Aeronautics and Astronautics

Group of students gathered outside on a sunny day.

Aug 12, 2024

Exploring space-related, human-centered design

School News

NASA illustration of a swarm of satellites in space.

Aug 8, 2024

Engineers conduct first in-orbit test of ‘swarm’ satellite autonomous navigation

Computation & Data, Transportation & Robotics

Prof. Katila on stage with two students as she receives the Teaching Award, all in regalia.

Jul 2, 2024

Tau Beta Pi Announces 2024 Teaching Award and Teaching Honor Roll

School News

Student adjusts a robotic arm in a multi-colored robotic testbed.

Jun 18, 2024

New center harnesses AI to advance autonomous exploration of outer space

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Transportation & Robotics

Portrait of Richard Christensen centered on a cardinal red background.

May 20, 2024

Richard M. Christensen, expert on the mechanics of materials, has died

School News

Group observes robotic spacecraft simulation.

Mar 7, 2024

AI makes a rendezvous in space

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Technology & Society

Professor in the background, holding a prototype of portable antenna.

Jan 18, 2024

New, portable antenna could help restore communication after disasters

Materials, Technology & Society

Associate Professor Marco Pavone and PhD student Stephanie Newdick holding their ReachBot prototype.

Dec 5, 2023

The limitations of being human got you down? There’s a robot for that

Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

Amazon forest floor

Sep 18, 2023

'Getting a handle' on a potent climate threat

Environment

Aerial view of a Los Angeles freeway interchange.

Jan 27, 2023

Mac Schwager: How engineers are putting the ‘auto’ in autonomous

Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

3D architectural sketch of a jet plane.

Jan 20, 2023

Ilan Kroo: Better ways to build an airplane

Transportation & Robotics

Image of a starshade, which can be used to find exoplanets

Jul 18, 2022

An engineer uses an ancient art to solve a very modern problem

Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

Photo of an F/A-18 Super Hornet flying at subsonic speed.

Jul 18, 2022

How to make quieter airplanes

Energy, Transportation & Robotics

Image of Anna Marie Spilker and James J. Spilker Jr.

Jun 15, 2022

A gift from a dedicated Stanford family continues a legacy of support

School News

Aerial shot of the School of Engineering

Jun 13, 2022

Tau Beta Pi Announces 2022 Teaching Award and Teaching Honor Roll

School News

Photo of a set of CubeSats being deployed into space.

Jun 8, 2022

CubeSat: The little satellite that could

Technology & Society Issue #139

May 10, 2022

Daniel B. DeBra, expert in precision control systems, has died at 91

School News

Mar 25, 2022

Stanford Engineering announces the winners of its annual staff awards

School News

A person throws a balsa wood plane off the porch of a building

Mar 17, 2022

Students learn the basics of flight through hands-on activities

School News

Dec 16, 2021

Charles Steele, expert in a wide range of scientific areas, has died

School News

A rendering of the wing of a commercial airplane

Oct 22, 2021

Improved computer simulation can build faster, cleaner, cheaper planes

Computation & Data, Transportation & Robotics Issue #124

Closeup of robotic cane

Oct 15, 2021

A team of researchers build a $400 self-navigating smart cane

Artificial Intelligence, Health, Technology & Society Issue #124

Graduate students at Stanford School of Engineering

Sep 30, 2021

“Graduate school is one of the most exciting times in life”

School News

A new algorithm can help drones and other similar low-power robots decide when and when not to off-load their AI tasks. | iStock/evandrorigon

Sep 16, 2021

Solving the robot off-loading problem

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data Issue #122