Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at Iowa State University

Tornado Team on TV, 6/06

Partha Sarkar and students chase tornado data across lab, land, 5-15 ISU News Service

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 begins at 1:30 p.m. Coffman, who received his BS at Iowa State in 1967, is the retired chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Lockheed Martin Corporation. The commencement ceremony for master’s and doctoral students is at 8 p.m. Friday, May 5, in Stephens Auditorium.

Z. J. Wang, associate professor in AerE, has been named an associate editor of the AIAA Journal.

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 and international levels.

2006 Hall of Distinguished Alumni Inductees

Retirements in Aerospace Engineering department

Yu-Min Tsai Retires from Aerospace Engineering department

Bion Pierson Retires from Aerospace Engineering department

Student News Updates

Dun Leng was awarded a Teaching Excellence Award for Spring 2006.

Ruiju Huang was awarded a Research Excellence Award for Spring 2006.

Congratulations to Iowa State Winners at the AIAA Region V Student Conference

Two recent Aerospace Engineering graduates inspect the Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis, 2/06

Aerospace Engineering graduate and Lockheed Martin team dreams fulfilled as Stardust returns to earth, 2/06

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