Mission tests feasibility of asteroid redirection, provides first up-close glimpse of binary system. (Photo credit: NASA/John Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben)
As a member of the aerospace engineering department, she has served in several leadership positions, including Director of the Undergraduate Program and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Faculty advisor, Director of the Graduate Program, Associate Department Chair, and Acting Department Chair.
The University of Maryland’s A. James Clark School of Engineering ranks #11 among the country’s public universities in U.S. News & World Report 2022-23 Best Colleges rankings, rising one spot from #12 in 2022.
New UAS Test Site director discusses its role in UMD research and the planned Chesapeake UAS Route Network.
Test Site Implementing a Safety Management System
The new SMS, which "isn’t the norm in uncrewed organizations yet," is a comprehensive approach to managing safety risk and ensuring the effectiveness of safety risk controls.
The ECDA Society launches an exclusive professional network of Maryland Engineering alums leading the next generation of innovators, entrepreneurs, and change agents.
Alumni Chris and Patricia Van Buiten create Maryland Promise Scholarship to give back and support future student success at Maryland.
Chris Van Buiten (’89, aerospace engineering) and his wife Patricia (’88, recreation therapy) built more than successful careers from their education at Maryland, they built the foundation of their family and fostered a legacy of Maryland pride.
“We're excited to start this scholarship to help the next generation. There’s a huge spectrum of opportunities in the field that wasn’t available when I started. Let them work on passenger helicopters for Mars. Wouldn’t that be neat!” said Chris, adding that, “And wouldn’t it be great, if thirty years from now, someone who enjoyed a scholarship, came back and told a similar story as ours.”
The Department of Aerospace Engineering welcomes gifts to this or any scholarship fund. Or, are you looking to honor a faculty member who made an impact on a student, past or present?
Engineering Terps are invited to celebrate the time-honored homecoming tradition with fellow alumni before Maryland kicks off at 3:30 p.m. against Northwestern.
Maryland Engineering Dean Samuel Graham, Jr. (pictured center), along with students, faculty and staff visit the Glenn L. Martin Wind Tunnel to see recent research from the Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Center.
