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

Start Your Engines: Design-Build Clubs Drive UA Students Toward Career Goals

March 12, 2020 | Ronald Y Pérez

Three engineering student clubs allow present and future Wildcats to apply STEM principles taught in the classroom to designing and building vehicles.

Design, Build, Compete >>

Illustration of power, lighting and roving concepts operating in a lunar crater. (Photo courtesy of NASA)

Lunar Lasers and Cosmic Crops: NASA Funds UA Space Exploration Missions

March 6, 2020 | Rosemary Brandt and Emily Dieckman

NASA funding will support UA teams working on ways to harvest water and produce crops in space.

Exploring the Moon's South Pole >>

Students in solar-powered go-karts get ready at the starting line of a race.

Get Set for 2020 Racing the Sun Go-Kart Competition

Feb. 18, 2020 | Emily Dieckman

This SARSEF event, supported by the University of Arizona College of Engineering and its industry partner Caterpillar, empowers high school students to pursue higher education and careers in STEM.

Solar-Powered Empowerment >>