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News from the University of Maryland's Department of Aerospace Engineering  |  Spring 2021

Spring 2021


Maryland Graduate Engineering Ranked
#10 Public in the Nation


The A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland (UMD) is ranked a Top 10 program for graduate-level engineering among the United States’ public institutions in U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Graduate Education Rankings, released March 30.

The Department of Aerospace Engineering at Maryland is ranked 8 among public institutions and 13 overall.

The 2022 rankings mark the Clark School’s third consecutive year in the Top 10 for public engineering schools.

Alumnus Elected to National Academy of Engineering

Alumnus Chris Jones
Alumnus Christopher T. Jones (Ph.D. ’97) was elected to the 2021 Class of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) “for leadership of defense logistics, sustainment, training, and system readiness in support of U.S. national security.”
 
DEPARTMENT NEWS
Christoph Brehm

Department Welcomes New Faculty Member Dr. Christoph Brehm


Brehm joins the UMD community after four years as an assistant professor at the University of Kentucky, and he will be supporting the department’s increased investment in hypersonics research.
RESEARCH & FACULTY NEWS

Softer, More
Resilient Robots


New research on bio-inspired robotics makes the cover of a special issue of Actuators.

Paley Receives ONR Funding for Cross-domain Cooperative Control


The project will enable autonomous underwater 3D mapping using underwater laser imaging, with the transmitter, target and receiver at separate (bistatic) locations.
Anderson Awarded AIAA 2021 Summerfield Book Award

Paley, Wereley Edit New Springer Book on Soft Robotics

Assoc. Professor Stuart Laurence Receives Competitive DURIP Grant
Interactions of Supersonic Projectiles with Large Droplets
and Aerosol-laden Flows

Awarding office: Office of Naval Research

UMD Team Honored for First Organ Transplant by Drone
 
STUDENT NEWS

Work Hard, Dream Big


Junior Benjamin Adwarka is one of only six undergraduate college students nationwide awarded one of Virgin Galactic’s new Galactic Unite Black Leaders in Aerospace Scholarship and Training (BLAST) program scholarships.

“[This scholarship] gives me more hope to keep chasing after my goals and continue to work hard knowing that hard work pays off and that this is just the beginning.”

Three Students Awarded Patti Grace Smith Fellowship

Three aerospace engineering students—Alexis Burris, Kirk “KJ” Mclean and Elias Hailu Daniel—are among the 43 awardees nationwide receiving the inaugural Patti Grace Smith Fellowship, established in 2020 to help foster diversity in the U.S. aerospace industry.

UPCOMING EVENTS
Join Us
April 7, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. EDT
for the
Whiting-Turner Business
& Entrepreneurial Lecture Series
w/ Alumna Sheila Cummings ('95)
Founder, President and CEO of
Cummings Aerospace, Inc.
"The Only Constant is Change"
RSVP or Learn More at:
go.umd.edu/cummings-rsvp
ALUMNI NEWS

Alumna Diana Trujillo (’07) Hosts First Ever Spanish-Language Show for a NASA Planetary Landing


“Juntos perseveramos,” hosted by Trujillo, featured interviews with Hispanic scientists, engineers and astronauts from across NASA.
PHILANTHROPY

Making Success, and Giving, Seem Natural

Alumnus Chris Jones (Ph.D. ’97) gives back to Maryland.

“When I was in grad school, I didn’t have a lot of money, but to tutor a student, help them navigate a big campus like Maryland, or give them some encouragement doesn’t take money, or a lot of time. There’s always someone who needs help.”
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.
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?

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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