Posts Tagged ‘Aero’
NASA-funded project offers new insights into fire behavior in space
In the coming years, NASA plans to launch long-duration missions to the Moon and to Mars, where astronauts will spend weeks, months or even years living in spacecraft. Understanding fire behavior in these environments is important to ensuring crew safety, but flammability testing conducted on Earth does not always give a complete picture of how…
Read MoreNew wind tunnel is installed in Hesse Hall
Berkeley Engineering’s new, state-of-the-art wind tunnel has gone live at Hesse Hall. The wind tunnel will enable students to replicate flight conditions, making it a vital part of the growing aerospace program that was launched in fall 2022. At 37 feet long, 13 feet wide and six feet high, the wind tunnel can generate air…
Read MoreWatch Now: Perspectives on Future Challenges in Commercial Aviation and Aerospace Engineering
The Department of Mechanical Engineering presents “Perspectives on Future Challenges in Commercial Aviation and Aerospace Engineering.” The webinar will feature Naveed Hussain, chief technology officer, vice president and general manager at Boeing Research & Technology, and Howard McKenzie, vice president and chief engineer at Boeing Global Services, in conversation with mechanical engineering professor Panos Papadopoulos.…
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