Three recipients of the prestigious Alexander Lippisch Scholarship have been announced by the Department of Aerospace Engineering: Rigelesaiyin Ji, Haiyang Hu and Seyyed Esfahani Rashidi. All are Department of Aerospace Engineering graduate students who have published research papers on top-ranked journals and conferences based on their research work at Iowa State. The selection of the …Continue reading “Aerospace Engineering announces Alexander Lippisch Scholarship recipients”
M:2:I’s Design Build Fly (DBF) team is gearing up for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) design competition where they will demonstrate their originally made aircraft. Nearly 110 teams from around the world will compete in this annual student event. The DBF Contest Flyoff will be held April 11-14 in Tucson, Arizona. The …Continue reading “M:2:I Design Build Fly team prepares for national competition”
Marisa Mendoza has become the new graduate programs assistant in the Department of Aerospace Engineering. She will maintain the day to day operations of the graduate program, while ensuring that graduate students are on track for degree completion as well as work with transitioning incoming graduate students. She will also promote the department to prospective …Continue reading “Marisa Mendoza joins Aerospace Engineering team as graduate assistant”
Micro-g NExT, a student project in the Department of Aerospace Engineering’s Make to Innovate (M:2:I) program, has been selected to move into phase II of the prestigious challenge developed by NASA. The newly created Micro-g NExT team submitted a 30-page proposal last semester to design and manufacture an Extravehicular Activity (EVA) camera mount. The proposal …Continue reading “Iowa State’s Micro-g NExT Team prepares for phase II of NASA challenge”
Capt. Scott Kelly is a former military fighter pilot, engineer, retired U.S. Navy captain and retired astronaut. During his time as an astronaut, Kelly went on four space flights, commanded the International Space Station on three expeditions and was a member of the yearlong mission to the ISS starting in 2015 – this set the …Continue reading “Astronaut Scott Kelly will visit Iowa State to share stories from his time in space”
A distinguished professor from Rutgers University’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Dr. Andrew N. Norris, will be the department’s next guest Midwest Mechanics Seminar Series speaker, February 7. Dr. Norris will present “Transformation Acoustics, Phononic Structures and Applications” at 2:10 p.m., 1235 Howe Hall. Norris’ interests include acoustics and elastic waves and meta-materials, focusing …Continue reading “Midwest Mechanics Seminar Guest Speaker will Discuss Acoustics and Phononic Structures”