Glendale, El Mirage skirmish over F-35 noise Oct 19, 2009
The story cites ASU aerospace engineering professor John Rutherford saying technological and fuel efficiency upgrades to the F-35 could help mitigate its noise level. El Mirage is looking at a noise lawsuit filed by a Florida town related to F-35 noise. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
Rocket Design Fires International Interest Oct 17, 2009
Arkwright, who has spent the past five years studying aerospace engineering and astronautics at Kingston University, in South West London, designed the 50-centimetre-tall, portable motor ... There was still not much known about the new hybrid type of rocket, senior lecturer in aerospace engineering and astronautics Dr Barnaby Osborne said. (Science Daily)
NASA Offers Media Satellite Interviews for Ares I-X Launch Oct 15, 2009
Cowart graduated from Georgia Tech in 1983 with a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering and an Air Force commission. For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit. (NASA Watch)
Energy crisis postponed, new gas rescues world... Oct 13, 2009
" ----- I don't know what books you're reading but the 4.6 billion year age of the earth, while being correct, is not the age of life on earth. Life on Earth is around 300 million years old. That's a long time but it's only about 6% of the earth's age. deceier on October 12, 2009 at 08:06 PM Abundant shale gas and the Fischer;Tropsch gas to liquid technology can provide plenty of diesel auto and truck fuel and kerosene aircraft fuel for years. Combine this with the aggressive use of atomic... (The Drudge Report)
Banana Plants May Be Used In Production Of Plastic Products Oct 10, 2009
Mark Kearns, Rotational Moulding Manager at the Polymer Processing Research Centre in Queen s School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, said: Almost 20 per cent of the bananas consumed in Europe are produced in the Canary Islands, with around 10 million banana plants grown annually in Gran Canaria alone. Once the fruit has been harvested, the rest of the banana plant goes to waste. (Science Daily)
Big steps for USTAR Oct 9, 2009
This is the first step to commercial viability, said USTAR researcher and USU mechanical and aerospace engineering department head Byard Wood standing in front of the new Biofuels Outdoor Test Facility. The 2,500-square-foot space, slated for completion in mid-November following three months of construction, will house studies on algae s potential for generating biodiesel. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Student preps for Hawaii triathlon Oct 9, 2009
Andy Haughton (senior-aerospace engineering) sits in the middle of a group of cyclists in front of Rec Hall ... But the aerospace engineering major wasn't tailgating for the football team's upcoming contest with Iowa. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Walk-on leading Wolfpack defense Oct 8, 2009
Aerospace engineering major is OL starter. Lowell Dyer. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Boeing and Notre Dame enter into research agreement Oct 6, 2009
Contributions to aircraft technology from Notre Dame's aerospace engineering laboratories long have been recognized for the development of low-turbulence, subsconic, transconic and supersconic smoke-visualization wind tunnels. . (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Student from India among record enrollment at ISU Oct 4, 2009
At an education fair sponsored by the United States Educational Foundation in India, Mohd's eyes lit up as an ISU representative told him all about the university's aerospace engineering program ... "There aren't many good schools for aerospace engineering in India.". (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Plastics 'goes bananas' at Queen's University Belfast Sep 30, 2009
Mark Kearns, Rotational Moulding Manager at the Polymer Processing Research Centre in Queen's School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, said: "Almost 20 per cent of the bananas consumed in Europe are produced in the Canary Islands, with around 10 million banana plants grown annually in Gran Canaria alone. "Once the fruit has been harvested, the rest of the banana plant goes to waste. An estimated 25,000 tonnes of this natural fibre is dumped in ravines around the Canaries every year. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Mercury ready for a rare close-up Sep 26, 2009
These last "computational fluid dynamics" (CFD) efforts are the state of the art for aerospace engineering, but they are expensive to create and need to be automated, Gangadharan says. He's confident that the newer models in coming years will lick the problem of spacecraft fuel slosh. (USA Today -- Tech)
Newton Notables Sep 23, 2009
Helena Alfonzo, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Santiago Alfonzo of Chestnut Hill, a senior majoring in biomedical engineering; Simon Goldish, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Goldish of Newton, a junior majoring in mechanical engineering; Kevin Yee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Yee of Newton, a junior majoring in biochemistry; Elliot Borenstein, son of Jeffrey M. Borenstein of West Newton, a sophomore majoring in interactive media and game development; Megan Tsai, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Tsai of... (Newton Tab, MA)
Dashnaw-Griffin Sep 17, 2009
Her fianc received his bachelor;s degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Missouri, Rolla. He is also employed by NAVAIR in China Lake, Calif. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
Light Electric Motor To Increase Efficiency Of Electric Vehicles Sep 17, 2009
Mr Nick Farrant, who has a background in aerospace engineering and spin-out management will be CEO of Oxford Yasa Motors. Dr McCulloch said: British engineering spurred the original growth of the automotive industry, and we believe engineering excellence can reinvigorate the industry again. (Science Daily)
Former Washington Man, Army Major Reflects on 9/11 Sep 15, 2009
Baker graduated from West Point in 1995 with a degree in aerospace engineering. He accepted an officers commission as a second lieutenant and began training at Fort Knox, Ky. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
New type of glass resists small explosions Sep 12, 2009
said Sanjeev Khanna, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Missouri University. Conventional blast-resistant glass is comprised of a layer of strong plastic sandwiched between two sheets of laminated glass. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Engineers Develop Safer, Blast-resistant Glass Sep 12, 2009
Currently, blast-resistant window glass is more than 1 inch thick, which is much thicker than standard window glass that is only one-fourth of an inch thick and hurricane-protected window glass that is one-half of an inch thick, said Sanjeev Khanna, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering in the MU College of Engineering. The glass we are developing is less than one-half of an inch thick. (Science Daily)
NASA Astronaut/Mountaineer Scott E. Parazynski speaks at AIAA Space 2009 Conference & Exhibition's "Education Alley" Sep 11, 2009
Education Alley, AIAA's innovative aerospace education program, will highlight the world of aerospace engineering and science to over two thousand Pasadena area students in grades K-6 from September 14-17. WHEN: Tuesday, September 15 at 11:15 a.m.. (NASA Watch)
Hearing: Options and Issues for NASA's Human Space Flight Program: Report of the "Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans" Committee Sep 11, 2009
Dr. Michael Griffin, Eminent Scholar and Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Alabama in Huntsville. Tuesday, September 15, 2009. (NASA Watch)
Lopez's Serle headed to ERAU Sep 5, 2009
Ridder said a big factor in Serle's decision was his desire to study aerospace engineering. "He was really interested in that, and if you can stay home and go to the best school in the country for that, and play basketball, he figured that would work out great," Ridder said. (Daytona Beach News Journal -- Sports)
Mizzou gets $16.3M in stimulus Sep 4, 2009
$430,000 to Hao Li, an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, to study how nanoparticles might be used in joint replacements. $50,304 to Stefanos Sarafianos, assistant professor of molecular microbiology and immunology and researcher at the , to study multi-drug resistant HIV.. (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
Intelligence report: Baseball's whiz kids stand out, to a degree Sep 1, 2009
He got a degree in aerospace engineering with a 3. 60 grade-point average. (USA Today -- Sports)
Local native Ford finally makes it into space Sep 1, 2009
He went on to earn a degree in aerospace engineering from Notre Dame, a masters in international relations from Troy State, a masters in aerospace engineering from the University of Florida and a PhD in astronautical engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology. When he visited home earlier this year, Ford credited his late brother, Sen. (Hartford City News-Times, IN)
USU rocket team earns praise, cash for victory Aug 29, 2009
It makes you feel pretty good about the work you ve been doing; it makes you feel like you re ready to go into the field, said Jeppson, who graduated in May and is looking for a full-time job in aerospace engineering. Aerospace engineering doctoral student Shannon Eilers, who led the team, agreed the win was great for USU s reputation. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Funkhouser named to alumni academy Aug 29, 2009
The West Virginia University (WVU) Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering recently conducted their 2009 Academy of Distinguished Alumni ceremony at the Morgantown (WV) campus ... I feel very honored and humbled that my peers would recognize my accomplishments in aerospace engineering over the last 25 years ... Funkhouser received his bachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering in 1982 and is currently vice president of ABL Operations at ATK Tactical Propulsion and Controls... (Keyser Mineral Daily News Tribune, WV)
AGU journal highlights -- Aug. 27, 2009 Aug 28, 2009
Authors: Jeffrey M. Forbes and Xiaoli Zhang: Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA. Sean L. Bruinsma: Department of Terrestrial and Planetary Geodesy, Centre Nationale D'Etudes Spatiales, Toulouse, France. (EurekAlert!)
NTSB says controller should have warned plane before midair crash Aug 28, 2009
Hubert Skip Smith, an associate professor emeritus of aerospace engineering at Penn State University, predicted early on that the midair collision would lead to the separation by altitude. It s important to separate helicopters and planes because they re so different and move at very different speeds, Smith said yesterday. (Boston Globe)
Copa Airlines and ST Aerospace Renew Important Aircraft Maintenance Agreement Aug 26, 2009
PANAMA CITY, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Copa Airlines, subsidiary of Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: ), has renewed a three-year maintenance service agreement (MSA) with Panama Aerospace Engineering (PAE), subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd. (ST Aerospace). The agreement will cover maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for both Copa Airlines' and Aero Republica's fleet of Boeing 737-Next Generation and Embraer-190 aircraft, which currently consists of 54 aircraft. (PR Newswire)
Megan McArthur takes aim at the moon Aug 26, 2009
McArthur joined NASA nine years ago with an undergraduate degree in aerospace engineering and a PhD in oceanography. At that point she also had her private pilot's licence and deep-sea diving licence. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Cambridge biologist begins training as astronaut candidate Aug 24, 2009
Muscle atrophy and bone-density loss are well-known serious problems that are more urgent as missions to Mars lasting four years are contemplated, said Dava Newman, MIT aerospace engineering professor. Accelerated bone loss in space presents an opportunity for insights, and perhaps treatments, to benefit earthbound humans with osteoporosis as well as deep-space travelers. (Boston Globe)
Renewable Energies Will Benefit US Workers' Health, Expert Predicts Aug 20, 2009
28, 2008) The solely wind-driven Ventomobile constructed by a team of students in aerospace engineering came in first at the Aeolus Race in the Dutch town of Den Helder last Friday. Racing the extremely. (Science Daily)
MAS to acquire some Transmile base ops Aug 20, 2009
The airline said upon completion of the acquisition, its subsidiary Malaysian Aerospace Engineering Sdn Bhd (MAE) was expected to have the largest airframe maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region with eight hangars and the capacity to accommodate 28 wide-body and narrow-body aircraft at any one time. The projected 15% increase in additional capacity will contribute towards MAEs growth plans and give it better economies of scale, MAS said. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Stetson, ERAU, B-CU retain college rankings Aug 20, 2009
Embry-Riddle retained its No. 1 ranking in aerospace engineering among schools offering master's level degrees. The university recently announced it was starting a doctoral program in the field, but won't be judged among doctorate-offering schools for a few years. (Daytona Beach News Journal -- Local)
Tetrahedra Jam: World Record In Packing Puzzle Aug 15, 2009
In the cover story of the Aug. 13 issue of Nature, Salvatore Torquato, a professor in the Department of Chemistry and the Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials, and Yang Jiao, a graduate student in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, report that they have bested the world record, set last year by Elizabeth Chen, a graduate student at the University of Michigan ... "From a scientific perspective, to know about the packing problem is to know something... (Science Daily)
Flying clean Aug 12, 2009
Fred Dryer is professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University, US. The Green Room is a series of opinion articles on environmental topics running weekly on the BBC News website. (BBC News -- Business)
Crash exposes crowded airspace Aug 10, 2009
The collision may lead to the separation of helicopters and planes in the congested airspace above the New York City, said Hubert "Skip" Smith, an associate professor emeritus of aerospace engineering at Penn State University. "There probably needs to be more regulation," Smith said. (MSNBC -- Race)
Hernandez, DiNatale Named to ACC Academic Baseball Team Aug 7, 2009
Aerospace Engineering. Phil Gosselin, Virginia. (Hurricanesports.com)
CU gets $711M for sponsored research Aug 7, 2009
CU faculty researchers are among the top in the United States, and their success this year will allow them to build on their work in areas of compelling state and national need, such as health care and biosciences, renewable and sustainable energy, geosciences and aerospace engineering, CU President Bruce Benson said in a statement. The funding they bring in, mostly from the federal government, also has a significant positive multiplier effect on Colorado s economy. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Improved Air Quality During Beijing Olympics Could Inform Pollution-curbing Policies Aug 6, 2009
Led by Max Zhang, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, the study indicates that such measures as regulating traffic density and encouraging public transportation can have a significant impact on local air quality. "We hope our study can help or advise local regulators and policymakers to adopt long-term sustainable emission controls to improve air quality," Zhang said. (Science Daily)
High Tech Vehicle Design Boosts Emergency Rescue Capacity Aug 5, 2009
A mechanical and aerospace engineering professor has submitted a patent application for a circular, spinning aircraft design. (Nov. (Science Daily)
Nasa defends its spaceflight plan Jul 31, 2009
Page last updated at 12:45 GMT, Thursday, 30 July 2009 13:45 UK. The panel is led by former aerospace executive Norman Augustine. (BBC News -- Americas)
Actions taken over the next decade to demonstrate and deploy key technologies will determine US energy future Jul 29, 2009
ROBERT H. SOCOLOW Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Princeton Environmental Institute Princeton University Princeton, N.J.. JAMES L. SWEENEY Director Precourt Institute for Energy Efficiency Stanford University Stanford, Calif. (EurekAlert!)
Related: 4-H king and queen soon to be announced Jul 28, 2009
The senior at Tri-Valley High School plans to major in aerospace engineering. Bonner, 18, is the son of Cary and Kathleen Bonner of Normal. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
University of Dayton lands $750K to boost minority engineering students Jul 25, 2009
said Kevin Hallinan, chair of the University of Dayton s mechanical and aerospace engineering department and the renewable and clean energy masters program. Cincinnati-based Messer Construction and the Virginia Kettering Foundation have donated $20,000 and $15,000, respectively, to support first-year students in the Minority STEM Summer Bridge Program, a program designed to help minority students get a feel for the college experience before their first class. (Dayton Business Journal, OH)
Local students receive degrees from U of I Jul 24, 2009
Shelbyville: Anthony Waymire, bachelor of science, aerospace engineering. Sullivan: Andrew Crawford, bachelor of arts, anthropology; Nicole Ferguson, bachelor of science, animal sciences; Justin Florey, doctor of veterinary medicine; Christie Freese, bachelor of science, community health; Jared Gruel, bachelor of science, agriculture and consumer economics; Justin Kleckner, master of applied science, accountancy; Joshua Snelling, bachelor of science, technical systems management. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
ERAU to offer new aviation doctoral programs Jul 24, 2009
and learning centers in more than 130 locations worldwide -- has been largely recognized for its U.S. News & World Report No. 1 ranking in aerospace engineering at universities that offer master's degrees ... "I feel, and this is the honest-to-God's truth, Embry-Riddle can compete with anybody on this planet when it comes to aviation and aerospace engineering.". (Daytona Beach News Journal)
The only league that can slow down the SECis the SEC Jul 23, 2009
By analogy, you would require every college athlete to graduate with high honors in physics, chemistry, kinesiology or aerospace engineering for their graduation to be meaningful. That s just plain silly. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Women's Water Polo Alumna Featured on Discovery Channel's 'The Colony' Jul 22, 2009
Hooker, who received a bachelor's degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering from GW, was one of 10 people who spent two months recreating a sustainable society in a downtown Los Angeles warehouse following a "global catastrophe.". To learn more about 'The Colony', visit its website at. (Gwsports.com)
Reasoning fallacious (21) Jul 20, 2009
I also have degrees in chemistry (B.S. from the University of California at Berkeley) and in aerospace engineering (M.S. from the Air Force Institute of Technology). I spent much of my adult career in the scientific and engineering fields and am now involved in education. (Boerne Star, TX)
Who's Who In Space Exploration Jul 18, 2009
He holds a degree in aeronautical engineering from Purdue University and a Masters degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Southern California. From 1949 to 1952, Armstrong was a naval aviator. (CBS News -- Sci/Tech)
NASA, CU-Boulder airborne expedition chases Arctic sea ice questions Jul 18, 2009
"Our project is attempting to answer some of the most basic questions regarding the most fundamental changes in sea-ice cover in recent years," said CU-Boulder Research Professor James Maslanik of the aerospace engineering sciences department and principal investigator for the NASA mission ... Other CU-Boulder participants in CASIE include Research Associate Ute Herzfeld, aerospace engineering graduate student Ian Crocker and Professional Research Assistant Katja Wegrzyn. (EurekAlert!)
PURDUE: Space exhibit to launch Jul 17, 2009
"That is a priceless piece of history. It is going to be inspiring and it is going to teach us at the same time," said Levi Brown, who begins Purdue's graduate aerospace engineering program this fall. "Everyone in Apollo 11 were the best of the best. All of the information that you can get out of them is priceless.". (USA Today -- Tech)
PHOTOS: The 12 Moonwalkers: Where Are They Now? Jul 17, 2009
He resigned from NASA in 1971 and accepted a teaching position at the University of Cincinnati's Department of Aerospace Engineering, which he held until 1979. For the next decade or so, he was chairman of an aviation software company, Computing Technologies for Aviation, Inc. in Charlottesville, Va. (ABC News)
New Method May Help Allocate Carbon Emissions Responsibility Among Nations Jul 16, 2009
The authors include Stephen Pacala, the Frederick D. Petrie Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Robert Socolow, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering. Pacala and Socolow's concept of "stabilization wedges," a strategy that proposed concrete ways to prevent global emissions of greenhouse gases from rising for the next five decades, was featured in "An Inconvenient Truth," former Vice President Al Gore's 2006 film about climate change. (Science Daily)
On the 40th anniversary of the first manned moon landing today's scientists point to new frontiers Jul 16, 2009
" Dr. Satya Atluri Samueli/Von Karman Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical pace Engineering Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine Director, Center for Aerospace Research and Education Dr. Atluri's work has been supported by grants from numerous agencies including: National Science Foundation, Department of Defense (DARPA), the Office of Naval Research, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Army (Research Office, Research Labs), NASA, Federal Aviation... (EurekAlert!)
French offers passport to the world Jul 14, 2009
At the French engineering school ESTACA (Ecole Sup;rieure de Techniques A;ronautiques et de Construction Automobile), one of the world s leading schools in aerospace engineering, 11 percent of the students are Chinese. Locally, with about 240 French affiliates in the state of Georgia, France itself creates about 11,300 jobs. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
NCSU scientists craft robot bats to help humans Jul 11, 2009
Scientists at NCSU's Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have built several prototypes of the equivalent of a bat's skeleton using metal alloys with startling properties and some of the growing body of data about how bats fly. More Home. (News & Observer)
* Kaori Heat Treatment secures Bloom Energy deal Jul 10, 2009
Headed by K.R. Sridhar, a former aerospace engineering professor who developed a device for NASA to turn carbon dioxide into oxygen on Mars, Bloom Energy is engaged in the development of solid-oxide fuel cells that allow homes to generate their own electricity. The fuel cells can convert almost any hydrocarbon fuel into electricity without combustion, and the greenhouse gas production is half of that from conventional energy sources. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Campus clips Jul 10, 2009
Boston University awarded academic degrees to the following Danvers residents in May 2009: Mark R. Thorley, Bachelor of Science in aerospace engineering; Emily E. Babb, Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting, cum laude; Bethany M. Ward, Bachelor of Science in aerospace engineering; Emily R. Parsons, Master of Criminal Justice in criminal justice administration; Peter F. Milczarek, Master of Science in investment management. . (Danvers Herald, MA)
'Rich create more C02' Jul 9, 2009
Robert Socolow, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, said the new method of national caps proposed by the Princeton researchers hadn't been suggested by diplomats because "U.N. rules and customs make it difficult for the international community to examine what is going on inside countries.". He added: "Over the next several decades, global environmental rulemaking will need new wisdom to accommodate developing countries whose per capita data belie the presence of both large... (CNN -- International)
Dong Wong, 70; restaurateur who designed aircraft Jul 8, 2009
After finishing high school in the early 1960s, Mr. Wong earned a bachelor s degree in aerospace engineering from Boston University in 1966. That same year, he married Nancy Ann Chin, whom he had met on a blind date. (Boston Globe)
North Andover Academic Achievers Jul 7, 2009
Worcester Polytechnic Institute announced that the following North Andover residents were named to the university s dean s list for academic excellence for the spring 2009 semester: Emilia Martini, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mauarice Martini, is a junior majoring in industrial engineering; Alyssa Vincent, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Vincent, is a junior majoring in biology and biotechnology; Gregory Schaalman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Schaalman, is a sophomore majoring in aerospace... (North Andover Citizen, MA)
Armstrong enigma Jul 7, 2009
But if Armstrong thought a small aerospace engineering department at the University of Cincinnati would provide a refuge, he was to be disappointed. "His old boss told me when he first arrived, he spent two hours every single day signing autographs for members of staff and students. Apparently there was a window right at the top of the wall and people used to go and make human pyramids just to look into his office. "He dealt with it but he didn't like it, he couldn't walk across the campus... (BBC News -- Science)
CU-Boulder, NASA test new 'space Internet' system on International Space Station Jul 7, 2009
CU-Boulder space payload operators Emily Pilinski, left, Andrew Jenkins, center, and Sebastian Kusminski, all of BioServe Space Technologies in the aerospace engineering sciences department, receive data packets from the International ... The technology is expected to lead to a working "Interplanetary Internet," said Kevin Gifford, a senior research associate at CU-Boulder's BioServe Space Technologies and a faculty member in the aerospace engineering sciences department. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
