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Manhattan University Students Advance In Prestigious Aerospace Competition
A team of six Manhattan University mechanical engineering students, all women, have been named finalists in NASA’s 2026 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition. Their project, Aircraft Enhanced Resilience and Intelligence Systems (A.E.R.I.S.), aims to solve a costly problem in commercial aviation by retrofitting legacy aircraft with sensors and predictive analytics. The team’s approach bridges the communication gap between old and new systems, and their solution could potentially reduce delays and costs in the industry. The team was advised by Dr. Bahareh Estejab and will present their work at NASA Langley Research Center in Virginia. This achievement was first reported by The Quadrangle.