Pennsylvania KidWind Challenge 2019
4/12/19
On April 3, 2019, Penn State’s College of Engineering and Center for Science and the Schools hosted the PA KidWind Challenge 2019 at Penn State University Park.
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Susan Stewart receives PennFuture Woman of Renewable Energy and Climate Award
4/9/19
Susan Stewart, associate teaching professor of aerospace engineering at Penn State, was recently named the recipient of the 2019 PennFuture Woman of Renewable Energy and Climate Award.
Yamamoto to use NSF CAREER award to improve nanoengineered materials in aircraft
1/31/19
Namiko Yamamoto, assistant professor of aerospace engineering at Penn State, will advance knowledge about the effective integration of polymer nanocomposites, consisting of carbon nanotubes, into hierarchically structured materials in transport vehicles for improved multifunctional properties, thanks to a National Science Foundation Early Career award.
Safety in numbers: Mobile robots could save lives during emergency evacuations
1/17/19
To address the unique challenges that emergency evacuation scenarios present, Alan Wagner, assistant professor of aerospace engineering, and a team of researchers propose to use a coordinated collection of mobile robots as authority figures to direct evacuees for rapid, orderly and safe evacuations, thanks to a $1.5M National Science Foundation grant.
Engineers to study use of beamed microwave energy to launch space vehicles
10/17/18
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research has awarded two College of Engineering faculty members funding totaling more than $823,000 for a three-year program to develop and use a facility to study the use of beamed microwave energy to launch space vehicles off the surface of Earth.
Aerospace engineering's Melton elected to International Academy of Astronautics
9/11/18
Robert Melton, professor of aerospace engineering, has been elected a corresponding member of the International Academy of Astronautics.
$490K grant funds unique Greenland glacier study
9/10/18
A more comprehensive way to understand the fracturing of Greenland's Helheim Glacier may now be possible thanks to a $489,000 grant from the Heising-Simons Foundation to a team of Penn State researchers to launch a feasibility study.
Aerospace engineer to explore impact of social robots on students in higher ed
8/2/18
Through a recently awarded fellowship from Penn State Teaching and Learning with Technology, Alan Wagner, assistant professor of aerospace engineering, will develop an experimental framework, using immersive social spaces, to investigate how social, artificially intelligent robots in higher education can foster and enforce ethical behavior and academic integrity with students.
Engineering students receive Vertical Flight Foundation scholarships
7/17/18
The Vertical Flight Society recently awarded Vertical Flight Foundation scholarships to three Penn State engineering students.
Aerospace engineer honored by International Astronautical Federation
7/6/18
David B. Spencer, professor of aerospace engineering at Penn State, has been named the recipient of the 2018 International Astronautical Federation's Frank J. Malina Astronautics Medal. The Malina Medal is presented annually to an educator who has demonstrated excellence in taking the fullest advantage of the resources available to them to promote the study of astronautics and related space sciences.
Penn State's Blue Sparrow team named Phase I winner of GoFly Prize
6/14/18
A team of Penn State aerospace engineering faculty and students is one step closer to making electric-powered human flight a reality after winning a Phase I award for the GoFly Prize, a worldwide competition to build the world’s first personal flying device.
Maughmer named American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Fellow
3/1/18
Mark D. Maughmer, professor of aerospace engineering at Penn State, has been named an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Fellow.
Singla named American Astronautical Society Fellow
1/30/18
Puneet Singla, associate professor of aerospace engineering, has been elected an American Astronautical Society Fellow.
Wagner receives funding to investigate overtrust with autonomous vehicles
1/16/18
Alan Wagner, assistant professor of aerospace engineering, has received funding from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to investigate the factors that cause overtrust in autonomous vehicles and robots, and develop techniques that will allow autonomous systems to recognize it and prevent it.
Penn State mourns the loss of Barnes McCormick, Boeing Professor Emeritus
11/9/17
The Department of Aerospace Engineering has lost an alumnus, former leader and dear friend whose dedication, leadership and pioneering efforts helped shape not only Penn State Aerospace Engineering for decades, but also the aerospace industry. Barnes (Barney) W. McCormick Jr., Boeing Professor Emeritus and former department head of aerospace engineering, died on Oct. 29 at his home in State College, Pennsylvania, at the age of 91.