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Aviation

Michigan Aerospace EngineeringMarch 3, 2023

Opinion: Invest In Technology To Make Deep Space Travel Feasible

Professor Ben Jorns was featured in Aviation Week on the challenges facing space exploration and the need for innovation

Michigan Aerospace EngineeringSeptember 19, 2022

Electric planes are coming

Short-hop regional flights could be running on batteries in a few years

Michigan Aerospace EngineeringJune 20, 2022

Raman awarded DoD MURI funding for detonations research

Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative funding examines a new generation of propulsion systems based on sustained detonations

Michigan Aerospace EngineeringMay 9, 2022

Our vision for the future of Aerospace Engineering

U-M Aerospace’s Strategic Plan

Michigan Aerospace EngineeringApril 26, 2022

Opinion: five megatrends higher education must address

The University of Michigan’s aerospace engineering department recently completed a strategic review of the changing aerospace landscape and identified five megatrends that will shape the future

Michigan Aerospace EngineeringDecember 1, 2021

It makes me proud to be a Michigan Engineer:

Reflections from a recent Aero grad.

Michigan Aerospace EngineeringDecember 1, 2021

The need for innovations and cost reduction in aerospace engineering

Professor Joaquim Martins was featured in Aviation Week or his views on the next era of aviation and how we leverage model-based systems engineering to get there

Laura SchmittSeptember 10, 2021

Aerospace engineering grad student wins awards for aeropropulsive design optimization research advances

Anil Yildirim receives AIAA Air Breathing Propulsion Graduate Award and Best Student Paper in MDO at AIAA Aviation Forum

Laura SchmittSeptember 7, 2021

Michigan professor’s new textbook advances design optimization field

Joaquim Martins’ Engineering Design Optimization book to educate students in how design optimization can replace conventional iterative design processes.

Michigan Aerospace EngineeringApril 5, 2021

Opinion: How To Achieve Diverse And Inclusive Advanced Air Mobility

University of Michigan Aerospace Professor Ella Atkins proposes migration to autonomous cloud-based data management systems capable of coordinating flight plans as the solution to implementing AAM safely.

Kate McAlpineApril 5, 2021

Streamlining aircraft

Joaquim Martins pioneers high-fidelity simulations that bring together multiple disciplines. Recently incorporated into NASA’s open-source software, and being considered for adoption by aircraft manufacturers, the approach has the potential to change the game in aircraft design and other engineering systems.

Michigan Aerospace EngineeringMarch 18, 2021

Air Serv and University of Michigan Partner to Improve Aerial Support in Humanitarian Aid

This is the first collaboration for Air Serv International, one of the world’s leading aviation service providers for humanitarian missions, and the University of Michigan’s Aerospace department, the fourth ranked undergraduate aerospace engineering program in the country.

Madeline TrumbauerFebruary 18, 2021

U-M Aerospace Engineering Alumnus Mitchell Walker Awarded the AIAA 2021 Sustained Service Award

Congratulations Mitchell Walker on receiving the 2021 Sustained Service Award from the AIAA for his lasting contributions to the AIAA and the aerospace industry.

Madeline TrumbauerJanuary 26, 2021

Professor Cesnik selected to participate in NASA’s University Leadership Initiative to advance hypersonic flight

U-M Aerospace congratulates Professor Cesnik on being selected to work for NASA’s University Leadership Initiative.

Michigan Aerospace EngineeringDecember 10, 2020

The future of autonomous aircraft

Catch up with Professor Ella Atkins, the director of U-M’s Autonomous Aerospace Systems (A2SYS) Lab, and hear from her about autonomous flight systems and its implications.

Madeline TrumbauerDecember 3, 2020

Caleb Van Beck awarded 2020 NDSEG Fellowship

U-M Aerospace PhD candidate Caleb Van Beck was awarded the 2020 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship under the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research for developing cutting-edge propulsion devices.

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