AFIT student assembles operational satellite in less than two hours www.afit.edu/news.cfm?article=006143
16 Jul 2009
- By Michael Kleiman, 377th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Since its initiation here in May 2007 the Operationally Responsive Space office has advocated for the rapid deployment of space capabilities to meet the needs of the warfighter, but even for...
2 ENY Students win Best Presentation Awards www.afit.edu/news.cfm?article=036740
18 Dec 2008
- Capt. Brett Cooper and Mr. William Karasz from the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (ENY) at AFIT’s Graduate School of Engineering and Management were recently selected for Best Presentation Awards at the 4th Annual Dayton Engineering Sciences Symposium, held at...
Dynamic In-flight Tracking and Measurement of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles www.afit.edu/news.cfm?article=036441
05 Nov 2008
- A revolutionary new lightweight aerospace structures testing and analysis capability was recently unveiled at AFIT. Dynamic In-flight Tracking and Measurement (DITM) technology will revolutionize studies of the behavior of lightweight aerospace structures, including large deployable or inflatable space structures; inflatable,...
AFIT student wins half-marathon in military category www.afit.edu/news.cfm?article=036541
02 Oct 2008
- Congratulations go to First Lt. Caitlin Thorn, a student in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Graduate School of Engineering and Management. Lt. Thorn won first place in the military category of the...
Four AFIT students win Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium awards www.afit.edu/news.cfm?article=036342
09 Jun 2008
- Four Air Force Institute of Technology students received awards from the Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium at a banquet on 22 May. Capt. Terry Hankins, a March 2008 graduate of AFIT’s Graduate School of Engineering and Management, received the DCASS Art-in-the-Sciences...
AFIT student receives SECAF Leadership Award www.afit.edu/news.cfm?article=036045
28 May 2008
- Congratulations to Capt. Peter Mastro, who was selected as the #1 student from all 2007 Squadron Officer School classes. Capt. Mastro, currently a graduate student in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Graduate...
AFIT student finalist in ASME paper competition www.afit.edu/news.cfm?article=03614A
25 Apr 2008
- Amber McClung, a Dayton Area Graduate Studies Institute PhD student in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Graduate School of Engineering and Management, authored a paper that has been selected as a finalist...
AFIT Project Soars into Space www.afit.edu/news.cfm?article=036142
17 Mar 2008
- On March 11th, space shuttle Endeavour carried aloft an experiment designed, built, and tested by students at the Air Force Institute of Technology. The RIGEX project, which stands for Rigidizable Inflatable Get–Away–Special Experiment, is designed to test and collect data...
AFIT SPASS Lab Achieves “(AF) Blue Glow” www.afit.edu/news.cfm?article=0A63
13 Nov 2007
- The Air Force Institute of Technology's newest laboratory, the Space Propulsion Analysis and System Simulator (SPASS), has just reached a major milestone. The inside of the two meter diameter vacuum chamber is currently glowing a distinctive Air Force blue. This...
AFIT's COAL Laboratory Maximizes Flexibility and Performs Combustion Research www.afit.edu/news.cfm?article=0563
12 Sep 2007
- The AFIT Combustion Optimization and Analysis Laser (COAL) Laboratory was designed to maximize flexibility and include as much capability in performing world-class combustion research as possible. The laboratory includes gaseous as well as liquid fuel injection, large volume air delivery...
