AOE Collaborative Research Efforts
Multi-Disciplinary Analysis and Design of Advanced Vehicles - MAD Center
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| Advanced Concepts Work from the MAD Center |
For a number of years, Virginia Tech had been on the forefront of research
in the area of multidisciplinary analysis and design. In June of 1994, faculty
members from aerospace and ocean engineering, engineering science and mechanics,
mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, mathematics and computer sciences,
at Virginia Tech joined together to form the Multidisciplinary Analysis and Design
(MAD) Center for Advanced Vehicles. The center was established with the single goal:
to perform research that is relevant to the needs of the US industry and to foster
collaboration between the university, government and industry. In October of 1994,
the center was chosen by NASA headquarters as one of the five university centers to
establish a fellowship program to develop a graduate program in multidisciplinary
analysis and design. The fellowship program provides full stipend and tuition support
for seven U. S. students per year during their graduate studies. The grant is currently
being administered by the MDO Branch of NASA Langley.
Please visit the MAD Center Homepage.
National Institute for Aerospace - NIA
NASA has awarded a contract potentially worth $379 million to a recently formed nonprofit
corporation to create an institute to conduct cutting-edge research, develop new technologies
and provide educational opportunities. The National Institute of Aerospace is expected to be
fully operational in January. It is a joint venture between NASA's Langley Research Center
in Hampton, Va., and the newly formed National Institute of Aerospace Associates (NIAA),
which is composed of state universities and a nonprofit organization.
The National Institute of Aerospace will be housed at Langley to facilitate agency collaboration.
Langley's partners, under the umbrella organization NIAA, include the American Institute of
Aeronautics and Astronautics Foundation; the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University;
the University of Virginia; the University of Maryland, College Park; North Carolina State
University Raleigh; North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro;
and the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta.
Please visit the NIA Homepage.
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