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Imperial joins Rolls-Royce to target contrails with smarter SAF deployment

7 November 2025

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Aeronautics spinout Monolith AI acquired by US cloud computing company

23 October 2025

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Imperial-led AI project delivers net zero breakthroughs in key sectors

16 October 2025

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Dr. Rhea Liem Named AIAA Associate Fellow in 2026 Class

10 October 2025

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Imperial Aeronautics staff honoured with NASA award for Mars helicopter research

17 September 2025

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5 August 2025

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8 May 2025

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Imperial College Aeronautics PhD student wins prestigious Amazon Robotics Prize

26 March 2025

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16 September 2024

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15 August 2024

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21 June 2024

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28 November 2023

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Imperial researchers win European grants worth €4million euros

23 November 2023

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Supersonic wind tunnel facility launched at Imperial

17 October 2023

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£1million project to develop sustainable packaging solutions

29 September 2023

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Imperial hosts workshop to highlight EU research

19 September 2023

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Aeronautics celebrates academic staff promotions

6 September 2023

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In memoriam: Professor Lorenzo Iannucci

25 July 2023

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Aeronautics student awarded prestigious VFF scholarship and NASA award

19 July 2023

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£1.4m grant for AI to help achieve net zero in energy and transport

5 July 2023

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Heat-resistant drone could scope out and map burning buildings and wildfires

26 June 2023

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£23m grant award for Imperial-led National Wind Tunnel Facility

21 June 2023

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Breakthrough morphing wings to advance aerodynamic flight

25 May 2023

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Aeronautics student wins competition with novel blade design

21 May 2023

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Imperial researchers collaborate to achieve water-fuelled satellite engine

10 May 2023

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Aeronautics student wins Airbus competition with novel space manufacturing plant

28 April 2023

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Aeronautics inspires next generation of engineers

18 April 2023

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Imperial academics scoop over £1M Royce grant for pioneering energy research

13 January 2023

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High-flying Aeronautics student awarded gliding scholarship

16 December 2022

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Imperial aerodynamics expert briefs MPs on future vehicle design

28 November 2022

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Aeronautics students win Student Aerospace Challenge

10 November 2022

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AI design startup attracts £5 million in venture funding

9 November 2022

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Celebrating Aeronautics first female professor

4 November 2022

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Professor Koon-Yang Lee receives prestigious Young Investigator Award

26 October 2022

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Investigating wind forces on high-rise buildings

21 October 2022

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Aeronautics celebrates academic staff promotions

18 October 2022

Engineering

Professor Silvestre Pinho speaks in Parliament on Net Zero in aviation

26 July 2022

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Aeronautics hosts showcase event to highlight research expertise

21 July 2022

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Imperial students celebrate first test launch in space rocket programme

19 July 2022

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Imperial students set to send reusable rocket into space

13 July 2022

Engineering

Shape-shifting drone flies and dives to seek aquatic environmental clues

14 June 2022

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Imperial’s push toward sustainable aviation boosted by £25 million donation

30 May 2022

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Understanding turbulent flows in urban design could aid wind farm efficiency

20 May 2022

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Fish-inspired drone hitchhikes, flies and swims using unique sticky design

19 May 2022

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Novel origami heat shield holds potential for human voyage to Mars

18 May 2022

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Aeronautics undergraduate student wins Airbus Space competition

29 March 2022

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Sustainable Future: Earth and Space

23 March 2022

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Unique ‘virtual wind tunnel’ could help optimise Mars-bound helicopter blades

21 March 2022

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Imperial academics awarded funding for space sustainability research

24 February 2022

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Aeronautics PhD student takes parabolic flight to test new control technology

24 January 2022

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Celebrating Aeronautics latest academic staff promotions

8 November 2021

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Aeronautics Alumnus recognised for battling COVID-19 on wards

23 June 2021

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COVID-19 research: sneeze guards may make flights safer

29 March 2021

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Aeronautics researchers to develop longer-lasting artificial joints

22 March 2021

Engineering

Aero students achieve second place in International Space Challenge

14 March 2021

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Aeronautics PhD Prize winner announced

10 March 2021

Engineering

AeroSoc holds its first ever virtual hackathon

21 February 2021

Engineering

Aero PhD student to have experiment performed in microgravity conditions

15 February 2021

Engineering

Dr Zahra Sharif Khodaei becomes Women’s Engineering Society Fellow

9 February 2021

Engineering

New Curricula for Aero MSc courses announced

3 February 2021

Engineering

Aeronautics Professor receives award for outstanding CFD research

14 December 2020

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Imperial team awarded second prize in RAeS aircraft design competition

25 November 2020

Engineering

Revolutionising wind energy: EPSRC fellowship awarded to optimise wind farms

24 November 2020

Engineering

Skills development in Physical AI could cultivate lifelike intelligent robots

10 November 2020

Engineering

Drones that patrol forests could monitor environmental and ecological changes

3 November 2020

Engineering

Aeronautics students win Old Centralian’s Trust Student Activity Awards

15 October 2020

Engineering

Dr Paul Bruce becomes an AIAA Associate Fellow

8 October 2020

Engineering

Aeronautics Professor named RAEng Chair in Emerging Technologies

5 October 2020

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Engineering student-staff collaborations enhance skills and student experience

2 October 2020

Engineering

Department of Aeronautics celebrates latest round of academic promotions

22 September 2020

Engineering

Ventilators could be adapted to help two COVID-19 patients at once

24 August 2020

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Experts use wind tunnel to assess COVID-19 transmission risk during exercise

12 August 2020

Engineering

Virtual Symposium and Tutorial Day held for CFD solver PyFR

9 July 2020

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Flow Instability and Control SIG holds first online meeting

1 July 2020

Engineering

Aeroelastics Lab researchers present talks at SU2 Conference

29 June 2020

Engineering

Professor Silvestre Pinho recognised for Excellence in Teaching

17 June 2020

Engineering

10x5 Wind Tunnel opens to help fight COVID-19

31 May 2020

Engineering

Dr Zahra Sharif Khodaei becomes RAeS Fellow

27 May 2020

Engineering

Departmental photo competition winners announced

26 May 2020

Engineering

Aeronautics receives Athena SWAN award for gender equality progress

20 May 2020

Engineering

COMAC-Imperial Research Centre launches

4 May 2020

Engineering

Future Materials Group to work on project creating materials from waste

16 April 2020

Engineering

New Open-Source Software SHARPy Launched

30 January 2020

Imperial news

AeroSoc Hold First Ever Hackathon Event: SpaceHack

22 November 2019

Engineering

Former Aeronautics Researcher wins CVET Most Downloaded Article

1 November 2019

Engineering

Aerial Robotics Lab creates new drone for inspecting offshore wind farms

18 October 2019

Engineering

Professor Lorenzo Iannucci named Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair

14 October 2019

Engineering

Graduate Teaching Assistant commended with Faculty Award

3 October 2019

Engineering

Promotions for Aeronautics academics

13 September 2019

Engineering

'Flying fish' robot can propel itself out of water and glide through the air

11 September 2019

Engineering

Student activity recognition for Aeronautics Undergraduates

4 September 2019

Engineering

Aeronautics PhD Prize winners announced

21 August 2019

Engineering

Supercomputers use graphics processors to solve longstanding turbulence question

25 July 2019

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Aeronautics Celebrate Centenary with Alumni Event

5 July 2019

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Aeronautics academic wins outstanding service award

11 December 2018

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The Composites Centre hosts Research Showcase event

2 October 2018

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Student Activity Award 2018-2019

24 August 2018

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UK Turbulence Consortium Annual Meeting

24 August 2018

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PhD prize winners announced

18 July 2018

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Year of Engineering and Aeronautics to take centre stage at Imperial Festival

7 April 2018

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Families come together for Bring your Child to Work Day

8 August 2017

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Aeronautics student wins alumni association prize

7 February 2017

Engineering

Buildrone team wins 'world cup of drones'

8 February 2016

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Research showcase on bioinspired design

2 February 2016

Engineering

Flying robots lab at Imperial gets funding kick start

6 November 2014

Engineering

Professor Stephen H. Davis launches first Lighthill Lecture Series

17 June 2014

Engineering

Student scoops award at the AIAA SciTech 2014 Conference in the USA

14 February 2014

Engineering

Wind tunnel upgrades and more postgraduate opportunities announced today

9 January 2014

Engineering

New Doctoral Training Centre in Fluid Dynamics across Scales announced

25 November 2013

Engineering

Imperial Aero Undergraduate an expert in NASA competition

4 July 2013

Engineering

Aeronautics leads the College's improvements in student experience

18 October 2012

Engineering

Aeronautics graduate awarded ACGI Medal

5 October 2012

Engineering

Final year Aeronautics undergraduate student awarded a Santander Scholarship

3 October 2012

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Imperial students have their say in National Student Survey

27 September 2012

Imperial Aerodynamicists talk to the BBC about Hypersonic Flight

16 January 2012

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15 December 2011

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