Department of Aerospace Engineering

May 07, 2008 AER E Student Open Forum

All aerospace engineering students are invited to attend the Open Forum with department chair, Tom Shih.  This open forum is for Aerospace Engineering students only.

This Open Forum will be held at 6:00 PM in Room 2245...

May 07, 2008 Alan Sidlinger receives Spring 2008 Teaching Excellence Award

Alan Sidlinger– received a Teaching Excellence Award for Spring, 2008. His major professor is Dr Atul Kelkar and he was nominated for this excellence award by Joe Schaefer, his supervising instructor.

The purpose of a Teaching...

May 01, 2008 Aerospace Engineering Spring Banquet

The Aerospace Engineering Department will hold their Spring Banquet in the Howe Hall Atrium from 11:30 am - 1:30 pm on Thursday, May 1, 2008.

Keynote speaker for this event will be Vance Coffman, Honorary Distinguished Professor...

May 01, 2008 AER E 492 Spring Symposium Senior Presentations

The Spring Symposium for the AER E 492 class will be held on Thursday, May 1, 2008, in Room 2202 Howe Hall and 1235 Howe Hall and 0142 Howe Hall.  This symposium will run from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., break for the...

April 29, 2008 AER E 462 Senior Design Presentations

Senior design presentations for AER E 462 class will be held at 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM on Tuesday, April 29, 2008, in the Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, 1140 Howe Hall. 

Everyone is invited to attend!

Schedule of...

April 07, 2008 ISU Cyclone Air Team Wins SAE Aero Design Competition

On April 4-6, 2008 a team of Iowa State engineering students traveled to Fort Worth, Texas to compete in the SAE Aero Design West competition.  The purpose of this competition was to design, build, and fly a remote...

April 05, 2008 Iowa State Flying Cyclones "Fly-In" Breakfast

Drive, Fly, or Fall in to the Iowa State Flying Cyclones "Fly-In" Breakfast!

Saturday, April 5th from 8:00 AM to Noon at the Ames Municipal Airport, 2508 Airport Road.

There will be a pancake breakfast, skydiving, Iowa State...

March 10, 2008 Aerospace Engineering Students at annual Research in the Capitol Event

- dedicated to celebrating student learning through undergraduate research.

December 15, 2007 Undergraduate Commencement / Reception

Pre-commencement reception Undergraduate commencement will be held at 1:30 p.m. in the Hilton Coliseum on December 15, 2007.  (tickets not required)

The undergraduate commencement reception will be held in 204-208 Scheman...

December 15, 2007 Lucas Clemons receives Teaching Excellence Award for fall semester 2007

Lucas Clemons – received a Teaching Excellence Award for Fall, 2007. His major professors are Dr. Joe Schaefer and Dr. Hui Hu.

The purpose of a Teaching Excellence Award “is to recognize and encourage outstanding achievement by...

December 15, 2007 Brian Griffin receives Research Excellence Award for fall semester 2007

Brian Griffin – received a Research Excellence Award for Fall 2007. His major professor is Dr Ping Lu.

The purpose of a Research Excellence Award “is to recognize at the time of their graduation up to 10% of graduating graduate...

December 14, 2007 Master's and Ph.D. Commencement and Reception

Pre-commencement reception            CommencementDecember 14, 2007;...

December 06, 2007 Aerospace Engineering Fall Banquet

The Aerospace Engineering department will hold their Fall banquet in the Howe Hall Atrium at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 6, 2007.Food will be catered by Hickory Park Restaurant.  Senior awards and scholarships will be...

December 06, 2007 AER E 492 Fall Symposium

The Fall Symposium for the AER E 492 class will be held on Thursday, December 6th, in Room 2202 Howe Hall and 1235 Howe Hall.  This symposium will run from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., break for the Banquet luncheon/awards...

December 04, 2007 AER E 462 Senior Design Presentations

Senior design presentations for the AER E 462 class will be held at 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.  

10:00 - 11:00 a.m.  Wind turbine design

11:00 - 12:00 p.m.  Cargo air ship design

These presentations will be...

October 31, 2007 Careers at Boeing: Dr. Ahsan Iqbal presenting an Overview of the Boeing Company and their Products

This seminar will be held in the Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, 1140 Howe Hall.  All students are welcome to attend!

Ahsan Iqbal synopsisIqbal flyer

September 10, 2007 Recent ISU Grad received wings from Marine Corps

Recent ISU Aerospace Engineering Eric Biskner has received his flight wings in a ceremony at Ellington NAS on August 31, 2007.  Lt. Biskner was in the Marine ROTC during his undergraduate career at ISU and will be moving on...

September 10, 2007 ISU Aerospace Engineering Students Place 6th in 2007 CanSat Competition

In 2007 the first Iowa State team participated in the CanSat competition. The mission was to design and construct a satellite that would be deployed at an altitude of 760 meters. The CanSat was to be approximately the size of a...

August 17, 2007 Undergrads share NASA co-op experiences at JSC

Click on these students’ names to learn how they got the opportunity to co-op at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC), details about their NASA experiences, and what they enjoyed doing when not on the job.

Brian Banker, senior,...

June 11, 2007 Aerospace Students Attend AIAA Region V Conference

Aerospace students and Dana Haugli, AIAA sponsor, attended the Region V AIAA Conference which was held in Colorado Springs, CO. on April 12-13, 2007.  Link to 2007 AIAA Region V conference website

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 26, 2007 AER E 462 Senior Design Presentations

Senior design presentations for AER E 462 class will be held at 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM on Thursday, April  26, 2007, in Room 2202 Howe Hall. 

The abstracts for these presentations are attached below.  Everyone...

April 19, 2007 AER E 492 Spring Symposium

The Spring Symposium for AER E 492 class will be held on Thursday, April 19th in Room 2202 Howe Hall and Room 1235 Howe Hall.  This symposium will run from 9:00 AM to 11:40 AM, break for lunch, and continue from...

April 17, 2007 Attention Engineering Students! Ever wonder what systems engineering is all about?

Rockwell-Collins Seminar sponsored by AIAA

April 16, 2007 AER E Spring Banquet

The Aerospace Engineering department will hold a Spring banquet in the Howe Hall Atrium at 5:00 PM on Monday, April 16, 2007.

Food will be catered by Hickory Park Restaurant.  "Open Forum - Opportunity for Students to Visit...

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 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 26, 2007 Richard Rainy, Aerospace Engineering Senior Wins Essay Contest

Richard Rainy, a senior in Aerospace Engineering, recently won THE PITCH, a national essay competition sponsored by the Entrepreneurship Week USA. He won with his essay on exploring fusion as an alternative to fossil...

March 22, 2007 National Instruments LabView Hands-On Campus Workshop

Gain hands-on experience in modeling, designing, and building powerful, custom measurement and control applications with intuitive graphical programming during this three-hour workshop. Learn about NI LabVIEW, the graphical...

March 20, 2007 Lockheed Martin Technical Day

Come to the Great Hall in the Memorial Union from 1:00pm-6:00pm on Tuesday, March 20 to see the wide variety of exciting technologies and opportunities available at Lockheed Martin Corporation.Scientists and engineers will share...

March 08, 2007 Matlab Training Session

Several representatives from Mathworks will be on hand to cover topics related to the use of Matlab and Simulink on Thursday, March 8th from 9 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. in room 206 Durham.

Students and faculty are invited to...

January 30, 2007 Spring Engineering Career Fair 2007

Spring Engineering Career Fair 2007. The details are:

Tuesday, January 30, 2007 1-7 PM Hilton Coliseum

We look forward to welcoming students to the Spring Career Fair. If you have questions about this event,...

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...

October 11, 2006 AIAA Iowa Section Dinner Meeting

Featuring a seminar given by Mr. Thomas Morgenfeld, test pilot of the Lockheed Martin X-35 Joint Strike Fighter

September 20, 2006 AIAA Welcome / Scholarship Banquet

The Welcome Banquet is rescheduled to Wednesday September 20th. 

The Aerospace Engineering Luncheon sponsored by the Aer E Department and AIAA will be catered by Hickory Park and will take place between 11:30AM...

August 18, 2006 Sangkwon Na receives a Research Excellence Award

Sangkwon Na – received a Research Excellence Award for Summer 2006. His major professor was Dr Tom Shih. The purpose of a Research Excellence Award “is to recognize at the time of their graduation up to 10% of graduating graduate...

August 18, 2006 Prasad Tota receives a Teaching Excellence Award

Prasad Tota – received a Teaching Excellence Award for Summer 2006. His major professor is Dr Zhi J Wang and he was nominated for the excellence award by Dr Joe Schaefer, his supervising instructor. The purpose of a Teaching...

August 17, 2006 Sangkwon Na receives a Research Excellence Award

Sangkwon Na – received a Research Excellence Award for Summer 2006. His major professor was Dr Tom Shih. The purpose of a Research Excellence Award “is to recognize at the time of their graduation up to 10% of graduating graduate...

April 27, 2006 Aerospace Engineering Department Senior Design Presentations

Aerospace Engineering Seniors will be presenting their senior projects at 9:00 AM, 10:00 AM, and 11:00 AM in the Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium.

April 25, 2006 Aerospace Engineering Symposium

The Aerospace Engineering Symposium will be held from 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM in Room 2202 on April 25, 2006.  Students from AE 492 classes present their projects. 

April 06, 2006 AIAA Region V Conference

The AIAA Branch at Iowa State University and the AIAA Iowa professional section will host the 2006 Region V Student Paper Conference, April 7-8, 2006. We are honored to welcome students from throughout Region V.

Link to the...

December 01, 2005 Aerospace Engineering Fall 2005 Symposium

Aerospace Engineering Senior give presentations on their senior projects.

This event is held in Room 2202 Howe Hall from 8:50 AM - 5:00 PM on December 1, 2005.

October 13, 2005 COE Software Seminar #3 - Fluent - A Versatile commercial CFD Code

Tom Shih, Chair of Aerospace Engineering department, Andrew Wick and Greg Zink, students of the Aerospace Engineering deparment presented, "Fluent - a versatile commercial CFD Code."

This presentation was held at 12:00 PM in...

October 01, 2005 Aerospace Engineering Student, Jason McReynolds, serving in Iraq

Jason McReynolds, an ISU junior in aerospace engineering, was activated in January with his US Army Reserve unit and was sent to Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom.  Sgt McReynolds is trained as an Army Ranger and is...

October 01, 2005 Inspecting the Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis

Dan Nelson & Katie Blummer, former students in Aerospace Engineering at work at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida

September 20, 2005 Jon Rogers (recruiter): Perspectives on Engineering at a National Lab

Jon Rogers (recruiter), Sandia National Laboratories presented "Perspectives at a National Lab."

This presentation was held at 2:10 PM in 1235 Howe Hall on September 20, 2005.

September 19, 2005 Doug Corbin (recruiter), Boeing

Doug Corbin (recruiter), Boeing spoke to students regarding careers on September 19, 2005 in the Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium.

September 15, 2005 After a fleeting scare, Stardust returns to Earth -

Lockheed Martin engineers' dreams are fulfilled as the Stardust, which collected bits of a comet, lands safely in the Utah desert.

Jill Cattrysse, Aerospace Engineering graduate was a member of the Startdust Mission Team.