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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.

Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering News

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UA Formula Race Team Completes Grueling Endurance Race for First Time in Club History

Wildcat Racing, the UA's formula race team, competed recently in a race that tested the solid engineering underlying its car's construction.
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UA Student's Summer Agenda: Underwater Robotics

Undergraduate Eduardo Moreno will spend his summer building underwater robots to test for use in exploration and national defense.
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UA Student Robotic Rover Team Among Best in Nation

Student team is among only seven in the country that qualified to design and build a planetary rover and demonstrate it at NASA's "Rock Yard."
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Industry Helps Engineering Students Reanimate Robotic Mine Vehicles

The autonomous vehicles, which replace human drivers with computer control, satellite navigation and robotic vision, were originally part of a research program at Freeport-McMoRan in Safford, Ariz.

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