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Stents, which are inserted into the body to expand and stabilize blood vessels, undergo massive cycling. While durable, these materials are by no means perfect. Professor Tom Shield is exploring the fatigue life of shape-memory materials in an effort to find alloys with increased life.

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Upcoming Events
May 9
AEM Graduating Senior Reception at 4:00 PM

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AEM among top in productivity
A recent report from The Chronicle of Higher Education on Faculty Scholarship Productivity places AEM at #1 for <20 faculty, #5 overall for public universities and #10 for all institutions among Aerospace Engineering programs nationwide. More...

Announcements
A postdoctoral Associate position is open in Development of Multi-scale particle-continuum simulation of hypersonic flows and gas-surface interactions

Change in permission number policy
Prior to Spring of 2008, AEM did not issue Course Permission Numbers for its courses. However, recent changes in the number of students in AEM courses and the demands directly enrolling students in AEM courses placed on our staff resulted in this change in policy.
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AEM team takes first place in build competition

At the recently-held Aero Design West competition, dozens of teams designed and fabricated planes with the aim to carry as large a mass as possible. One AEM student team took first place overall (micro class) and another team took 11th place overall (regular class). More...

The Minnesota Daily has covered the team and competition.

Updated May 8, 2008

Air Force funds professor's look into objective structures

Richard James, Russel J. Penrose and Distinguished McKnight Professor, has been funded by the Air Force to determine the applicability of his recent research into objective structures to improved antennae for micro air vehicles. More..

Posted April 11, 2008

AEM alumnus David Holger selected for top role in ABET

The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has selected David K. Holger, Ph.D., as its 2008-2009 President- Elect. He is a three-time AEM graduate, receiving his bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees from the University of Minnesota in 1970, 1971 and 1974, respectively. More..

Posted April 6, 2008

AEM student designs 'Unicorn'

What started as undergraduate research for AEM senior Troy Wigton has turned into what he expects will be a lifelong hobby, perhaps even a career. Working for Prof. Demoz Gebre-Egziabher, Wigton researched and fabricated the Unicorn – a Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) that students around the department now use as a platform to test avionics. More..

Posted April 2, 2008

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**Aerospace News**
Date	Item
2008-5-7	The Earth may have had multiple moons at one point after the collision that created the Moon.
2008-4-25	Universe Today has more details on the near tragic reentry of the Soyus last week.
2008-4-21	The Earth's magnetosphere provides needed protection from the Sun's radiation, but its tail may cause additional problems for astronauts on the Moon.
2008-4-15	If jet planes are not fast enough for you, check out the Rocket Racing league, that plans races in rocket powered aircraft.
2008-3-9	The first launch of European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicles (ATV) was yesterday (includes movie of the launch). The ATV is an unmanned resupply ship for the International Space Station. The ATV and Russia's Progress will service the ISS once the Shuttle fleet stops flying in 2010.
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