Aimar Negrete, a graduate student in the Department of Aerospace Engineering (AerE) at Iowa State University, has been named to the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).
Aimar Negrete, a graduate student in the Department of Aerospace Engineering (AerE) at Iowa State University, has been named to the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).
Rick Rezabek, a longtime aerospace engineer in the defense industry and department supporter, has been inducted into the Department of Aerospace Engineering Hall of Distinguished Alumni.
Three students have been named recipients of the Alexander Lippisch Scholarship, a prestigious honor from the Department of Aerospace Engineering.
The Jack E. Cermak Medal, one of the most prestigious honors in the field of wind engineering, has been awarded to Department of Aerospace Engineering Professor Partha P. Sarkar.
The next time you’re watching a live webcast of a SpaceX rocket launch, you just might be listening to a recent Iowa State Aerospace Engineering (AerE) graduate doing the talking.
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If pushing yourself to master new tasks, employing teamwork and following operational thinking to achieve goals sounds like a great way to end your summer, then you need to apply for the Department of Aerospace Engineering’s 2023 Spaceflight Operations Workshop™.
For the Fall 2022 semester, four graduate students in the Department of Aerospace Engineering have been honored with Teaching Excellence (TEX) and Research Excellence (REX) Awards from Iowa State University’s graduate college. The awards are presented to graduate students who demonstrate excellence in their scientific research or their teaching performance.
Department of Aerospace Engineering Vance and Arlene Coffman Endowed Department Chair Alric Rothmayer has announced his retirement from Iowa State University effective the end of the spring 2023 semester. A search for a replacement will begin in the near future. Professor Partha Sarkar will serve as interim chair.
Department of Aerospace Engineering assistant professor Ping He has been named a Michael and Denise Mack 2050 Challenge Scholar. The program was established to support the Iowa State University College of Engineering’s 2050 vision. It supports one junior faculty member with fellowship funding.
The Iowa Space Grant Consortium (ISGC) has announced Dr. Sara D. Nelson as its new director. The NASA-supported agency is part of Iowa State’s Department of Aerospace Engineering and works to improve and inspire Iowa’s involvement in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education.
Hannah Blumhoefer is the fall 2022 outstanding senior in aerospace engineering.
For Khushi Kapoor, senior in aerospace engineering, innovating at Iowa State means reaching for new heights in aviation.
In the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, researchers received a $1.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation to provide a broad-scope framework presenting how FEW systems work together. Including elements like crop and animal production and ethanol generation among other things, the team is designing a series of maps that describe the food, energy and water data elements within the state of Iowa, and housing the maps in one user-friendly webpage.
A paper published by Department of Aerospace Engineering Martin C. Jischke Professor Hui Hu and three of his students has been selected to receive national recognition by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ (AIAA) Gas Turbine Engines Technical Committee.
Hypotheses and theory regarding what occurs during deep-focus earthquakes have been taken on by Department of Aerospace Engineering Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering and Vance Coffman Faculty Chair Valery Levitas, in his first work on geophysical problems.