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Lambros Named ASME Fellow

Professor John Lambros makes the third AE faculty member this year to have achieved the status of Fellow within the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

Sixty Years and Going Strong

Emeritus Prof. Harry H. Hilton reached a remarkable milestone in September 2009 — his 60th continuous year at the University of Illinois.

College Honors Archambault

The university, college, and Department of Aerospace Engineering welcomed Colonel Lee J. Archambault, BS 82, MS 84 AE, a distinguished United States Air Force pilot and NASA astronaut, back to campus during the Foundation weekend Oct. 2-4.

AE undergrad wins National Student Role Model Award

AE undergraduate Joseph Gonzalez has been selected as the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers’ National Student Role Model of the Year

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Research Labs

Aerospace Flight Simulation Lab

Faculty Researchers: Location: Phone: Website:
Professor M. S. Selig Room 329
Talbot Laboratory
217-244-5757  

Description of Research:

Directed by Professor M. S. Selig. This laboratory features a Frasca International reconfigurable aircraft flight simulator. This simulator provides a six-degree-of-freedom, fixed-base aircraft simulation. The aircraft being simulated can be varied by loading in the appropriate geometrical, mass, aerodynamic, and propulsion data. The laboratory is used in the undergraduate curriculum to study aircraft flight mechanics and control systems.