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Aerospace Engineering hires a new faculty member, Professor Behçet Açıkmeşe
The Aerospace Engineering program welcomes a new faculty member, Professor Behçet Açıkmeşe who started at Berkeley on July 1, 2026. His research interests are in the area of area of control and…
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October 5, 2026
Aerospace Engineering hires a new faculty member, Professor Michael Sangid
The Aerospace Engineering program welcomes a new faculty member, Professor Michael Sangid, who started at Berkeley on July 1, 2026. His research interests are in the area of predictive modeling for failure…
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October 5, 2026
UC Berkeley’s Aerospace Engineering Celebrates its first cohort of graduates, Class of 2026
UC Berkeley’s Aerospace Engineering program celebrated its inaugural graduation for the Class of 2026 on Monday, May 18, 2026 during the College of Engineering Baccalaureate Commencement ceremony. A post commencement reception followed…
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July 8, 2026
Madeleine Bardy named one of four 2026 University Medal Finalists
“Learning how to pick and choose between all of the opportunities presented at Berkeley was one of the biggest challenges I faced. When given so many possibilities, it is often easy to…
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May 15, 2026
UC Berkeley’s Aerospace Engineering Celebrates its first cohort of graduates, Class of 2026
Over the course of spring break, 24 students from the UC Berkeley Aerospace Engineering program visited Relativity Space, Ampaire, and JetZero in the Long Beach Airport area. They were accompanied by Professor…
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May 14, 2026
The Vertical Flight Society Established as a Student Chapter at UC Berkeley
The Vertical Flight Society (VFS) University of California, Berkeley Student Chapter was established on November 17th , 2025, marking an exciting start for additional rotorcraft and vertical flight activities on campus. The…
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February 27, 2026
Jordan Kam, Aerospace Engineering Student, Honored as American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Student of the Year
Last November 2025, Jordan Kam, a senior in our Aerospace Engineering program, was awarded the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Student of the Year for 2025 by the San Francisco section…
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January 27, 2026
Aerospace Engineering hires new faculty member, Professor Scott McCormack
The Aerospace Engineering program welcomes a new faculty member, Professor Scott McCormack, who started at Berkeley on January 1, 2026. His research interests are in the area of composite materials under extreme…
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January 27, 2026

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