Today, thanks to advances in thermoplastic manufacturing, more and more aircraft components are being created out of advanced composite materials – a form of plastics. These composites are helping ...

A modified Saab 340B aircraft in flight powered in part by a hybrid electric system built by GE Aerospace, along with NASA, ...

Michigan students in grades 4-8 can join a free aerospace design challenge featuring mentorship, teamwork and innovation projects.

September 15 marks the start of Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month- and what a better time to celebrate Latinx women in STEM! Latinx women are one of the most underrepresented identities in STEM ...

Public private partnerships, or PPPs, have become an accepted form for government to obtain aerospace research, technology development and aerospace program execution. NASA, the DoD, other U.S.

The University of Colorado Boulder’s Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences is pleased to welcome the 2025 PhD Scholars into The Smead Program. They join the cohort of current ...

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In a famous quote from the timeless 1967 movie “The Graduate,” a young Dustin Hoffman receives some prescient advice. His father’s friend tells him about the path to future success: “One word…plastics ...