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Top 5 Aerospace Trends
of Now and the Future

The latest trends in aerospace engineering are all about systems and as we continue our slide into the future, more coding will be needed for aircraft-to-aircraft communications as well as greater communication between aircraft and ground.

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The Final Frontier of <br />Art and Science

The Final Frontier of
Art and Science

After winning NASA’s Astronaut Glove Challenge in 2009, Nikolay Moiseev and Ted Southern teamed up in 2010 to launch a space suit design firm called Final Frontier Design. The company is currently designing gloves, spacesuits, and other apparel for space travel.

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Sunita Williams <br />Soars Weightlessly

Sunita Williams Soars Weightlessly

Pushing the frontiers of science and taking charge as commander of Expedition 33, American Indian astronaut Sunita Williams has achieved a feat that not many women, or men, have.

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

The ASME Aerospace Division’s objective is to promote the development and dissemination of the mechanical, materials and systems engineering aspects of aircraft, spacecraft and missile design and operation.

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Aerospace & Defense are the closely coupled science and engineering disciplines that develop commercial and military aircraft and spacecraft. In 2011, the U.S. Department of Defense added cyberwarfare to its missions. Traditionally “defense” includes equipment, support, and communication systems for land warfare plus surface warships and submarines. U.S. Defense spending was nearly $700 billion in 2010, 5% of the nation’s economy and 43% of the global defense total.

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Design Engineering, Robotics, Graduate Students, Applied Mechanics, Early Career Engineers

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