AeroAstro Annual

AeroAstro No.8
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AeroAstro No. 8, 2010-2011

Featuring AeroAstro's research in autonomous and humans-in-the-loop systems.

• Faculty Interview: New AeroAstro head Jaime Peraire. William Litant
• Thinking for themselves: Autonomous robots plan their own actions in complex, dynamic environments. Jon How. Emilio Frazzoli, and Brian Williams
• Humans-in-the-loop. Mary Cummings, Jon How, and Brian Williams
• Where am I: Abesent external positioning systems, UAVs need to be clever learners. Nickolas Roy, and Jon How
• Autonomous mobility. Emilio Frazzoli, Jon How, Nicholas Roy, Russ Tedrake, and Brian Williams
• MIT autonomous systems education. Brian Williams
• Alumni Interview: Dave Vos. Dick Dahl
• Lab report. News from AeroAstro research labs

AeroAstro No. 7
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AeroAstro No. 7, 2009-2010

Featuring AeroAstro's research in aviation-related energy and environment.

• Subsonic civil transport aircraft for 2035. Elena de la Rosa Blanco, Edward M. Greitzer
• Reducing airport surface operation environmental impact. Hamsa Balakrishnan and R. John Hansman
• Aviation and the environment: which way forward? Steven R.H. Barrett and Ian A. Waitz
• Space-based observation program is key to informed climate change. Daniel Selva, Brandon H. Suarez, Edward F. Crawley
• Confronting energy and environment’s challenges with computational engineering. Youssef M. Marzouk and Karen E. Willcox
• Energy and environmental focus pervades MIT materials research. Brian L. Wardle
• New AeroAstro 16-Eng degree addresses global challenges, interdisciplinary studies. David L. Darmofal and Ian A. Waitz
• Alumni interview: John Langford blends business and passion with UAVs and environmental research. Dick Dahl

AeroAstro No. 6
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AeroAstro No. 6, 2008-2009

Featuring Giant Leaps, the MIT and AeroAstro celebration of the 40th anniversary of the moon landing.

• Introduction: Perspective is everything. Ian Waitz
• MIT and navigating the path to the moon. John Tylko
• Reflections on Apollo and the next giant leaps: the Giant Leaps Symposium. Dick Dahl
• Editorial: Apollo was a sheer creative expression. David Mindell
• Celebrating the life of Robert C. Seamans Jr. Louis Padulo
• The Boston Pops: A space trip of the imagination
• More leaps: Women in Aerospace symposium, outreach programs, Gardner Lecture, and Zero G
• Lab report. News from AeroAstro research labs

AeroAstro No. 5
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AeroAstro No. 5, 2007-2008

Featuring young AeroAstro faculty and their research.

• Exploration. monitoring, rescue are potentials for autonomous vehicles. Emilio Frazzoli
• Supervising automation: humans on the loop. Mary "Missy" Cummings
• Future of rocket engines is electrifying. Paulo Lozano
• Practical algorithms for air transportation systems. Hamsa Balakrishnan
• Social robots, smart systems. Nicholas Roy
• Getting real(time) with simulation and optimization. Karen Willcox
• Strategic engineering: designing systems for an uncertain future. Olivier de Weck
• Nano and the next-gen materials. Brian Wardle
• Passion constant = vibrations and waves in turbomachinery. Zoltan Spakovsky
• Understanding explosive blast injuries will save lives, improve treatments. Raul Radovitzky
• Learning innovation dynamics key to aerospace capability. Annalisa L. Weigel
• Lab report. News from AeroAstro research labs

AeroAstro No. 4
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AeroAstro No. 4, 2006-2007

• The Silent Aircraft, Ann Dowling, Edward Greitzer, Thomas Hynes, Edward Greitzer, James Hileman, and Zoltan Spakovszky
• CDIO in AeroAstro and beyond, Edward Crawley CDIO is an innovative framework for engineering education, created at MIT AeroAstro
• Raven: Testbed for autonomous UAVs, Jonathan How
• Hand and mind ... and heart, Three AeroAstro students combine engineering skills and social conscience to better the world.
• Blending passions for planes and teaching, Bob Sales. Faculty member Robert Liebeck profile
• Brad Parkinson, Bob Sales. Alumni profile of the father of the global positioning system
• Lab report. News from AeroAstro research labs
• Appreciation: Earll Murman, Wesley Harris

AeroAstro No. 3
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AeroAstro No. 3, 2005-2006

• MIT tackles interplanetary transportation of supplies, equipment, and humans, Olivier de Weck.
• Small teams make experimental project lab a unique, popular place, Jennifer Craig and Edward Greitzer.
• A global balance: Aviation and the environment, Ian A. Waitz.
• Transition: This personal vehicle's future is in the air and on the road, Carl Dietrich.
• Computational engineering is growing, and AeroAstro is in the thick of it, David Darmofal, et al.
• Mark Drela's research - and his teaching - offer beauty and functionality, Lauren Clark.
• Sci-fi turns high-fly for astronaut-alumna Janet Voss, Matthew Silver.
• Lab report. News from AeroAstro research labs.
• Appreciation: Gene Covert and the Guggenheim Medal, William T.G. Litant

AeroAstro No. 2
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AeroAstro No. 2, 2004-2005

• Distributed satellite systems offer vision for exploration and education, David Miller.
• MIT-designed aspirated compressors = shorter, lighter engines, Jack Kerrebrock.
• Learning in AeroAstro's Landmark Laboratory, William Litant.
• Students react to more effective teaching: Changing the pedagogy,
• Confidence in the Code, Nancy Leveson.
• Multipath wireless at the threshold of robust, low-cost communication, Moe Win.
• Of mice and Mars, Paul Wooster and Erika Wagner.
• A one-on-one with Widnall, Lauren Clark.
• Lab report. News from AeroAstro research labs.

AeroAstro No. 1
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AeroAstro No. 1, 2003-2004

• An innovation in airport noise reduction, J-P Clarke.
• A paradigm shift in communications satellite design, Eytan Modiano.
• Space electric propulsion. it's been a long time coming, Manuel Martinez-Sanchez.
• Lean Aerospace Initiative.
• Teaching by questioning, Steven Hall.
• Profile of Professor Dava Newman, Lauren Clark.
• Profile of Boeing Chief Research Pilot Tom Imrich, Dick Dahl.
• Lab report. News from AeroAstro research labs.