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

Three people in white shirts stand in front of a large, shiny telescope.

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 >>