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 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
Research Labs
Atmospheric and Environmental Research Lab
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
Iowa Atmospheric Sensor Development Laboratory
Director: Matthew McGill, professor of chemical and biochemical engineering
Email: matthew-mcgill@uiowa.edu
Website: Iowa Atmospheric Sensor Development Laboratory
Multiscale Computational Science and Engineering 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
Operator Performance 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
Ratner Research Group
Director: Al Ratner, associate professor of mechanical engineering
Email: albert-ratner@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 384-0883
Website: Ratner Research Group
