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Research News - July 2019

A student pulls on a rope to launch a bottle rock, which is making a big arc through the sky and back toward the ground.

Summer Engineering Academy Helps High Schoolers Design Their Future

Hundreds of teenagers from across the United States spend their summer launching bottle rockets, racing cardboard boats and melting iron at the University of Arizona.
CubeSat in space

$3M in NASA Funding to Help Students Build CubeSats

UA team to collaborate with students from Arizona and Puerto Rico on the next generation of space exploration technology.
Daniel Wibben

NASA Recognizes Record-Breaking Contributions of UA Engineering Alumnus

Systems engineer receives Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal for his work in helping the OSIRIS-REx mission break two Guinness World Records.
Black-and-white photo of the UA Engineering Building in 1956.

Old Engineering Celebrates 101 Years

Alumni reminisce about the colorful history of one of the UA’s oldest buildings.