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Explore. Achieve. Lead.

Explore. Achieve. Lead.

The Smead Program provides excellence in research, academic programming, and personal and professional enrichment for the brightest minds pursuing graduate- and faculty-level research in aerospace engineering.

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A unique community within the larger Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ, the Smead Program emphasizes ground-breaking interdisciplinary research and leadership through a multi-pronged approach:

  • PhD Student Scholars
  • Faculty Fellows
  • Visiting Professorships
  • Distinguished Post- Doctoral Associates

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2025 Student Scholars

Madison Lin

Madison Lin
Research: Trajectory
design and optimization

Hasani Spann

Hasani Spann
Research: Modeling and timing
of orbits and orbital transfers

2024 Student Scholars

Sarah Kinney headshot

Sarah Kinney
Research: Fluid structure interactions
in hypersonic applications

Lisa Ventura

Lisa Ventura
Research: Decision-making for autonomous
aircraft, robot and human interactions

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2023 Student Scholar

Cate Leszcz

Cate Leszcz
Research: Characterizing
uncertainty in hypersonic
aerothermodynamic environments

2022 Student Scholars

David Dezell Turner

David Dezell Turner
Research: Astrodynamics

Evangelina Evans

Evangelina Evans
Research: Astrodynamics
for cislunar space applications

2021 Student Scholars

Sarah Luettgen

Sarah Luettgen
Research: Dynamics of the
Earth’s upper atmosphere

Mitchell Wall

Mitchell Wall
Research: Hypersonics
and reentry vehicles

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Smead Symposium group photo


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