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research 2:14 Undergraduates research the effects of wildfire ash on aircraft engines

By:

Ray Meese

4 Apr 2023 428

What happens when an aircraft engine ingests wildfire ash? That's the question a team of students in the E2E (English to Engineering) program is trying to answer. Under the leadership of the Pratt & Whitney Center of Excellence at Virginia Tech, the theme of the E2E undergraduate program is "sustainability in aerospace propulsion."