The first such map, from just 89 days of in - flight testing, is 10 times better than 3 decades of gravity data from all other sources combined,
says aerospace engineer Byron Tapley of the University of Texas, Austin, leader of the U.S. GRACE team.
«We built 12 prototypes, starting with simple five - pound (2.3 kilograms) foam models and then 25 - pound (11.3 kilograms), highly modified fiberglass hobby airplane kits all leading up to the 55 - pound (24.9 kilograms), high quality, carbon fiber GL - 10 built in our model shop by expert technicians,»
said aerospace engineer David North.
Not exact matches
Not yet,
said James P. Lloyd, associate professor of astronomy and mechanical and
aerospace engineering at Cornell University.
A quick LinkedIn search also reveals a smattering of
aerospace engineers and interns that
say they work for LTA Research & Exploration.
«Young
engineers at
aerospace companies went through relatively lengthy periods designing some arcane bulkhead or door,» he
says.
Tom Delonge
says he's partnered with top - ranking government officials and
aerospace engineers for his company To The Stars.
For example, a Boeing
engineer said during a 2010
aerospace meeting that project was intended to evaluate the spacecraft's autonomous navigation systems, according to Air & Space Magazine.
This year's show could set the tone of the
aerospace market for the next five years,
says Anand Parameswaran of
engineering firm Cyient.
And one might
say that Bombardier
Aerospace's
engineering and production facility, a sprawling five - building complex just down the dusty highway, wouldn't exist without UNAQ.
Last month, German
engineering group Siemens
said it had decided to invest $ 30 million ($ 37 million) to set up a 3D - printing factory in the UK as part of its additive - manufacturing plans to serve
aerospace, automotive and other industries, going by a report.
ST
Aerospace says it will carry out
engineering and design development, cabin interior parts fabrication, kitting, certification, and installation.
In addition to the water - based propulsion, the other core technology to be demonstrated by the team is optical navigation,
said project manager Kyle Doyle, a doctoral student in
aerospace engineering.
William Schreiner, an
aerospace engineer who runs COSMIC - 2 for UCAR,
said that, at least in theory, there will be plenty of room for public and private orbiters.
«It's a beautiful instrument,»
says Donald Boucher, a principal scientist and
engineer with
Aerospace.
They're often older, more mature, and more committed to their education than students who enter the university right out of high school,
says Derek Dunn - Rankin, faculty director for California's statewide CAMP program and a professor of mechanical and
aerospace engineering at UC Irvine.
In fact, politics seemed to trump science in discussions over the last two years,
said Robert Socolow, a Princeton professor of mechanical and
aerospace engineering and a member of the Bulletin's Science and Security board.
There could be fish,»
says Bill Stone, head
engineer on the VALKYRIE project and founder of Stone
Aerospace in Texas.
«You have to share some of the excitement of the process of research in order to actually implement the right changes,»
says Rosakis, now an
aerospace and mechanical
engineer at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
Until now, pyroshock tests to ensure
aerospace parts were ready for the rigors of flight had used explosives encased in lead to provide the impacts to parts needed for such experiments, mechanical
engineer Mark Pilcher
said.
«This isn't like toothpaste coming out of a tube,»
said Juan Carlos del Alamo, professor of mechanical and
aerospace engineering at the Jacobs School of
Engineering at UC San Diego, who led a multidisciplinary team for this study, together with postdoctoral researcher Pablo Martinez - Legazpi and Dr. Javier Bermejo's group of cardiologists at Gregorio Marañon Hospital.
Dave Folta, a senior
aerospace engineer with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center,
says they are planning to use Howell's techniques — which he admiringly calls «highfalutin math» — for at least four missions over the next decade, including the Next Generation Space Telescope, scheduled to replace the Hubble Space Telescope in eight years.
«There's no need for the
aerospace industry to send people here for the test,»
says Phil Snyder, an Ames
engineer.
«We are the first to use both light and heat to synthesize liquid hydrocarbons in a single stage reactor from carbon dioxide and water,»
said Brian Dennis, UTA professor of mechanical and
aerospace engineering and co-principal investigator of the project.
That's partly because the warming of the oceans is not uniform,
says R. Steven Nerem, a professor in
aerospace engineering sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder.
And he
says he couldn't have started a successful ride - matching company without his degree in
aerospace engineering from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in New York.
Droplets from bursting bubbles are the principle means by which aerosols are produced above the open ocean,
said first author Luc Deike, a Princeton University assistant professor of mechanical and
aerospace engineering and the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI).
«We have a couple of options that this concept could be good for,»
said Bill Fredericks,
aerospace engineer.
«You always hope for perfection, but we're not surprised when we have crashes like this,»
says Carmack, lead
engineer and funder of Armadillo
Aerospace.
Jose Camberos, research
aerospace engineer and lead of design space exploration at the Multidisciplinary Science & Technology Center of the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright - Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio,
said that the work will hopefully give the field better insight into where the design of airplanes is going.
«Once you have robots that cooperate, you can do all sorts of things,»
said Kilian Weinberger, associate professor of computer science, who is collaborating on the project with Silvia Ferrari, professor of mechanical and
aerospace engineering, and Mark Campbell, professor of mechanical
engineering.
So yes,
said Hu, an Iowa State professor of
aerospace engineering, turn on the water.
«Our new material provides support for the liquid silicone as it is 3D printing, allowing us create very complex structures and even encapsulated parts out of silicone elastomer,»
said lead author Christopher O'Bryan, a mechanical and
aerospace engineering doctoral student in UF's Herbert Wertheim College of
Engineering and lead author on the paper.
«Our approach reduces the cost of nanolithography to the point where it could be done in your garage,»
says Dr. Chih - Hao Chang, an assistant professor of mechanical and
aerospace engineering at NC State and senior author of a paper on the work.
«Methods of controlling and manipulating subwavelength acoustic and elastic waves have proven elusive and difficult; however, the potential applications — once the methods are refined — are tremendous,»
said Guoliang Huang, associate professor of mechanical and
aerospace engineering in the College of
Engineering at MU.
«By manipulating the structure of the aluminum oxide, which is dielectric, we've improved both its optical and mechanical properties,»
says Chih - Hao Chang, corresponding author of a paper on the work and an assistant professor of mechanical and
aerospace engineering at NC State.
Ella Atkins, an
aerospace engineer at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
says the FAA needs to consider the many different ways drones can be used.
«NRL has twice flown our solar UAV [based on the SBXC sailplane] over 10 hours using a combination of solar photovoltaics and autonomous soaring as part of the «solar - soaring» research program,»
said Dr. Dan Edwards,
aerospace engineer.
«What we're doing is trying to design chemotherapeutic schedules to better overcome some of the known problems associated with chemotherapy,»
said Newton, professor of
aerospace and mechanical
engineering, mathematics and medicine — the latter at the Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
«The learning outcomes of
Aerospace Studies will get them into one of the apprentice schools, like Aviation Australia or ATAE, where they must get a sound achievement that sets them up to be a flight attendant or aeronautical
engineer,» Rolandsen
says.
Transport secretary Chris Grayling
said: «
Engineers — whether they are working on cutting - edge technology in
aerospace, energy or artificial intelligence — are vital to the lifeblood of our economy.
«The current Arctic ice cover is thinner and younger than at any previous time in our recorded history, and this sets the stage for rapid melt and a new record low,»
said Research Associate Sheldon Drobot, who leads CCAR's Arctic Regional Ice Forecasting System group in CU - Boulder's
aerospace engineering sciences department.
Are you really prepared to
say that all gas phase fluid dynamics modelling (in
aerospace, mechanical
engineering, physics, geoscience, etc and in all their applications) is incorrect?
«With this facility, we can pursue aggressive educational and research flight projects that involve high risk of fly - away or loss - of - control — and in realistic wind, lighting and sensor conditions,»
said U-M
aerospace engineering professor Ella Atkins.
Barnard
says a level - 6 apprentice
aerospace engineer could earn between # 20,000 and # 24,000 during apprenticeship and go on to earn # 30,000 after their course.