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AEM Students Put Skills to the Test at Minneapolis Flugtag Event
On a rainy Saturday in late September, students launched a human-powered aircraft off a runway, soaring through the air before landing in the Mississippi River.
MASST Receives EarthCup Award
The Midwest Alliance for Solar Sail Technology (MASST), a collaboration among faculty, students, and researchers led by the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities was one of only three teams recognized.
AEM Welcomes Associate Professor James Scoggins to Faculty
Coming from NASA, Dr. Scoggins brings expertise in computational aerothermodynamics and scientific machine learning to the department.
Aerospace engineers play a key role in the advancement of society, performing work that touches our lives in countless ways beyond aircraft and spacecraft design alone.
With a stellar reputation and strong research focus that yields real-world results, the University of Minnesota (UMN) Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics (AEM) Department is the premier destination for the next generation of leaders in the industry.
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Graduate students
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