High Energy Laser Lab

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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Faculty Researchers:	Location:	Phone:	Website:
Professor W. C. Solomon	Hydrogen Liquifier Building (Bldg. 204)	217-333-8480

Description of Research:

Directed by Professor W. C. Solomon. The lab is being used for research with high energy laser systems. The research is presently centered on the development of new Electrically enhanced Oxygen-Iodine Lasers (ElectricOIL) as well as some research in advanced Chemical Oxygen-Iodine Laser (COIL) technologies. Experimental and numerical experiments are providing the leading research for such lasers in the U.S. Fundamental measurements are being used to further our knowledge of the behavior of new systems.