The 2021 AE Day took place virtually on Friday, April 9, 2021 over zoom. 

The purpose of this event is to initiate and nurture a regular dialog between Auburn University Aerospace Engineering Faculty and Government/Industry Representatives around the country. This is an annual event where attendees will not only learn about the cutting edge research taking place at Auburn University, but also have the opportunity to provide constructive feedback to help guide the future direction of the department.

The attendees of AE Day are engineers, scientists, managers, alumni, and anyone with a technical interest in Auburn University Aerospace Engineering.  

All sessions were recorded and are posted below.

 

Timeline for AE Day 2021

Time	Event
8:30 – 9:00 AM	Overview of Department of Aerospace Engineering Dr. Brian Thurow
9:00 – 10:00 AM	Flight Mechanics, Controls, and Design - Space  STAR lab's participation in ongoing space exploration missions, Dr. Toshi Hirabayashi Adversarial Threats to Proliferated Satellite Constellations, Dr. Davide Guzzetti ACE lab project on orbital maneuvers/collaboration with AFOSR, Dr. Eshan Taheri
10:20 – 11:00 AM	Flight Mechanics, Controls, and Design – Air Vehicle Systems, Dynamics, and Design Lab - Research Activity Overview, Dr. Imon Chakraborty Networked Flight Simulation and Control - Laboratory Vision, Dr. Umberto Saetti
11:00 AM – Noon	Structures and Materials Effects of Defects on Sustainability of Composite Structure, Dr. Suhasini Gururaja Smart Materials for Adaptive Aerospace Structures, Dr. Russell Mailen Mechanics of Materials Laboratory - mechanics, design and machine learning, Dr. Vinamra Agrawal
1:00 - 2:00 PM	Propulsion Advanced Propulsion Research Lab, Dr. Joe Majdalani (extended version) Aero-propulsion related systems modeling, simulation and optimization, Dr. Roy Hartfield Combustion Physics Lab, Dr. David Scarborough
2:20 - 3:40 PM	Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics On the Cyclone Chamber Flows, Dr. Anwar Ahmed Applied Fluids Research Group, Dr. Vrishank Raghav High-fidelity computational methods/solvers for practical turbulent flow simulations, Dr. Nek Sharan Novel Image-Based Diagnostics for High-Speed Wind Tunnels, Dr. Brian Thurow
3:40	Adjourn