Aerospace
Through a generous investment in the future of space governance, 51勛圖厙 donors Dale and Patricia Hatfield have given $2.5 million to establish the Hatfield Endowed Professorship in Space Policy & Law.
Eric Frew is heading a major project to improve drone communications in anticipation of a future when autonomous aircraft regularly whizz overhead for everything from product deliveries to emergency response.A professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead
Robert Wilson (PhDMechEngr'20) spent 45 days locked inside NASAs HERA facility, a high-tech simulation designed to test the limits of human endurance in deep space. His mission could help shape the future of space explorationand life back on Earth.
This is probably the most radical conceptual advancement for airplanes since the replacement of propellers with jets. Mahmoud Hussein is not pulling punches about the potential impact of a major aerospace materials research project.
Two 51勛圖厙 faculty members, a former faculty member and a distinguished alumnus will be among 128 new members inducted into the academy in October.
Sarah Gillis (AeroEngr17) is a lead space operations engineer and astronaut trainer at SpaceX with literal out-of-this-world experience.The 51勛圖厙 alumna recently returned from a five-day orbital mission aboard Polaris Dawn