Abbishek, Paul, and Bipin join AFRG
August 20, 2018
Abbishek Gururaj, Paul Swiney, and Bipin Tiwari join the graduate program at Auburn University. Abbishek and Bipin will be pursuing their Doctoral degree while Paul will be pursuing a Masters degree. Abbishek and Paul will be working on rotor aerodynamics and flow diagnostics methods, while Bipin will be working on biofluid mechanics. Welcome to the group Abbishek, Paul, and Bipin!
Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Award
May 25, 2018
Michael Eric Wietstruk was chosen to be awarded the prestigious Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Award and become a member of the Astronaut Scholar Honor Society. Mike is currently working in our research group to develop novel techniques to study gust interaction in birds. Congratulations Mike! Link
Vertical Flight Foundation Scholarship
April 04, 2018
Nathaniel Reed has been awarded the prestigious Vertical Flight Foundation Scholarship by the American Helicopter Society (AHS). He is currently working on developing a six degree of freedom motion platform to study dynamic ground effects for multirotor configurations. Nate will receive the award at the Annual AHS Forum 74. Congratulations Nate! Link
Mike wins Undergraduate Poster Award
April 01, 2018
Michael Wietstruk was awarded the Best Poster Award across the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering at Auburn University's This is Research Student Symposium. He presented his recent work on developing gust generation systems to investigate unsteady aerodynamics. Congratulations Mike! Link