Four Department of Aerospace Engineering graduate students were awarded the Teaching Excellence (TEX) and Research Excellence (REX) Awards from Iowa State University’s Graduate College for the summer 2019 semester. The awards are presented through the academic year to graduate students who demonstrate excellence in these areas. Rajarshi Biswas and Mehdi Kamrani were nominated for REX …Continue reading “Four aerospace engineering graduate students receive TEX-REX awards”
The 2019 Spaceflight Operations workshop is a go. Throughout the next week, participants will learn how to think like an astronaut, led by retired astronaut and current aerospace engineering faculty member, Clayton Anderson.
As part of the Department of Aerospace Engineering’s first REU program (LAUNCH-UAS), ten undergraduate students from across the country came to Iowa State to participate in research with aerospace engineering faculty. LAUNCH-UAS is an undergrad research program aimed to give underrepresented minority students research experience in the area of unmanned aerial systems.
A former NASA test pilot and 35-year veteran of military aviation, Ed “Fast Eddie” Schneider will share his knowledge and many experiences in a special guest appearance Friday, April 26. A guest of the Department of Aerospace Engineering’s chapter of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), he will present a lecture in 0010 …Continue reading “Former NASA Test Pilot “Fast Eddie” to Speak at Iowa State”