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AE Alumni Board Funds First Endowed AE Fellowship

Aerospace Engineering at Illinois is pleased to announce that full funding has now been achieved for the department's first endowed graduate fellowship.

Prof. Scott White highlighted in 'Bloomberg Businessweek'

AE Prof. Scott R. White and his research have been featured on magazine's website.

AE Students Awarded Rockwell Collins Scholarships

Three AE students have received scholarships of $5,000 each, thanks to the philanthropy of Rockwell Collins, Inc.

AE Students Compete in NASA Lunabotics Competition

AE students are members of a University of Illinois team competing in the Third Annual Lunabotics Mining Competition, hosted by NASA.

Tanaka Wins CDC Best Student Paper Award

AE graduate student Takashi Tanaka won the 2011 Best Student Paper Award from the Conference on Decision and Control of IEEE.

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Research Area: Aeroelasticity

The current research being conducted in aeroelasticity focuses on improving the description of fluid-structure interactions, particularly for high-speed flows and shock waves. This project is sponsored by a Computational Science and Engineering Fellowship. The research is conducted by faculty members, research scientists and post docs, numerous graduate students, and undergraduate students.

Faculty Researchers: Labs:
  • P. Geubelle - Computational solid mechanics, computational aeroelasticity, fracture mechanics, novel material design, composite materials, multiscale modeling
  • E. Loth - Two-phase flow and compressible flow, fluid mechanics, micro-vehicles