Martins and Marco Mangano on 2019 AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Best Paper Award

Congratulations to Prof. Joaquim Martins and TU Delft masters student Marco Mangano on 2019 AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Best Paper Award at 2019 AIAA SciTech Forum.
Congratulations to Dan Inman on being named Harm Buning Collegiate Professor of Aerospace Engineering

Congratulations to Dan Inman on being named Harm Buning Collegiate Professor of Aerospace Engineering

Former Aerospace Engineering Chair Dan Inman named Harm Buning Collegiate Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Prof. Peretz Friedmann named Honorary Fellow of the Vertical Flight Society

Prof. Peretz Friedmann named Honorary Fellow of the Vertical Flight Society

Congratulations to Prof. Peretz Friedmann on being named an Honorary Fellow of the Vertical Flight Society.
Robotic jellyfish research wins Best Student Paper award at SPIE 2019

Robotic jellyfish research wins Best Student Paper award at SPIE 2019

Congratulations to Aerospace Engineering Professor Shaw and his team of students for their SPIE 2019 Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication Best Student Paper Award!
Aerospace Engineering Prof. James W. Cutler help FIRST LEGO team build solar oven

Aerospace Engineering Prof. James W. Cutler help FIRST LEGO team build solar oven

5th grade student from Gladstone FIRST LEGO League Robotics Team gets help with their solar oven from Aerospace Prof. James W. Cutler
Aerospace Engineering tour inspires local FIRST LEGO League team

Aerospace Engineering tour inspires local FIRST LEGO League team

FIRST LEGO League team #37463, The Hyper Novas, tour the Department of Aerospace Engineering to learn more about the space theme of this year’s competition
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Black Engineer Monday, May 13, 2019

Four Engineers graduate with PhDs from University of Michigan

In the News Wednesday, May 1, 2019

An Engineering School With Half of Its Leadership Female? How Did That Happen?

The Conversation Wednesday, May 1, 2019

The race to develop hypersonic weapons and how the US may defend against them

Wired Monday, April 22, 2019

Kitty Hawk, flying cars, and the challenges of ‘going 3D’

In the News Thursday, April 11, 2019

AE Professor Iain Boyd discusses the future of Boeing’s 737 MAX aircraft on Knowledge@Wharton Podcast

In the News Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Noah Furbush, Masters student in Space Engineering and member of the U-M football team, models the role of flying cars in sustainable mobility in new study