Category: Aerospace Engineering
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U-M Aerospace Engineering PhD candidate Christina Harvey investigates how gliding birds stack up to UAVs
U-M Aerospace Engineering PhD candidate Christina Harvey investigates how gliding birds stack up to UAVs
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U-M Aerospace PhD student Alexander Coppeans awarded the 2020 MICDE Award
Congratulations to first-year PhD candidate Alex Coppean on being awarded the 2020-2021 Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering Fellowship for his work on mesh generation and mesh adaptation for airplane design.
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Congratulations to U-M Aerospace Engineering undergraduate, Haylea Bazinau, recipient of the 2020 Bagley Family Scholarship
U-M Aerospace Engineering and Art & Design sophomore, Haylea Bazinau, receives the 2020. The Isaac, Vera, Gayle, Karen and Carol Bagley Aerospace Engineering Undergraduate Scholarship
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Caleb Van Beck awarded 2020 NDSEG Fellowship
U-M Aerospace PhD candidate Caleb Van Beck was awarded the 2020 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship under the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research for developing cutting-edge propulsion devices.
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Shivam Barwey receives 2020 J. Robert Beyster Computational Innovation Award for GPU-based library
U-M College of Engineering named Shivam Barwey, PhD candidate of Aerospace Engineering, as the recipient of the 2020 J. Robert Beyster Computational Innovation Fellowship Award. Under advisor, Professor Venkat Raman at the Advanced Propulsion Concepts Lab, he has made great advancements in the research of GPU-optimization and high-performance computing with the development of a GPU-based library, which, among…
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Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Dr. James Cutler discusses CubeSats and how spacecraft the size of a loaf of bread are revolutionizing space technology and exploration
Dr. James Cutler discusses CubeSats and the role of U-M in their development.
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Dr. Venkat Raman on the Rotating Detonation Engine, the frightening-sounding technology of tomorrow
Rotating Detonation Engine (RDE) is about the scariest name a technology can have, but it also has the promise of overcoming one of the great problems of modern aerospace engineering. Conventional propulsion systems for aircraft, missiles, and rockets are all very close to their theoretical limits, with very little wiggle room left for getting much…
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Alumna Jasmine LeFlore Receives Community Service in Industry Award at the 2020 Women of Color STEM Hybrid Conference
U-M Aerospace Engineering congratulates alumna Jasmine LeFlore (‘15), Senior Special Projects Engineer at Collins Aerospace and co-founder of the nonprofit organization, Greater Than Tech, on winning the Community Service in Industry Award at the 2020 Women of Color STEM Hybrid Conference.
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Aerospace undergrads develop unmanned VTOL aircraft for delivering medical supplies to rural Ghana
Under the direction of Department Chair Dr. Tony Waas, a group of Michigan Aerospace undergraduates are developing a prototype vertical take-off and landing aircraft to transport medical supplies to remote communities in Ghana.
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PhD candidate Sneha Sanjeevini Awarded 2020 Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship
Congratulations to U-M Aerospace PhD candidate, Sneha Sanjeevini, for being awarded a 2020 Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship for her research on sensor failure detection and diagnosis.
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Aerospace Alumna Sara Spangelo announces a milestone for new global communications network company, Swarm.
The Department of Aerospace Engineering congratulates alumna Sara Spangelo (PhD ‘13), co-founder and CEO of Swarm, as she announces that her company is establishing the world’s lowest-cost global communications network for customers in remote locations by using breakthrough satellite and ground hardware technology. On September 2, 2020, Swarm launched its first 12 commercial satellites atop an Arianespace Vega rocket from…
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Iman Javaheri Awarded the 2020–2021 MICDE Fellowship
PhD Candidate Iman Javaheri has been awarded the 2020–2021 Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery & Engineering (MICDE) Fellowship.
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Dr. Leland Nicolai to receive Aerospace Engineering Alumni Merit Award 2020
Leland Nicolai, distinguished U-M alumnus, is honored by the Michigan Engineering Alumni Board.
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Caution and connection in in-person classes during COVID-19
Faculty members and students share their perspectives.
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Student mentor and coach wins 2020 Distinguished Alumni Service Award
Corey Brooker, distinguished Department of Aerospace Engineering alumnus, is honored by the Michigan Engineering Alumni Board.
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Equity advocate wins 2020 Outstanding Recent Alumni Award
Distinguished Department of Aerospace Engineering alumna is honored by the Michigan Engineering Alumni Board.