Aeronautics and Astronautics News
Stanford to collaborate with edX to develop a free, open source online learning platform
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
EdX will be available as an open source learning platform on June 1. In support of that move, Stanford will integrate features of its existing Class2Go open source online learning platform into the edX platform.
After another near miss, Stanford professor wants to find asteroids that threaten Earth
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Several large asteroids have zipped dangerously close to Earth in the past month. Scott Hubbard is part of a team that plans to track down future threats.
Closing in on a Mystery that Impedes Space Exploration
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
The large meteoroid that struck Russia last week is just one of the factors in space that cause satellites to fail. Sigrid Close, a Stanford Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, is proving that the effects of "space dust" are a more likely cause.
Eight Stanford Engineering Faculty Elected to National Academy of Engineering
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions an engineer can receive.
Stanford Researchers Break Million-core Supercomputer Barrier
Friday, January 25, 2013
Researchers at the Center for Turbulence Research set a new record in supercomputing, harnessing a million computing cores to model supersonic jet noise. Work was performed on the newly installed Sequoia IBM Bluegene/Q system at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories.
Big Challenges, Big Ideas: Stanford Engineering Year in Review
Monday, January 7, 2013
Letter from the Dean of Stanford Engineering.
Stanford researchers develop acrobatic space rovers to explore moons and asteroids
Sunday, December 30, 2012
An autonomous system for exploring the solar system's smaller members, such as moons and asteroids, could bring us closer to a human mission to Mars.
United Technologies Research Center Graduate Research Fellows Named
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
The fellowships aim to advance research in aerospace and sustainable energy.
Underwater robots from Stanford smart enough to explore treacherous deep-ocean terrain
Monday, November 26, 2012
Engineers at Stanford's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute have developed autonomous underwater vehicles that can photograph regions of the ocean floor that were once too risky for these robotic explorers.
Engineering’s Senesky and Pavone Win NASA Early Career Awards
Friday, August 17, 2012
Two Aero/Astro faculty win NASA's inaugural Early Career Faculty grants for research in high-priority technology areas.
Charbel Farhat Wins International Association for Computational Mechanics Award
Monday, July 23, 2012
Aeronautics and Astronautics department chair has made lasting contributions to aeroelasticity, computational fluid dynamics on moving grids, computational acoustics, computational mechanics and high-performance computing.
Stanford faculty is embracing online teaching opportunities
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
The team leading Stanford's online education initiative announces seed grants to faculty members across campus for course development. "It's been a grassroots phenomenon, which really reflects Stanford's tradition of innovation and creativity," said John Mitchell, professor of computer science and President John Hennessy's special assistant for educational technology.
Stanford competes in finals of national clean energy competition
Monday, June 25, 2012
A Stanford team finished in the top six of a U.S. Department of Energy challenge.
Bradford Parkinson: Hero of GPS
Friday, June 8, 2012
Bradford Parkinson, the most recent inductee to the Engineering Heroes of Stanford University, was the driving force behind the Global Position System, a tool now essential for everything from navigation to disaster response.
Wild blue yonder: Engineers tackle challenges of hypersonic flight
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
A multi-year collaboration among Stanford engineering departments uses some of the world’s fastest supercomputers to model the complexities of hypersonic flight. Someday, their work may lead to planes that fly at many times the speed of sound.
UTRC provides Stanford scholarship support
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
United Technologies Research Center, the central research organization of United Technologies Corp., announces a $500,000 gift to Stanford University's School of Engineering to establish an endowed fellowship.
Stanford aero-engineers debut open-source fluid dynamics design application
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Stanford University Unstructured (SU2) is an open-source software package that gives advanced engineering students a crucial leg up on the time-consuming process of writing their own code.
The Earth We Share: Astronaut Mae Jemison returns to campus to talk sustainability, science in society.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
The Earth We Share: Astronaut Mae Jemison returns to campus to talk sustainability, science in society.
An alumni's new plane allows regular folks to fly the sporting skies
Monday, September 1, 2008
Kirk Hawkins (MS 1995 Eng)
Alumnus strives to safely land giant rover on Mars
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Keith Comeaux (MS 1991, PhD 1995 AA)
Wireless power could revolutionize highway transportation, Stanford researchers say
Stanford researchers have designed a new technology that could lead to wireless charging of electric vehicles while they cruise down the highway.
