Jim McDivitt Memorial Symposium gathers experts in space to reflect on our history and look toward the exciting future of space exploration
Honors and Awards
Honoring a Legacy
Professor Anthony Waas Presented with CT Sun Medal
Congratulations to Michigan Aerospace Professor for being awarded prestigious medal from the American Society of Composites (ASC)
Alumnus Selected for First Ever NASA Sustainability Internship
Congratulations to Janki Patel for becoming one of the first “Sustainability Ambassadors” at NASA.
PhD Student Joshua Eckels Awarded NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Fellowship
Eckels recognized for innovative space technology research with NASA funding
Alex Gorodetsky Wins NSF CAREER Award
Aerospace Assistant Professor receives prestigious award to support early-career faculty
Michigan Aerospace Assistant Professors Receive START Grant for Spaceport Research
Congratulations Max Li, Oliver Jia-Richards, Aaron Johnson and Gökçin Çinar on receiving a Michigan Engineering START project grant
Richard and Eleanor Towner Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement Awarded to Ruowen Tu
Aerospace Ph.D. candidate recognized for his creativity and outstanding research achievement
U-M Faculty Receive Award to build AI-driven Scientific Computing Resource
Congratulations to Venkat Raman, Alex Gorodetsky and Aaron Towne for receiving the DURIP award
Aerospace student project shortlisted for 2023 Crystal Cabin Award
M-SAAVE students highlighted for aircraft innovation design
Saravanan receives the 2023 Arlen R. Hellwarth Award for contributions to the college
Aerospace senior’s leadership characteristics recognized for her value to the community
Serra receives Hugh G. Rumler Prize
Aero senior acknowledged for positive contributions to the community
Kolmanovsky acknowledged for research excellence and outstanding performance
Aero Professor Ilya Kolmanovsky was honored with two awards: the College of Engineering George Huebner Award for Research Excellence and the Aerospace Department Outstanding Performance Award
First Luis Bernal Memorial Student Award
Aerospace Engineering’s Ericka Mendez Velazquez is the first ever recipient of the award honoring Professor Bernal.
Iman Javaheri is awarded Beyster Computational Innovation Graduate Fellowship
Aerospace PhD Candidate, Iman Javaheri, is honored by the College of Engineering for his research, innovation, and leadership
Congratulations to Aero staff recipients of the Staff Incentive Awards
Michigan Aerospace is proud to recognize our staff and faculty who received College of Engineering and Aerospace Department Awards this year.
University of Michigan’s Plasmadynamics and Electric Propulsion Laboratory and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory share 2022 AIAA Electric Propulsion Best Paper Award
The lab has won this award five times in the last six years
