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The Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics (AEM) Department at the University of Minnesota offers bachelors, masters, and doctorates of philosophy in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics. The AEM faculty conduct research in the areas of Fluid Mechanics, Solid Mechanics and Materials, Aerospace Systems and in other emerging fields such as Nanotechnology. More...

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Faculty Spotlight

Yiyuan Zhao

At first glance, the idea of optimization may seem indigenous to aerospace or other transportation sciences. However, Yiyuan Zhao, an AEM professor and expert on the subject, argues that optimization is part of everyday life.


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Upcoming Events
September 12
TBD at 2:30 PM
September 19
Intro to AEM Fluids Faculty at 2:30 PM

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Student
Employment

A postdoctoral Associate position is open in Development of Multi-scale particle-continuum simulation of hypersonic flows and gas-surface interactions
Courses

Change in permission number policy

Prior to Spring of 2008, AEM did not issue Course Permission Numbers for its courses. However, recent changes in the number of students in AEM courses and the demands directly enrolling students in AEM courses placed on our staff resulted in this change in policy.
Click here to request a permission number for AEM courses

Solar car finishes race in Canada

centaurusThe night before the University's solar team was to begin its North American Solar Challenge Race in Texas, a piece of the car's equipment completely failed - and team members thought they might be out immediately. More..

Posted August, 4th, 2008


AEM alumni participate in NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission

phoenix_smallThree U of MN AEM graduates participated directly in the recently landed Mars Phoenix mission.  Jim Chase (BAEM 1999), Scott Doudrick (MS 1997) and Maria Schellpfeffer  (BS 2003) all participated in the Mars exploration mission which has been developing since August of 2003 More...

Posted August 4, 2008

Azeem Khan working on next generation avionics

Azeem Khan is helping to take aviation to new heights. Khan, a former NASA intern and Nanosat-4 alum, now works as software engineer at Rockwell Collins in the field of next generation avionics. His team is developing the electronic instrument displays known as the “glass cockpit.” More...

Posted May 22nd, 2008

AEM alum awarded Best Dissertation Award

Each year approximately two hundred students are nominated to receive the Graduate School’s highly competitive Best Dissertation Award.  We are pleased to announce that AEM alum, Liping Liu, has been selected to receive this award. More...

Posted May 19th, 2008

 
Aerospace News
Date Item
2008-9-2 ISS Changes Orbit To Avoid Russian Debris: for the first time in 5 years the ISS had to maneuver to avoid the remains of a destroyed satellite.
2008-8-28 NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity is Climbing out of Victoria Crater, after spending almost a year inside. Spirit is still working as well and has recently taken this 180 degree panorama.
2008-8-25 QinetiQ's Zephyr breaks flight time record for unmanned aircraft, beating the Global Hawk's old record.
2008-8-24 NASA's Shuttle Successor Fails Parachute Test. A mock-up of the Orion crew exploration vehicle was destroyed when the parachutes used to setup the test did not work.
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