Student Activities and Awards

2006 Aerocats take third place internationally at the SAE Aero Design East® Competition in Marietta, Georgia! Photos and more news to follow! The team successfully lifted 22 lbs. and took first place nationally and third place overall! Congratulations to Marshall Galbraith, Daniel Galbraith, Elise Minda, Brian Minda, Michael List, Michael Perrino, Josiah Hauck, Yvette Geyer, John Reed, Ryan Jones, and Matt Mangano! Read the article here: http://www.eng.uc.edu/resources/collegenews/fullstory.php3?id=286; see more photos here.

The UC Aerospace team flew on NASA's Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program again! Matt Urbaniak, Kate Lane, Jeannette Dehmer, and Patrick Reed will all particpated. Dr. Williams is the faculty advisor for the UC team.

Dr. Williams' Spacecraft Design class took 1st place in the national AIAA 2005 Space Design competition too!

The 2005 Aerocats team had a successful test flight on Tuesday, April 5th!
Medium res QuickTime video (14.5 MB) | Low res QuickTime video (5.1 MB) | Medium res MP4 (14.6 MB)

Dr. Williams' Spacecraft Design class took 1st place in the national AIAA 2003 Space Design competition for their "Inflatable Martian Greenhouse" design! Read more here.

NPR sent along a reporter on the 2001 KC-135 flight and WVXU supplied us with the tapes. You can listen to them here.

Winners of the AIAA 2000 Engine Design Competition

Left to right:
Ed Matlack, Alex Dawood, Jody Theis, John Weber.

Past Winners - AIAA Airbreathing Engine Design Competition

Advisor: A. Hamed

2000 - 1st Place
ACME 2000 SX4 Engine for Global Strike Fighter
Team Leader: John Weber
Designers: Alex Dawood, Jodie Theis, Ed Matlak

1999 - 3rd Place
Daedalus: RBCC Conceptual Engine Design
Team Leader: Robert Polsgrove
Team Members: Paul Gyger III, Martin Bills, Charles Hossler

1998 - 3rd Place
LETC-98: Engine for Global Strike Aircraft
Team Leader: Andrew Stryker
Team Members: Rebecca Fry, Michael Gahn, Aaron King, Timothy Rebstock, Lisa Starkey, Nathan A. Snyder, Nathan C. Snyder, Andrew Wagner, Scott Will

1995 - 2nd Place
UC-95: Engine for High Speed Civil Transport
Team Leader: Casey Duncan
Team Members: Roy Slagle, Tom Levin, Adam Weston, Jeannine Lampe, Paul Smith, Ben Panning, Jennifer Hanson, Kelli Robinson, Jeff Gromen

1994 - 2nd Place
HAAR-V: Engine for High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Aircraft
Team Leader: Rebecca Heyl
Team Members: Doug Beach, Chris Greb, John Haney, Chris Heery, Sandy Lizewski, Dan O'Reilly, Cynthia Ross, Jon Wollam, Dennis Yoder

1993 - 2nd Place
ICARUS: Engine for Trans-Atmospheric Cargo Vehicle
Team Leader: David Arend
Team Members: Tracey Brockhaus, William Brocklehurst, Christopher Hamilton, Daniel Klayer, James Knee, Eric Kreeger, Hai Saqm, Jerome Trimbach, Eric Walters

1991 - 3rd Place
Advanced Turboshaft Engine for Helicopter
Team Leader: Cynthia L. Johns
Team Members: Jeffrey M. Donbar, Donald D. Freund, Larry C. Marshall, Jr., Steven J. Owens, Brion W. Roman, Peter A. Russell, Frank G. Stepic, Deborah A. Teisl, Brian J. Urichich

1990 - 2nd Place
Engine for Twin Jet Commercial Aircraft
Team Members: Brian Barber, David Clark, Scott Ellis, Michael Feuser, Keith Gartenlaub, Timothy Kuhn, Robb Leonard, Joe Michalski, Mike Mysonhimer, Terry Timko

1988 - 2nd Place
XE-90: Engine for Advanced Fighter
Team Leader: Julia Buckland
Team Members: Elizabeth Davis, Rebecca Fairbanks, Mark Grafton, Robb Laney, Dale Parsons, Brian Stadler