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After several nearly sleepless nights spent preparing our airplane for this year’s Cessna/Raytheon Design-Build-Fly (DBF) competition, The University of Texas at Austin’s DBF team (Team BEVO) was finally packed up and on its way to Wichita, Kansas in the early morning hours of April 12.

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For several decades, engineering and science communities have become increasingly aware that computer modeling and simulation was emerging as a new paradigm for scientific discovery and modern technology. It has revolutionized engineering and provided an indispensable tool for resolving a multitude of scientific and technological problems.

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Six months ago, most members of the Women in Aerospace Leadership and Development (WIALD) student organization didn’t know what an inertial measurement unit (IMU) was. Now, thanks to networking and a generous donation from Millennium Engineering and Integration Company (MEI), they built three IMUs and launched them to the edge of space.

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After graduating last year and beginning as a Systems Engineer at the Jet Propulsion Lab in California, Andrew “Kit” Kennedy (BS ASE ’11) has been accepted to the Fulbright U.S. Scholars Program.

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UT Aerospace Engineering graduate student Anand Karpatne was selected to receive the Vertical Flight Foundation (VFF) Scholarship given by the American Helicopter Society.

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The University of Texas at Austin’s Aerospace Engineering Graduate Program was ranked No. 8 by U.S. News & World Report, according to the 2013 graduate rankings released March 13.

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Professor Wallace Fowler has been selected as the recipient of the 2012 Student Engineering Council (SEC) Faculty Appreciation Week award for the Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics (ASE/EM) Department.

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Professor Philip Varghese was selected to receive the 2012 Senate of College Councils Professor of the Year.

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The University of Texas at Austin’s ASE/EM Department is pleased to announce the opening of its new multidisciplinary fluid dynamics facility located at the Pickle Research Campus.

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Sarah Kitten, ASE/EM Academic Advising Coordinator, has been selected as a recipient of The University of Texas at Austin 2012 President’s Outstanding Staff Award.

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Captain Bob Crippen, BS ASE ’60 has been elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), one of the most prestigious lifetime honors granted to an engineer.

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Peter Schulte, a senior aerospace engineering major, received the Student of the Year Award from the Cooperative Education and Internship Association (CEIA).

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Undergraduate Coordinator and Advisor Sarah Kitten is a 2012 recipient of the Texas Exes James W. Vick Award for Academic Advising.

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UT aerospace engineering graduate student Anand Karpatne was selected to receive the 2011 American Helicopter Society (AHS) Southwest Chapter Robert Lichten Award.

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Dr. Jayant Sirohi was selected to receive the ASME/Boeing Best Paper Award for a paper presented at the 2011 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference.