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June 2, 2015

This year, WIALD designed a UAV system with the capability of transporting a payload from one destination to another via a glider.

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May 21, 2015

Thomas Hughes was selected to receive the 2015 Billy & Claude R. Hocott Distinguished Centennial Engineering Research Award.

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May 18, 2015

This spring we are proud to send 80 graduates from the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics out to change the world.

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May 12, 2015

Nanshu Lu has been awarded the 2015 Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Program award. 

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May 11, 2015

The University of Texas at Austin’s Design, Build, Fly team placed fifth at the 2015 annual Cessna/Raytheon Missile Systems AIAA Student Design/Build/Fly competition.

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May 6, 2015

Alumna Andrea Chavez has been recognized with the 2015 American Helicopter Society's François-Xavier Bagnoud Award.

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Written by: Monica Kortsha

May 6, 2015

Professors Philip Varghese and Noel Clemens have received funding from NASA-JSC to build a new plasma torch facility.

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May 5, 2015

Todd Humphreys and his research group have developed a centimeter-accurate GPS-based positioning system that could revolutionize geolocation on virtual reality headsets, cell phones and more.

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April 28, 2015

John Heideman, BS ASE '66, established the Angelo Miele Endowment, which is dedicated to funding our ASE/EM undergraduate student projects. Learn about his inspiration to give and how he continues to support our students.

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April 22, 2015

ASE/EM Professor Thomas J.R. Hughes has received the 2014 International Scientific Career Award of the Argentinian Association for Computational Mechanics.

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Written by: Monica Kortsha

April 15, 2015

Michael Watkins of NASA-JPL has been named the new director of the Center for Space Research.

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Written by: Todd Humphreys

March 26, 2015

Learn what drone security expert Todd Humphreys has to say about drone regulation in this op-ed piece.

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March 25, 2015

Behcet Acikmese and Todd Humphreys have been selected to receive Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Awards totaling $500,000 each from the National Science Foundation.

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March 24, 2015

Professor Krishnaswamy Ravi-Chandar has been selected to receive the prestigious 2015 Daniel C. Drucker Medal. 

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March 23, 2015

Todd Humphreys in the News: CNN features his congressional testimony and the Star Telegram publishes his op-ed piece on drone regulations.