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Eric Hein Joins NIAR as Director of Strategy and Product Development

…Joins NIAR as Director of Strategy and Product Development WSU-NIAR 08/08/2025 09:27:19 AM An announcement that Eric Hein, previously the vice president of defense programs at Spirit AeroSystems, has joined NIAR and been appointed to Director of Strategy and Product Development. This story goes into more detail about Hein's experience in the aviation field…

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Wichita State’s NIAR delivers fiber metal laminate test panel to FAA

Wichita State’s NIAR delivers fiber metal laminate test panel to FAA NIAR-WSU 10/29/2024 01:27:32 PM The National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University recently completed fabrication and delivery of a full-scale fuselage structural test panel to the FAA’s William J. Hughes Technical Center in Atlantic City, NJ. In partnership…

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NIAR engages federal grants to accelerate growth of advanced materials and manufacturing

NIAR engages federal grants to accelerate growth of advanced materials and manufacturing NIAR-WSU 10/17/2023 01:27:32 PM Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) is actively engaging multiple federal resources and programs to accelerate and expand growth of advanced materials and advanced manufacturing in the aviation…

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Registration opens for local NASA Space Apps hackathon

Registration opens for local NASA Space Apps hackathon NIAR-WSU NASA’s International Space Apps hackathon is coming back to Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) Oct. 7-8. WSU-NIAR and NASA invite coders, entrepreneurs, scientists, designers, storytellers, makers, builders, artists and technologists of all ages to come…

https://www.wichita.edu/industry_and_defense/NIAR/MediaCenter/2023-09-13.php

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NIAR secures $100 million contract for digital transformation and technologies to support USAF operational readiness

NIAR secures $100 million contract for digital transformation and technologies to support USAF operational readiness NIAR-WSU The office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Logistics and Product Support has sponsored a contract through the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) to award Wichita State University’s National …

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NIAR develops new RTCA security courses to Address Security Framework Guidance, Security Event Management and ATM ANS Ground Systems

NIAR develops new RTCA security courses to Address Security Framework Guidance, Security Event Management and ATM ANS Ground Systems NIAR-WSU Research engineers at Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) recently developed three new training courses for RTCA to add to its security series. The courses provide training on…

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NIAR gains defense industrial base modernization expertise

NIAR gains defense industrial base modernization expertise NIAR-WSU 05/16/2023 01:15:59 PM Increasing activity in the additive manufacturing sector has prompted Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) to add additional personnel to its already robust advanced manufacturing research team. Mark Shaw joins as chief engineer of…

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NIAR conducts 50-ft eVTOL battery drop test per 14 CFR § 27.952

NIAR conducts 50-ft eVTOL battery drop test per 14 CFR § 27.952 NIAR-WSU 12/07/2022 01:15:59 PM Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) conducted its first successful full-scale 50-foot Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) battery drop test at the Jerry Moran Center for Advanced Virtual Engineering and Testing…

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Wichita Space Apps Hackathon announces winners of NASA challenge

Wichita Space Apps Hackathon announces winners of NASA challenge NIAR-WSU 07/13/2022 01:15:59 PM A weekend of ample research and little sleep at Wichita State’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) resulted in the selection of three NASA Space Apps Hackathon winners. One-man team Just Jacob, led by Jacob Workentine, a Wichita state senior in…

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NIAR team demonstrates field repair and VR training systems at Army’s EDGE 22

NIAR team demonstrates field repair and VR training systems at Army’s EDGE 22 NIAR-WSU 06/09/2022 01:15:59 PM Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) recently participated in the Army Futures Command (AFC) Future Vertical Lift Cross-Functional Team‘s Experimental Demonstration Gateway Event (EDGE). The event, which the Army…

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Air Force Academy hosts WSU-NIAR to roll out summer internship opportunity for cadets

Air Force Academy hosts WSU-NIAR to roll out summer internship opportunity for cadets NIAR-WSU 03/15/2022 01:15:59 PM In recent years, Wichita State University’s relationship with the U.S. Air Force has grown significantly, due to research programs with WSU’s National Institute for Aviation Research – and its set to get another boost this summer. Last week, …

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NIAR adds USAF’s Thomas Fischer as senior advisor

NIAR adds USAF’s Thomas Fischer as senior advisor NIAR-WSU 06/09/2022 01:15:59 PM Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) is proud to announce the addition of Thomas Fischer as senior advisor to the executive director. Fischer, a 35-year U.S. Air Force employee and member of the Senior Executive Service, recently retired…

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GE Additive and Wichita State’s NIAR team up to accelerate metal additive technology for rapid DoD implementation

GE Additive and Wichita State’s NIAR team up to accelerate metal additive technology for rapid DoD implementation GE Additive 11/16/2021 11:27:21 AM GE Additive and Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding as the cornerstone of a new collaborative effort aimed at supporting the …

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U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $2.1 Million for NIAR Flight Test and MRO facilities at Wichita State University

The WERX Lab at Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research will receive $2.1 million from the U.S. Economic Development Administration for the purchase and installation of equipment for the institute’s Flight Test Research Center and Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) facility, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced today.…

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WSU-NIAR and Army leadership and technical experts visit Letterkenny Army Depot, discuss research efforts

Pictured (L to R): Keith Small, Phuong Do, Dale McClanahan (Army Leadership Excellence and Acquisition Development), John Tomblin, Shawn Ehrstein (WSU-NIAR), Cindy Ponder (Army FVL-CFT), Scott Phillips (Army AMCOM-ALD), Pierre Harter, Brian Brown (WSU-NIAR) Following up a recent visit to The Corpus Christi Army Depot, a team from the U.S. Army Future…

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WSU-NIAR applauds federal support of university-DoD partnerships

WICHITA, Kan., - Following, the Sept. 12 passing of the FY2020 Department of Defense Appropriations Act and Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act by the Senate Appropriations Committee, Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) would like to sincerely thank U.S. Senator Jerry Moran and his team …

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Army awards NIAR-WSU $33 million contract for high-speed missile applications

July 8, 2019 Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) announces a second multi-million dollar U.S. Department of Defense contract, this time a three-year $33 million contract from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center for a project focused on emerging materials for high-speed missile…

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An additive manufacturing standard for plastics

May 24, 2019 ASTM International’s committee on additive manufacturing technologies (F42) is developing a standard-guide for mechanical testing of additively manufactured plastics (WK66029). The guide aims to incorporate what has been learned about mechanical testing modification, interpreting results, and validating test methods with respect to additively…

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Design, Analysis, Requirements & Certification (DARC)

…installation, aircraft modifications and in‑service repair. We deliver integrated engineering solutions backed by industry‑leading expertise, advanced analysis capabilities and full lifecycle program support. Work With Us: One-stop partner from concept through certification Proven expertise in structures, systems, tooling and integration Robust…

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Virtual Engineering & Flight Simulation

…40 R&D Engineers: 20, FTE, 20 Research Assistants 41 PC High End Workstations 3 Collaboration Rooms Dedicated HPC Cluster for the Laboratory [1000 cores] Secured Areas for ITAR Restricted Projects Physics-Based Design Services: UAS Aerospace Crashworthiness Passenger Safety Flight Simulation Provides user-centered, first-person perspective Enables…

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