A University as an AIAA Corporate Member? Aerospace Takes Flight at Ole Miss Written 13 August 2025
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The University of Mississippi, or Ole Miss, in Oxford, Mississippi. | Credit: AIAA–©
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At first glance, a university that has no academic aeronautics department might be a curious partner for AIAA, the professional society for aerospace engineering. Yet that is exactly the reason it makes sense, at least for the University of Mississippi. With a student body that can major in any of the other major engineering disciplines, such as Biomedical, Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Geological, Mechanical, and Computer Science, Ole Miss is missing something – a dedicated academic aeronautics engineering department. That may be the rationale why it has partnered with AIAA to become the first academic institution to become a Corporate Member.
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