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Graduation 2020 Part II

Congratulations to our Undergraduates and Master's Students on graduation this Spring! We bid farewell to seven THRUST Master's Students: Davide, Danielle, Yann, Bas, Yuhan, Matt, and Sivanand. Also, congratulations to Atanaz and Mihai, our...

Ph.D. Graduation 2020

We have lots of students graduating with their Ph.D.'s this year! Congratulations to Kai Bastos, Michael Lee, Dani Levin, Kevin McHugh, and Matt Todesco on successfully defending their dissertaitions between February and May this year. Best of luck to...

GUIde Annual Meeting in Paris

The first annual meeting of GUIde 6 was in Paris, France in October 2019. Research updates were given by Shreyas Hegde and Ricky Hollenbach, as well as Dr. Kenneth Hall. The group also toured SAFRAN Engines, the host of the meeting. You can learn more...

Interview with Laboratory Alumni

Check out this Professional Development Blog by the Duke Graduate School written by lab member Ricky Hollenbach. In the issue he writes about his interview with Laboratory Alumni and Rolls-Royce Engineer Tommy Miyakozawa. https://gradschool.duke.edu/...

Masters Students Graduation

Congratulations to all the Aeroelasticty masters students who are graduating this Spring and Summer! While Wentao and Yifan will be continuing as Ph.D. students at Virginia Tech and Purdue respectively, Matt will begin his work at Lockheed Martin. All...

Conference Awards

Congratulations goes out to both of Dr. Kielb's Ph.D. Students on receiving prestigeous travel awards for the upcoming TurboExpo 2019 in Phoenix, Arizona in June. First, Ricky Hollenbach received a MEMS Departmental Travel Grant to attend the conference...

Wind Tunnel Renovations Complete!

Duke's Low Speed Wind Tunnel renovations have recenty been completed! Thank you to all who helped out in this process. Check out the results here!

New Graduate Aerospace Certificate

In addition to an undergraduate certificate in Aerospace Engineering, the Duke University MEMS Department is proud to announce the establishment of the SOAR Program! It stands for Studies and Opportunities in Aerospace Research and is a certificate...

Zhiping Mao Successfully Defends his Thesis!

Zhiping Mao, a Ph.D. candidate under the advisement of Dr. Robert Kielb successfully defended his thesis! He'll soon begin his work as an investment manager at Summitview Captial, utilizing his technical as well as consulting skill. Congratulations!

Dowell Receives Highest Individual Honor for Achievement in Aeronautics

Earl Dowell, the William Holland Hall Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Duke University, has been named this year’s recipient of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Reed Aeronautics Award. The award is the highest honor an...

Duke Aeroelasticity student meets Chinese President!

 Zhiping Mao, a PhD student in Bob Kielb’s MEMS lab, was invited to Washington as the representative of Duke Chinese students at a recent ceremony forChinese President Xi Jinping. Zhiping Mao, a PhD student in Bob Kielb’s MEMS lab, was invited to Washington as the representative of Duke Chinese students at a recent ceremony forChinese President Xi Jinping. Wearing red t-shirts with a Chinese panda and American eagle logo to...

Duke Aeroelasticity Group goes to 2015 ASME Turbo Expo!

Dr. Robert Kielb recently accompanied three of his PhD Students to the 2015 ASME Turbo Expo Conference, the largest and most prestigious technical conference on turbomachinery. Of note, students Jing Li (left) and Fanny Besem (right) of Duke collaborated...

David Ewins Gives Seminar on Future Directions for Structural Dynamics Research

Durham NC, April 17th, 2014 In most aerospace structures there are two primary concerns: performance - often dictated by thermo-fluid considerations, and integrity - which is heavily influenced by materials and structural dynamics. On April 17th David...

Fanny Besem Awarded Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship and a Turbo Expo Travel Award

Durham, NC, March 27, 2014 It has been an amazing week for Ph.D. student Fanny Besem who has received two awards in rapid succession. First, Fanny was selected for the prestigious Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship. Established in 1938 in...

Joshua Waite Selected for Turbo Expo Travel Award

Durham, NC, March 26, 2014 Joshua Waite was awarded the 2014 ASME IGTI Young Engineer Travel Award. This award provides complimentary registration for the 2014 Turbo Expo Technical Conference that will take place in Düsseldorf, Germany from June 16-20,...