R&D BRIEFS


You’ll find our newsletters filled with many of NIAR’s recent accomplishments, grants and updates on continuing research and remodeling projects. Please browse through the documents for further research about not-so-new announcements.

  R&D Brief
Date Vol. Num. R&D Brief
4/30/2008 5 8a WSU College of Engineering/ NIAR to host Open House
4/15/2008 5 8 WSU College of Engineering & NIAR host composite workshop/ ASTEC wins KWEA Gold Award
4/2/2008 5 7 WSU/NIAR gain new sponsor for CFSP research site
3/17/2008 5 6 SAMPE 2009 Fall Technical Conference to be held in Wichita / NIAR team rolls in $1,900 for Big Brothers Big Sisters
3/5/2008 5 5 Virtual Reality Center will host Interactive 3D Seminar with EON Reality next week
2/25/2008 5 4 CAD/CAM Lab to take classroom on the road
2/11/2008 5 3 WSU ranks third in aero R&D
1/28/2008 5 2 Former NIAR researcher joins new composites venture
1/14/2008 5 1 NIAR to gain research space at new Jabara training center
11/26/2007 4 10 New research facility nears completion/ 2007 Annual Report is online
11/5/2007 4 9 Former NIAR researcher receives NASA award
10/10/2007 4 8 NIAR applauds efforts of KS congressional delegation
7/23/2007 4 7 Advanced Joining Lab joins CFSP / WSU still #4 in aero R&D
6/25/2007 4 6 Indirect Lightning Lab hosts first client
6/18/2007 4 5 Calibration & Quality Lab keeps NIAR in tune
5/14/2007 4 4 NIAR CATIA instructor wins “Top Gun” award
5/7/2007 4 3 NIAR opens Susceptibility Test Lab
4/12/2007 4 1 NIAR / College of Engineering Open House
4/9/2007 4 2 NIAR hires John Moore as Senior Advisor
12/18/2006 3 18 2006 Annual Report is available online/ Labs perform
12/4/2006 3 17 Upcoming Lecture: Composite structures under buckling and energy absorption requirements
11/27/2006 3 16 NASA receives NIAR tour, briefing/ NIAR to coordinate efforts with ONERA of France
11/13/2006 3 15 Local engineers attend crash course in composites
10/30/2006 3 14 Wichita State ranks fourth in aero R&D
8/21/2006 3 13 NIAR to showcase laboratories at Kansas State Fair
7/31/2006 3 12 Full-Scale Structural Testing Lab conducts cell phone tower tests/ Liberty Aerospace conducts tests in Full-Scale Lab
6/12/2006 3 11 Advanced Joining Lab hosts CFSP planning conference
5/8/2006 3 10 Aerodynamics Lab tests contract-winning SDB II
4/26/2006 3 9 Crash Dynamics Lab purchases new test dummies
4/10/2006 3 8 CAD/CAM Lab wins awards at COE conference
4/5/2006 3 7B Visual Technology Lab to host summer 3D Camp!
3/27/2006 3 7 NIAR hosts U.S. House Aviation Subcommittee Hearing
3/13/2006 3 6 Virtual Reality Center partners with EON Reality
2/27/2006 3 5 Crash Lab certifies helicopter seat for new client/ Student receives grant for aging pilot research
2/13/2006 3 4 Lockheed Martin engineers utilize NIAR's Advanced Joining Lab/ Lab receives grant
1/30/2006 3 3 Aging Aircraft Laboratory examines aging general aviation airplanes
1/13/2006 3 2 Kansas Legislators tour NIAR facilities
1/4/2006 3 1 FY2005 annual report is available online
12/5/2005 2 9 Snow skier tests in Beech Wind Tunnel
11/14/2005 2 8 Composites researchers manufacture wind turbine blade prototypes
10/10/2005 2 7 Advanced Joining Lab applies for NSF grant/ Advanced Joining Technology Laboratory gains new director
9/12/2005 2 6 NIAR crash lab running at full speed/ Crash lab hires three new employees
8/29/2005 2 5 Rocketplane testing continues at NIAR
8/15/2005 2 4 AOPA funding aging pilot study/ NIAR organizes technical writing workshop
6/7/2005 2 3 Results of first FAA Joint Advanced Materials and Structures (JAMS) technical meeting
4/23/2005 2 2 ASTEC receives Raytheon Coin Award/ NIAR researcher receives Wright Bros. award
3/14/2005 2 1 Rocketplane Limited conducts research at NIAR/ 2004 Annual Report available online
1/21/2005 1 5 NIAR composites workshop educates industry/ WSU professor receives distinguished SAE award
12/15/2004 1 4 NIAR expands into new technology/ Federal appropriations to benefit NIAR research
11/15/2004 1 3 Aging Aircraft to Evaluate Beechcraft Starship/ Three Labs to Explore 737 Stabilizer
10/26/2004 1 2 Welcome to the E-Newsletter
9/29/2004 1 1 Aviation Institute gains full-scal structural testing facility
 

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