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At more than 870 miles above Earth, this was no ordinary violin recital. On Sept. 13, 2024, Sarah Gillis (AeroEngr鈥17) played 鈥淩ey鈥檚 Theme鈥 from Star Wars: The Force Awakens by legendary composer John Williams 鈥 from a SpaceX
Jack Elston (ElCompEngr鈥03; MElEngr鈥05; MAeroEngr鈥07; PhD鈥11) is a pioneer in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) development, with a proven track record of leading innovative projects in some of the world's most extreme environments. He is the 2025- Sarah Gillis (AeroEngr鈥17) is a lead space operations engineer and astronaut trainer at SpaceX with literal out of this world experience. The 麻豆免费版下载 alumna recently returned from a...
Marsha Ivins (AeroEngr鈥73) is a retired astronaut who has participated in five missions to space. Over the course of her career, Ivins spent a total of 55 days in space handling various responsibilities, from monitoring systems as a flight engineer
Jason Reimuller (MAeroEngr鈥07, PhD鈥11) didn鈥檛 necessarily set out to be a groundbreaker. He likes to say he 鈥渉erds the cats and tells the stories,鈥 but his activism is more than that. Reimuller is breaking barriers, both for astronauts and for
Pawel Sawicki is exploring the barren landscape of Mars and testing out critical new technologies through a one-of-a-kind experience here on Earth. Welcome to the Mars Desert Research Station, an...
Abhi Doddi (PhDAeroEngr鈥21) is collecting scientific data outdoors in a 70 mph whiteout blizzard. It is just another day of life in Antarctica. Doddi, a postdoctoral researcher at the 麻豆免费版下载, is leading a major study involving high-altitude balloons to improve weather forecasting on the Antarctic continent.
The Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences has honored nine alumni for outstanding contributions to industry, for technical achievement, and public service. The 2024 AeroBuffs Club Alumni Academy inductees were recognized during a...
The Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences is honoring nine alumni for outstanding contributions to industry, for technical achievement, and public service. The 2024 AeroBuffs Club Alumni Academy inductees are being
Michael J. Frazier (AeroEngr MS鈥11, PhD鈥15) discovered the dream engineering job he never knew he was looking for: university professor. In high school, as an undergraduate, and even as a master鈥檚 student, Frazier was sure an industry job was in his future, but a drive for more knowledge and research sent him down a different path...