AeroWoem Professional Development Workshop
Eighteen graduate students from aerospace engineering and other Penn State College of Engineering programs took part in the first-ever Graduate AeroWomen Professional Development Workshop on August 25 and 26 at the University Park campus. >>  
FALL 2017
FEATURES
Amy Pritchett_ aerospace engineering department head

Amy R. Pritchett was named the department head of the Penn State Department of Aerospace Engineering. >>
New aerospace faculty hires
Aerospace engineer is getting tough on ceramics with Office of Naval Research grant

Namiko Yamamoto , assistant professor of aerospace engineering, was awarded $447,663 through the Office of Naval Research Sea-Based Aviation Airframe Structures and Materials program to study fundamental toughening mechanisms of novel ceramic composites and their use as alternative materials for high-temperature applications in the aerospace industry. >>
The advent of intelligent robots and their role in society
Aerospace graduate student receives NDSEG Fellowship

Belen Veras-Alba, doctoral student in aerospace engineering, received a 2017 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship. >>
Student-built satellite aims to provide insight on effects of solar storms

This summer, astronauts on the International Space Station launched a Penn State student-built satellite into orbit to help learn more about space weather.
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FACULTY RECOGNITIONS & AWARDS
  • Edward Smith gave the fall 2017 Barnes W. McCormick Honorary Alumni Lecture >>
Tenure-track Position in Aerospace Vehicle Design
We Are . . . Hiring!

The aerospace engineering department currently has an opening for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position in Aerospace Vehicle Design. The position is intended for the rank of assistant professor, although exceptional applicants at more senior ranks may also be considered.

Learn more.
STUDENT NEWS
  • Himavath Jois wins scholarship from BP >> 
  • Farabi Sameer takes first place in pitch competition for mobile app >>
ALUMNI NEWS & UPDATES
  • Peter Kunz ('93 AERSP, '96 M.S.) named chief engineer at HorizonX
  • Jill (Tombasco) Seubert ('05 AERSP) received the Recent Alumni Award from the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado Boulder >>
  • Mark Salita ('67 M.S.) published a book titled "Memoirs of a Rocket Scientist"  
  • Greg A. Douglass ('00 AERSP) passed away on January 8, 2017
  • Brett Hoffstadt ('97 M.S.) named vice president of Drone Pilots Federation
  • Lt. Col. Eric Schultz ('95 AERSP), U.S. Air Force, died in the line of duty >>
Alumni are encouraged to submit news and updates to aerospace@engr.psu.edu.
Aerospace engineering graduate programs
UPCOMING EVENTS
NOVEMBER 3-4
Astrodynamics Research Group of Penn State (ARGoPS) Research Symposium >>

NOVEMBER 6-11
Homecoming Week >>
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