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Field engineering summer internship shapes students’ aerospace careers
Sep. 11, 2024—Vanderbilt engineering students gained invaluable aerospace career experience this summer at the Vanderbilt Aerospace Design Laboratory (VADL). Their project, developing an autorotative lander, advanced their technical skills and provided a springboard for their future careers in the aerospace industry.
Vanderbilt rocket team to pursue drone success at 2024 NASA competition
Jun. 13, 2024—Rocket team members are staying in the lab this summer to work on two designs of the drone that netted the team a second place award in the coveted AIAA Reusable Launch Vehicle Innovative Payload category at the 2024 NASA University Student Launch Initiative (USLI) Division rocket competition in April.
AIAA Reusable Launch Vehicle Year in Review (2023)
Dec. 4, 2023—Rocket manufacturers continue to bet big on reusability Zachary Friedman & Amrutur Anilkumar The Reusable Launch Vehicles Technical Committee promotes the development and implementation of operationally responsive and economically viable commercial, military and civil reusable launch vehicles and systems for space access and global reach.
It’s Just Rocket Science
Aug. 31, 2023—At Vanderbilt, Professor A.V. Anilkumar and the Aerospace Design Laboratory are playing a part in preparing the next generation of engineers who will pave the way to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
Vanderbilt Rocket Team collects coveted Altitude Award in 2023 NASA Student Launch competition
Jun. 17, 2023—The Vanderbilt University rocket, New Ham, successfully flew to within 4 feet of its 4500-foot altitude target to place first and collect the coveted Altitude Award in the 2023 NASA Student Launch competition. The team also earned a first-place award in the STEM Engagement category and placed second in the key Project Review category.
Anilkumar is named Mark Dalton Faculty Director of Experiential Learning in Aerospace Engineering
May. 7, 2023—The inaugural Mark Dalton Faculty Director of Experiential Learning in Aerospace Engineering is Amrutur “A.V.” Anilkumar, professor of the practice of aerospace engineering and director of the Vanderbilt Aerospace Design Lab. Anilkumar has served as the faculty adviser to Vanderbilt teams that have won numerous national and international aerospace engineering awards over the past two decades.
AIAA Reusable Launch Vehicles Year in Review (2022)
Jan. 27, 2023—Rocket manufacturers face challenges in push for Reusable Launch Vehicle Development Zachary Friedman & Amrutur Anilkumar
Renewable energy pilot facility completes decade of continuous operation
Dec. 4, 2022—The Love Circle renewable Energy Park has completed ten years of continuous operation.
Vanderbilt Rocket Team earns 2022 NASA Student Launch Project Award
Jun. 15, 2022—The Vanderbilt rocket team won the coveted NASA Student Launch Project Review Award for the best documentation of the project progress through 2021-2022. The national Student Launch rocketry competition was held in April and results were announced June 3. This is Vanderbilt’s 15th year to participate in the annual NASA event and teams have won the...
New Fund to Sustain VADL’s Vision
Mar. 4, 2022—Sustaining VADL’s Vision of Aerospace Engineering Immersion and Excellence is the goal of the new funding from Emeritus Chairman of the VU Board of Trust