Research Topics
- Artificial intelligence
- Automated vehicles
- Autonomous systems
- Cognitive
- Command and control
- Computational mechanics
- Computer vision
- Data analytics
- Engines and fuels
- Flight research, avionics
- Flight testing
- Human factors/ergonomics
- Human simulation
- Mechanical design
- Motion capture
- Photonics/optical sensors
- Robotics
- Satellite remote sensing
- Sensors
- UAV research
- Wireless communication
Aerospace Technology News
UI professor’s work now in space, monitoring air quality on Earth
University of Iowa engineers contribute to one of Time Magazine’s 'best inventions' of 2023
Iowa draws industry attention for AI-driven mission demo with Lockheed Martin
OPL helps evaluate LIFT’s new fixed wing AV 2.2 helmet
Flyover State: Iowa Engineers Set Their Sights on the Future of Aviation
CBJ: UI flight expert briefs DARPA on AI in aerial combat
DARPA highlights UI's contribution as ACE program transitions from simulation to live flight
WATCH: Schnell, LTC Highland brief DARPA on Air Combat Evolution
Iowa legislators visit the OPL flight testing lab
R&D Mecca in the American Heartland
State report recognizes OPL for economic impact in Iowa aviation
Press-Citizen: Take a look inside the UI's high-tech research lab for pilots
CBJ: University of Iowa OPL’s jets offer flight testing for DARPA project
OPL’s jets take flight for DARPA Pheme capstone demonstration
The New Yorker highlights OPL contributions to AI fighter pilot research
Collins Aerospace demonstrates Live Networked Joint Fires in the multi-domain battlespace
Collins teams with UI, OPL to demonstrate communication systems
UI military helicopters take off to demo tech for Joint Forces officials
ITI and OPL welcome teams behind DARPA's ACE program to advance AI dogfighting capabilities
ITI graduate student researcher lands internship at Air Force Research Laboratory
OPL helps DARPA capture 'trust data' for new AI dogfighting
Iowa Technology Institute, Sonalysts partner to improve soldier performance
OPL flight tests integral to academia-industry-government collaboration on air combat training system
Schnell, OPL support Collins Aerospace in testing combat training system
UI student, future Air Force officer reaches for the stars
How researchers connected helicopter vibrations to stroke therapy
OPL testing contributes to better aircraft avionics and two separate awards
Newly named Atmospheric and Environmental Research Lab reflects Wang's expanding scope of discovery
Research Labs
Director: Jun Wang, professor of chemical and biomedical engineering
Email: jun-wang-1@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 353-4483
Website: AER Lab
Research topics:
- Satellite remote sensing
- Sensors
Director: Matthew McGill, professor of chemical and biochemical engineering
Email: matthew-mcgill@uiowa.edu
Website: Iowa Atmospheric Sensor Development Laboratory
Director: Shaoping Xiao, associate professor of mechanical engineering
Email: shaoping-xiao@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 335-6009
Website: Multiscale Computational Science and Engineering Laboratory
Director: Tom Schnell, Captain Jim "Max" Gross Chair in Engineering, professor of industrial and systems engineering, professor of occupational and environmental health, professor of electrical and computer engineering, professor of neurology
Phone: (319) 384-0811
Email: thomas-schnell@uiowa.edu
Website: Operator Performance Laboratory
Research topics:
- Artificial intelligence
- Automated vehicles
- Autonomous systems
- Cognitive
- Command and control
- Data analytics
- Flight research - avionics
- Flight testing
- Human factors/ergonomics
- Human simulation
- Photonics/optical sensors
- Sensors
- UAV research
- Wireless communication
Director: Al Ratner, associate professor of mechanical engineering
Email: albert-ratner@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 384-0883
Website: Ratner Research Group