Aerospace Engineering

  • Vanderbilt University

    Open Space: Vanderbilt Alumni Propel a Vision for Space Travel That’s Accessible and Sustainable

    Blue Origin and a handful of other private companies, like Virgin Galactic and SpaceX, are racing to develop low-cost, reusable rockets that are safe enough to regularly ferry humans—and other materials—to space and back again. At least a dozen Vanderbilt alumni are working in some capacity with David Limp, BS'88, and CEO of Blue Origin, to achieve the company’s sweeping vision. Read More

    May 5, 2025

  • Vanderbilt University

    Field engineering summer internship shapes four students’ aerospace careers

    Vanderbilt engineering students Rais Nurhidajat, Jonathan Zak, Leo Brenes, and graduate student Andrew Noonan gained invaluable aerospace career experience this summer at the Vanderbilt Aerospace Design Laboratory. Their project, developing an autorotative lander, advanced their technical skills and provided a springboard for their future careers in the aerospace industry. Read More

    Sep 16, 2024

  • Vanderbilt University

    Gift extends support for Vanderbilt’s award-winning rocket team

    The inaugural Mark Dalton Faculty Director of Experiential Learning in Aerospace Engineering is Amrutur "A.V.” Anilkumar. Anilkumar has served as the faculty adviser to Vanderbilt teams that have won numerous national and international aerospace engineering awards over two decades. Read More

    May 2, 2023