Kevin T. Crofton Dept of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering at Virginia Tech

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Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering at Virginia Tech
Webpage: www.aoe.vt.edu The Kevin T.

Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering offers a unique blend of two disciplines that takes advantage of commonality in the analysis and design of aerospace and ocean vehicles. Undergraduate and graduate degrees are offered in both disciplines, with more than 699 undergraduate students and more than 240 graduate students enrolled. Our faculty are working in aerodynamics, hydrodynamics, structural mechanics, material science, dynamics and control, multidisciplinary design optimization, and energy systems. The department has extensive facilities including world class wind-tunnels, water tunnels, structural test equipment, high-performance computer systems, and state-of-the-art spacecraft simulators.

10/28/2026

Robert J. Waugh is a Senior majoring in Aerospace Engineering with a minor in Leadership Studies. He currently serves as the Undergraduate Representative to the Board of Visitors. Waugh is a member of Virginia Tech's Air Force ROTC detachment. After graduation, he will attend undergraduate pilot training. ✈️

Read his student perspective here 🔗 : https://students.vt.edu/families/eNews/1026/students_perspective.html

10/23/2026

We are proud to recognize the newest members of the Academy of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Excellence!

These outstanding Hokies exemplify leadership, innovation, service, and professional achievement across industry, academia, government, and the military.

10/19/2026

What does senior capstone design look like in aerospace and ocean engineering?

Students spend a year balancing performance, cost, manufacturing, and operational requirements to answer real-world engineering challenges. For Team Scorpius, that experience led to a first-place finish in the AIAA Missile Systems Design Competition.

10/13/2026

NASA has awarded Virginia Tech $5.8M to build certification and safety requirements into aircraft design from the very beginning -- reducing costly redesigns and accelerating the development of next-generation aviation technologies.

10/08/2026

Congrats to PhD candidate Hasan Kinatas!

At ION GNSS+2026, the premier conference in the field of NAVIGATION, he won the best-of-session presentation award for his work on "Empirical Modeling of Non-Holonomic Constraint Errors for Land Vehicle Navigation". Kinatas is advised by Mathieu Joerger and the research is supported by VIAVI's Inertial Labs.
Congrats!

10/06/2026

Congrats to Amber Skotak, master's student in ocean engineering, who won second place in the IEEE Oceans Schmidt Ocean Institute Student Competition at Monterey, CA in September!

Amber is working on her degree remotely with advisor Brad Denby while working for Leidos near Seattle. 👏

10/02/2026

Get ready to hit the ground running! Make a gift of $15 or more to AOE by October 10 to snag a pair of this year’s limited-edition Hokie socks before they’re gone:
give.vt.edu/coesocks

09/30/2026

09/29/2026

A Virginia Tech-led research team is turning a materials problem into a potential advantage: designing wear-resistant metal alloys that form their own lubricating oxide surfaces at extreme temperatures.

Backed by a $2 million National Science Foundation grant, the research could ultimately help components in aerospace propulsion, power generation, and other high-temperature systems last longer and operate more reliably.

A Virginia Tech-led team of researchers was awarded $2 million from the National Science Foundation to create materials that won't degrade, even at the highest temperatures.

09/24/2026

Take a look at the future home to AOE, Mitchell Hall.

Mitchell Hall is on the rise… and you get a first look! 👀🎉 Take an interactive tour of our newest engineering building. ➡️ https://go.vt.edu/us3pG

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1600 Innovation Drive, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
24061

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http://www.aoe.vt.edu/

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