Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering

This section of the college news site gathers stories that feature the faculty, students, staff and programs of the UA Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering. For detailed information about all other aspects of AME, please visit the department website.

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Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering News

Roberto Furfaro standing behind a telescope

The Visitor Who Never Left: Roberto Furfaro, 2021 da Vinci Fellow

April 29, 2021 | Emily Dieckman

The systems and industrial engineering professor, whose work centers around applying artificial intelligence methods to space exploration, has been with the college for more than 20 years.

Engineering Alum at the Helm of New Tech Startup

April 15, 2021 | Tech Parks Arizona

Mechanical engineering alum Roslyn Norman is the engineering manager at Paramium Technologies, which just received a $256,000 National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research grant.

Rapid Antenna Prototyping >>

Alex Craig and Jesse Little stand next to a large metal wind tunnel.

Investigating Boundary Layers in Hypersonic Flight

March 30, 2021 | Emily Dieckman

The UArizona Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering received more than $3 million in funding in support of their hypersonics research on objects that move faster than the speed of sound.

High-Speed Boundary Blasting >>