Pioneering Breakthrough: Unmanned Aircraft Delivers Organ for Successful Kidney Transplant in Maryland
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In a first-ever advancement in human medicine and aviation technology, a University of Maryland unmanned aircraft has delivered a donor kidney to surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore for successful transplantation into a patient with kidney failure. This successful demonstration illustrates the potential of unmanned aircraft systems for providing organ deliveries that, in many cases, could be faster, safer, and more widely available than traditional transport methods.
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Faster, Safer, Cheaper
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After a successful flight, the kidney is carried from the landing pad at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. Photo courtesy of University of Maryland Medical Center.
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Women in Aeronautics and Astronautics
Celebrates Five Years
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Women in Aeronautics and Astronautics (WIAA) celebrates five years at the University of Maryland in 2019–20! The student-run WIAA fosters a professional and supportive community by empowering women with opportunities for leadership, technical and professional development, networking, outreach, and advocacy on behalf of female students. READ MORE. |
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Alumni Kerry Wisnoski (’86), co-founder of Millennium, provides new balloon payload project opportunities to help enhance student research capabilities.
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A three-year, $3 million gift to the A. James Clark School of Engineering from Lockheed Martin will fund aerospace research while increasing opportunities for women and underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields.
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A University of Maryland drone pilot is heading to the Bahamas to provide an eye in the sky to help the island nation recover after category 5 Hurricane Dorian left at least 60 people dead and hundreds missing, causing an estimated $7 billion damage.
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The University of Maryland’s UAS Test Site is celebrating a milestone this year: five years since its launch in 2014 as a hub for research and innovation in the rapidly evolving field of unmanned aviation.
Reporters from major news outlets braved hurricane-force winds as they stood in the University of Maryland’s Glenn L. Martin Wind Tunnel (GLMWT) on August 14, 2019. The occasion: the university’s annual Wind Tunnel Media Day, which draws TV reporters from various national and regional networks to visit the facility, a state-of-the art low-speed wind tunnel that has been actively involved in aerodynamic research and development since 1949.
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Students Take Top Honors at 36th Annual Student Design Competition for the Vertical Flight Society (VFS). This year marks the 17th first place win for UMD in the Graduate Design Category and third straight win for students the Undergraduate Design Category.
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An interdisciplinary team of undergraduate and graduate students under the mentorship of Assistant Professor Huan “Mumu” Xu took second place in the autonomous drone racing event at the prestigious 2019 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) in Macau. |
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Student capstone design project which envisioned a three-armed space station comes alive in New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez’s latest book, “Delta-v.”
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Christine Hartzell, assistant professor in the A. James Clark School of Engineering’s Department of Aerospace Engineering, is the mission scientist on Janus, one of three finalist missions selected by NASA for future small satellites.
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Mark Lewis has been named as the Pentagon’s new director of defense research and engineering for modernization and will be a deputy to Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Mike Griffin.
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Dr. Norris J. Krone, Jr. (Colonel, USAF Ret.) passed away June 28, 2019. Krone was a driving force behind the development of the X-29 Forward Swept Wing Technology Demonstrator airplane, one of the first planes built with a practical forward swept wing design.
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ALUMNI NEWS & PHILANTHROPY
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During events on campus November 25, students, faculty, and visitors had the opportunity to listen to alumna Jeanette Epps (M.S. ’94, Ph.D. ’00) discuss her experiences as an engineer and astronaut.
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Two years ago, a serious medical diagnosis for Jim Rand (’61, M.S. ’63, Ph.D. ’67) led the alumnus to reflect on his long career and many remarkable successes in aerospace engineering. He thought back to whom he wanted to thank—and how.
That person was Robert “Bob” Rivello (’43, M.S. ’48 mechanical engineering), who taught Rand and many other students in the University of Maryland’s Department of Aerospace Engineering before he passed away in 1991.
“Bob Rivello stood out,” says Rand, “as the one individual who helped me learn how to be an engineer, supported me in all my research, and was generally someone I looked up to.”
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Are you looking to honor a faculty member who made an impact on a student, past or present?
The Department of Aerospace Engineering welcomes gifts to this or any scholarship fund. Learn more by contacting Almarie Wood at aiwood@umd.edu or 301-405-9836.
Or visit https://aero.umd.edu/give.
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Contributions to the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Maryland help create more educational and research opportunities for our students, faculty, and department. Your contribution, no matter how large or small, can have an impact on a student today, and create far reaching impacts for tomorrow.
The Aerospace Engineering Chair's Undergraduate Education Fund supports initiatives and awards for undergraduates at the discretion of the Department Chair such as, but not limited to awards, student team materials, conference and competition travel, and student grants. Learn More About How You Can Support Aerospace Engineering at Maryland
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