Student Activities

Student organizations based in the Aerospace Department allow students to socialize and learn by participating in hands-on activities outside of the classroom.

UC CubeCats

The UC CubeCats is a student organization at the University of Cincinnati dedicated to the education of its members through the development and launch of CubeSats (small, standardized satellites built by universities all across the world). The UC CubeCats are currently working on three separate CubeSat missions, with their first mission looking to launch in the 2019-2020 timeframe. The UC CubeCats have also developed a High Altitude Balloon Educational Program for new members that aims to give Freshman experience in space systems engineering before jumping onto the CubeSat program.

UC Women in Flight

Founded by our current graduate student, Rachel Wiggins, Women in Flight is a student organization that fosters a supportive environment for women in aerospace and aviation fields.

Students who are interested in Women in Flight are welcome to contact Rachel Wiggins: wigginre@mail.uc.edu or the org email: ucwifclub@gmail.com. All UC students are welcome to join the organization.

I want to create a voice for underrepresented female students in engineering.

Rachel Wiggins Aerospace engineering student

AeroCats

Students looking up at a plane in the sky

AeroCats student built aircraft in flight

AeroCats is a student organization whose mission is to to design, build, fly, and compete UAVs in national intercollegiate competitions.

Learn more about the group and the 2024 team.

UC Students for the Exploration and Development of Space

UC SEDS is the campus chapter of an international organization dedicated to the studies of space exploration and development. This chapter was formed by three aerospace seniors. Participation in the club allows you to take part in a yearly competition to design, build, and fly a team spacecraft. In past years the team took home first place in the competition at Culpeper, Virginia in the design and launch of a rocket.

UC Rocketry Team

The University of Cincinnati Rocketry Club is a student group with a focus on designing, building, and competing with high power rockets.

Joseph James Corcoran

Associate Professor, CEAS - Aerospace Eng

731 Rhodes Hall

513-556-3710

corcorjo@ucmail.uc.edu

Joseph Corcoran joined the University of Cincinnati as Associate Professor in 2020. He received his MEng and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College London, where he maintains an Honorary Lecturer position. His research interests lie in the development of Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) systems and ‘smart’ structural integrity assessments through the Digital Twin concept. His research covers electromagnetic and ultrasonic methods, analytical and experimental techniques and the development of both hardware and software solutions. He has expertise in integrating structural health monitoring data with probabilistic structural integrity assessments to provide real-time, uncertainty-quantified diagnostics and prognostics.

Joseph Corcoran is part of the University of Cincinnati Center for Nondestructive Evaluation: www.ucnde.com

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