Department of Aerospace Engineering

May 29, 2008 Professor Ping Lu selected to receive the 2008 Mechanics and Control of Flight Award

Contacts:  Ping Lu, Aerospace Engineering, 4-6956, plu@iastate.edu; Sue McLaughlin, Aerospace Engineering, 4-5666, smclaugh@iastate.eduProfessor Ping Lu has been selected by the American Institute of Aeronautics and...

May 19, 2008 Koray Celik, Soon-Jo Chung, and Arun Somani Awarded "Best Paper" at 2008 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology (EIT)

Contacts:  Soon-Jo Chung, Aerospace Engineering, 4-5459, sjchung@iastate.edu; Sue McLaughlin, Aerospace Engineering, 4-5666, smclaugh@iastate.edu

Koray Celik, Soon-Jo Chung, and Arun Somani recently won "Best Paper Award"...

January 28, 2008 Z.J. Wang awarded the degree of Doctor of Science in Engineering

The University of Glasgow has decided to award Dr. Z.J. Wang the degree of Doctor of Science in Engineering. The degree of Doctor of Science is one of the Higher Doctorates, which is conferred on a member or alumni of the...

July 06, 2007 VanDePol Retirement Reception

Dee VanDePol, Secretary in AER E Department

Friday, July 6, 2007

2-3:30 p.m.

Howe Hall Atrium

37 1/2 Years of Service

May 10, 2007 Ganesh Rajagopalan receives award from National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Professor Ganesh as part of the "Heavy Lift Rotorcraft Systems Integration Team," received a Group Achievement Award from NASA for the successful assessment of civil heavy-lift rotorcraft transport technologies that promise to...

May 07, 2007 Professor Dale Chimenti Wins David R. Boylan Eminent Faculty Research Award

Dale E. Chimenti, Professor in Aerospace Engineering, has been selected to receive the David R. Boylan Eminent Faculty Research Award.  This award recognizes Professor Chimenti’s pioneering contributions in the field of...

May 07, 2007 Hui Hu, AER E and Chris Rehmann, CCEE receive 2007 Spring Research Grant Development Award

Hui Hu, Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering, and Chris Rehmann, Assistant Professor of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering,were awarded the #1 proposal for the College of Engineering and will receive...

May 03, 2007 Jason Busch receives Teaching Excellence Award for Spring, 2007

Jason Busch – received a Teaching Excellence Award for Spring, 2007. His major professor is Dr Paul Durbin and he was nominated for this excellence award by Dana Haugli, his supervising instructor.

The purpose of a Teaching...

May 03, 2007 Anindya Sengupta receives Research Excellence Award for Spring, 2007

Anindya Sengupta – received a Research Excellence Award for Spring 2007. Anindya received his PhD degree in Engineering Mechanics. His major professors were Dr Partha Sarkar and Dr. Ganesh Rajagapalan.

The purpose of...

April 16, 2007 Allen Ball, Ahmed Saifuddin, and Nathan Smith receive "Outstanding Senior Award"

Scholarships and awards were presented at the Aerospace Engineering Spring Banquet on Monday, April 16, 2007.  Among those students receiving awards were Allen Ball, Ahmed Saifuddin, and Nathan Smith.  These...

April 16, 2007 Assistant Professor Fred Haan receives "Outstanding Faculty Award" 2007

Scholarships and awards were presented at the Aerospace Engineering Spring Banquet on Monday, April 16, 2007.   

Dr. Fred Haan, Assistant Professor with the Aerospace Engineering Department, received the...

April 09, 2007 Iowa Space Grant Consortium (ISGC) names NASA Scholarship Recipients for 2007-2008

Congratulations to the following students for receiving scholarships from the Iowa Space Grant Consortium (ISGC) for 2007-2008!  

Scholarship recipients are as follows:

Aerospace Engr. student awards:

Brian...

March 20, 2007 Bong Wie installed as first Vance Coffman Endowed Chair Professor

Iowa State University is delighted to announce that Professor Bong Wie has been named as the first holder of the Vance Coffman Endowed Chair in the Department of Aerospace Engineering.  This endowed chair was established by...

March 14, 2007 Professor Ping Lu awarded Cheung Kong Chair Professorship of Shanghai Jiao Tong University

In January of 2007 Ping Lu was awarded a Cheung Kong Chair Professorship of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (the fourth ranked university in China) by the Ministry of Education of China.The nominees are from all...

March 14, 2007 Professor Bruce Thompson receives Awards

Bruce Thompson is the Director of the Center for Nondestructive Evaluation, Director of the Ames Laboratory Applied NDE Program, a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and a...

January 05, 2007 Costas Soukoulis wins Descartes Prize

Costas Soukoulis, working with colleagues in Karlsruhe, Germany, designed a sliver based mesh-like material that marks the latest advance in the rapidly evolving field of metamaterials, materials that could lead to a wide range...

December 13, 2006 Murillo Wins National Graduate Award

AMES, Iowa–The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Inc. (SHPE) has selected Oscar Murillo, a PhD student at Iowa State University, as the doctoral recipient of the 2007 SHPE/GEM Graduate Award. This $5,000 scholarship...

December 13, 2006 Chauhan Recieves Fall 2006 Teaching Excellence Award

Shakti Chauhan is the recipient of a Fall 2006 Teaching Excellence Award. The purpose of a Teaching Excellence Award “is to recognize and encourage outstanding achievement by graduate students in teaching….Any graduate student...

December 13, 2006 Antoniou Receives Fall 2006 Research Excellence Award

Antonia Antoniou is the recipient of a Fall 2006 Research Excellence Award. The purpose of a Research Excellence Award “is to recognize at the time of their graduation up to 10% of graduating graduate students for outstanding...

May 06, 2006 Vance Coffman receives Honorary Doctor of Science degree and gives Commencement address at Spring 2006 Graduation

Aerospace engineering alum Vance Coffman will receive an honorary doctor of science degree and give the commencement address at the Iowa State University undergraduate ceremony on Saturday, May 6, in Hilton Coliseum. The program...

April 01, 2006 Z.J. Wang named Associate Editor of AIAA Journal

Z. J. Wang, associate professor in AerE, has been named an associate editor of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal.

March 01, 2006 Bruce Thompson received Iowa Academy of Science Distinguished Fellow Award

Bruce Thompson, Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in MSE and AerE, received the Iowa Academy of Science Distinguished Fellow Award in recognition of scholarly activity and service to the scientific community at the national...

February 22, 2006 Hui Hu awarded Career Award from NSF

Professor Hui Hu, assistant professor in Aerospace Engineering, was recently awarded the highly competitive and prestigious Career Award from the National Science Foundation.

February 22, 2006 Ping Lu awarded AIAA Sustained Service Award

Professor Ping Lu received the AIAA Sustained Serice Award to recognize sustained, significant service and contributions to the AIAA, by members of the Institute.

February 22, 2006 Ping Lu wins Lockheed Martin Grant

Professor Ping Lu recently won a grant from Lockheed Martin to work on NASA's Crew Exploratory Vehicle.  It's great to have ISU involved in this project of great national importance!

February 22, 2006 Ping Lu wins Department of Air Force Grant

Professor Ping Lu recently won a grant from the Department of the Air Force. Title of the research: "Assessment of Adaptive Guidance for Responsive Launch Vehicles and Spacecraft."

February 22, 2006 Soukoulis and his team win the EU Descartes Prize 2005

Congratulations to Costas Soukoulis and his team for winning the prestigious Descartes Prize for Excellence in Scientific Collaborative Research on December 2, 2005.

October 21, 2005 Vance Coffman awarded Anson Marston Medal - reception held in his honor

A reception was held for Vance Coffman, Honorary Distinguished Professor of Aerospace Engineering and former CEO and Chairman of the Board, Lockheed Martin and 2005 Anson Marston Medal recipient.  He will be...

June 11, 2004 Holger named to new post

David Holger, associate dean for academic programs and budget in the College of Engineering, has been appointed associate provost for academic programs and dean of the Graduate College. The three-year appointment, announced today...