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Senior awards! Spring graduates who received Department of Aerospace Engineering honors were recognized at the department's pre-commencement reception.

Pictured from left: Vance and Arlene Coffman Endowed Department Chair Wayne Chen, Jack Kolker (Overall Achievement Award); Samuel Hersom (Overall Achievement Award); Jillian Enke (Overall Achievement Award); Matthew Mehrtens (Academic Excellence Award); Jun Maruyama (Academic Excellence Award); Matthew Greer (Academic Excellence Award). Congratulations!

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Exploration of space and art both featured in a visit to the department by retired NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, PhD and her husband, glass artist Josh Simpson. Katherine "Cady" Coleman is an Air Force veteran and scientist who served on two NASA Space Shuttle missions and aboard the International Space Station. She has logged more than 4,330 hours in space. Photos shared in a presentation included Simpson-created glass spheres aboard the International Space Station with Coleman. Simpson's space and nature-inspired work is currently displayed at Iowa State's Brunnier Art Museum.

Senior honorees! AerE graduating seniors with special department honors were recognized at the pre-commencement reception. Pictured are Michael Miller, Logan Shelby (Academic Excellence Award); Annabelle Behrens, Emilee Evans, Declan Green, Ricardo Herrera (Overall Achievement Award). Congratulations to all!

Congrats to the grads! Seniors in attendance at the AerE Pre-Commencement Reception pose for the traditional group photo in the Howe atrium. We wish all our fall graduates the best in their future endeavors and know they will represent our department, the ISU College of Engineering, and Iowa State University well! Forever Cyclones!

The champs! Team Grubbin topped all challengers in the AER E 1600 Lighter Than Air Fly-Off competition in the Howe Hall atrium. A total of 45 teams, each with their own Pokemon character-based craft, took on the daunting obstacle course with Grubbin besting all challengers in two rounds of heats, semi finals and the championship. Congratulations to team members Aeris Bonefas, Felicity Brokaw, Jason Detlefsen, Jordyn Doughty, Sama Jabbbar and Kayla Oftedahl (not pictured). See more pictures from the competition in a separate post.

They were "blasting off again" in the AER E 1600 Lighter Than Air fall semester Fly-Off! With Pokemon as the design theme, 45 teams hit the launch pads in an evening of flying their lighter than air remote controlled craft, with the aid of helium-filled balloons, through the famous obstacle course in the Howe atrium. When it was over, the Grubbin team emerged as the champion (see the team featured in a separate post). Congratulations to all who supported this great end-of-semester event. AerE communication specialist John Burnett-Larkins handled live announcing duties while KURE radio supplied the live music and fall graduating seniors watched the action from their own special viewing area.

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Show your support for this semester’s Outstanding Seniors! We can't wait to see their continued impact on the world.

From top left:
Vanessa Hupp, chemical engineering
Mateo Rubel, agricultural engineering
John Titus Barnett, materials science and engineering
Greg Carter, software engineering
Kennedey Reiling, electrical engineering
Bethany Groos, biological systems engineering
Katie Wolf, College of Engineering student marshal, computer engineering
Kara Albrecht, industrial engineering
Kai Heng Gan, cyber security engineering
Kalista Leners, mechanical engineering
Sarah Mumm, civil engineering
Michael Miller, aerospace engineering

Read about these outstanding students here: https://go.iastate.edu/ZP3BNS

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