KU Aerospace Engineering Students Earn International Design Awards
Aerospace engineering students from the University of Kansas collected three awards in two major international design competitions, adding to the school’s record number of such honors.
Students finished first and third in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ Undergraduate Individual Design Competition for their designs of efficient aircraft that can land or take off using either land or water.
In addition, a team of six students finished second in the AIAA’s Graduate Team Missile Design Competition for a missile featuring new modular design and innovative propulsion.