Student teams in AE’s inaugural entrepreneurship program developed solutions to improve airport and bridge safety and manufacturing efficiency.
Professor Joe Oefelein’s RAPTOR framework uses Frontier to advance simulations for supersonic propulsion.
Professor Masatoshi Hirabayashi helped select the target asteroid and developed the spacecraft’s final orientation and trajectory for the encounter.
AE 8803 redesigns a classic engineering subject by helping students first understand how cracks grow, then use theory, experiments, and AI to predict failure.
A long-time faculty member, Ruffin has been a leader and associate dean in the College of Lifetime Learning.
Sarah Li creates technology that helps satellites and aircraft make smart, real‑time decisions in crowded, unpredictable conditions.
AE student Elise Regalado is using her next triathlon to invest in the next generation of women interested in aerospace, aiming to raise $5,000 for a new scholarship.
Walker will begin his new role on June 15 after leading the nation’s top-ranked public aerospace program since 2024.