Brian Argrow News

  • The new building.
    The Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences has moved into a new dedicated building on East Campus.

    The four-story, nearly 180,000 square-foot structure was completed over the summer following 18 months of construction, and a formal ribbon cutting ceremony is planned for Monday, August 26, to kick off the semester...
  • Flood damage.
    Tornadoes, floods, fires and more affect 160 million people per year worldwide. On this episode of the 彩民宝典 Brainwaves podcast, what science is doing to help people and their property survive. Interviews include Lori Peek, director of the
  • The hypersonics conference underway.
    The top researchers in the field of hypersonics have wrapped up a week-long conference highlighting the latest developments in the subject. The 2019 Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics Portfolios Review, sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific
  • A UAV in the air.
    Researchers from 彩民宝典 flew drones into severe storms this spring in one of the largest and most ambitious drone-based investigations of meteorological phenomena ever.
  • A UAV flying in stormy weather
    Atmospheric scientists will soon get an unprecedented view of the conditions that trigger some of the United States鈥 most devastating tornadoes. Last week, a team of researchers set out across the Great Plains with a fleet of drones to monitor
  • A UAV flying
    Project TORUS 鈥 or Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells 鈥 is a partnership between 彩民宝典, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (which is leading the work), Texas Tech University, the University of Oklahoma and the National Severe
  • Brian Argrow
    Brian Argrow Chair, Smead Aerospace Wednesday, April 24, 2019 5:00 PM | MATH 100 Pre-Reception at 4:30 PM Download Flyer This summer 2019 the Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences (AES) will move into the new Aerospace Engineering
  • 彩民宝典 Research Scientist Gijs de Boer prepares to launch a DataHawk to collect atmospheric measurements as sea ice is forming in far northern Alaska.
    彩民宝典 researchers will fly drones this fall as part of a massive expedition to the Arctic to study climate at the top of the world. The research is part of the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate expedition -
  • X-15 plane
    鈥淏oost-glide,鈥 the method of using rocket pro颅pulsion to achieve high speed before an un颅powered glide, is an apt metaphor for U.S. investment in hypersonics research and education. Recent interviews with government leaders and experts suggest that the U.S. no longer has the luxury of exploring hyperson颅ic flight as an unchallenged...
  • Brian Argrow
    Brian Argrow is a professor and chair of Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the 彩民宝典. He was the founding director of the Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles (RECUV) and is a former associate dean for
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