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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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Aerodynamics Research Lab

 

Faculty Researchers: Location: Phone: Website:
Professor M. B. Bragg
Professor M. S. Selig
Professor G. S. Elliott
Aerodynamics Research Lab Building 217-244-6918 Aerodynamics Research Lab

Description of Research:

Co-directed by Professor M. B. Bragg, Professor M. S. Selig, and Professor G. S. Elliott. Subsonic aerodynamics research is conducted in the laboratory's three subsonic wind tunnels. Supersonic aerodynamics research is conducted in the labs blow-down wind tunnel and focuses on laser flow diagnostics. In recent years, research activities have included airfoil ice accretion effects, low Reynolds number airfoils, motorsports aerodynamics, and propeller aerodynamics.