KU Aerospace Engineering Students Continue Excellence in National Design Competitions
A team of student engineers from the University of Kansas took second place in a prestigious international aerospace competition, continuing KU’s long history of success at the event.
The students won recognition from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics for their design of an unmanned hypersonic spy plane, which they named the “Hyperhawk” system. Ron Barrett-Gonzalez, professor of aerospace engineering, said the award is the 41st that KU students have received in AIAA competition over the last decade.
“Our department is not exactly like the basketball team, but if you keep posting win after win after win, eventually people take notice,” he said.