Aerospace at Illinois

Aerospace Engineering 75th Anniversary

Please join us in September!

Where are they now?

Samantha McCue, '13 is Integration and Test IPT Lead and Flight Test Director for 5D Systems and owns two boutique fitness centers.

Where are they now?

Elias Waddington, '17 helped defuse a complicated hostage situation.

illustration of spacecraft using propulsion to steer

Propulsion not Parachutes

Strategy to land heavier vehicles on Mars

Artist's drawing of Talbot Expansion project

Coming 2020

The new facility will include Illinois' nanosatellite lab, composite manufacturing, and equipment for additive manufacturing and 3D printing.

DEPARTMENT NEWS

Associate Professor Joshua Rovey, left, talks about electric propulsion system testing with AE graduate students Nick Rasmont and Matt Klosterman

New salt-based propellant proven compatible in dual-mode rocket engines

Sep 09, 2019

Researchers demonstrated a salt-based propellant's compatibility with electrospray thrusters.

75 years in air and space

Sep 05, 2019

A timeline of AE highlights in a historical context.

GAANN Fellowships awarded to 10 AE graduate students

Sep 04, 2019

U.S. Department of Education’s Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need

Lead a Growing Aerospace Engineering Department

Head and Professor Position Available

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Upcoming Events

Featured Event

Annual Student Awards Banquet, 2019

Aerospace Engineering at Illinois recognizes outstanding students each spring with awards for scholastic achievement and other contributions.See the Most Recent Awards

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Application Dates

Graduate Programs

Undergraduate Programs

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Talbot Laboratory

addition to create new
instructional space
for composite
manufacturing,
nanosatellites.

Learn more about how we are growing.

Explore the new Talbot Addition