Teaching Excellence (TEX) and Research Excellence (REX) Awards for summer 2024 have been presented to four Department of Aerospace Engineering graduate students.
Category: Aerospace Engineering
Levitas research produces a breakthrough finding in silicon phase transformations
Research by Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering and Murray Harpole Chair in Engineering Valery Levitas looks at plastic strain-induced phase transformations in silicon. It has seen publication in Nature Communications.
Hui Hu named Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering
Hui Hu, Martin C. Jischke Professor in Aerospace Engineering, has been named an Anson Marston Distinguished Professor, one of Iowa State’s highest honors for faculty members.
Bion Pierson, longtime Aerospace Engineering faculty member, passes away
Bion Pierson, a noted aerospace engineering researcher and member of the Department of Aerospace Engineering faculty for 43 years, has passed away.
Bastawros awarded for advances in packaging electronic devices
Ashraf Bastawros has been named recipient of the prestigious 2024 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division (EPPD) Excellence in Mechanics Award.
“Launchpad to Tomorrow” K-12 STEM program gets go-ahead with Extension and Outreach funding
A new program to spur interest in space and aerospace for K-12 students in Iowa will be funded by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.
Three in aerospace engineering head into fall semester with faculty promotions
Three Department of Aerospace Engineering faculty members have received advancements that recently became effective.
Teaching and research recognition for aerospace engineering graduate students
Four graduate students from the Department of Aerospace Engineering have received the Teaching Excellence (TEX) and Research Excellence (REX) Awards for spring semester 2024.
Aerospace engineering group takes first place in national student paper competition
A group of Department of Aerospace Engineering graduate researchers and others has received first place in an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics paper competition.
“An incredible opportunity:” Student-built cube satellite will be space-bound in August 3 launch
CySAT-1, a student-built cube satellite, is set to launch from the Kennedy Space Center on a trip to the International Space Station August 3.
Servadio space debris research to be aided with NASA EPSCoR funding
Aerospace engineering assistant professor Simone Servadio has received a NASA EPSCoR 2024 Rapid Response Research national grant for research into dealing with space debris.
New heights without leaving the ground: M:2:I MAVRIC rover team notches best finish in international competition
A best-ever result for the Department of Aerospace Engineering’s Make To Innovate (M:2:I) Mars Rover Team, “MAVRIC,” in the premier robotics competition for college students.
Halder part of research group honored with best paper award
Abhishek Halder of the Department of Aerospace Engineering is part of a research group that has received a prestigious award from the American Automatic Control Council.
Make to Innovate student team is first-time finalist in NASA’s RASC-AL competition
The Make To Innovate (M:2:I) program’s RASC-AL student team was selected as a finalist for the first time in the recent NASA-organized national collegiate competition.
NASA Iowa EPSCoR research award will assist David D. Lee in CubeSat navigation
Iowa State University Department of Aerospace Engineering assistant professor Dae-Young Lee has been awarded a research award through the NASA Iowa EPSCoR program.