23 Jul 2009

Commander's childhood dream comes true at Arnold

New Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) Commander Col. Michael Panarisi's dream job as a child was to be an engineer. Being accepted to MIT was the beginning of that dream until the colonel realized he would not be able to afford the tuition. However, a childhood mentor advised him to think outside the box and think of bigger

23 Jul 2009

AEDC reaches major milestone with hypersonic engine testing

A 10-year effort to upgrade a high speed, high temperature, blow-down ground test facility at Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) culminated in a recent hypersonic Mach 6 test run on a state-of-the-art combined-cycle engine demonstrator. "This test was significant," said Matthew Bond, test manager of AEDC's Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test

17 Jul 2009

Arnold bat population in danger of white nose syndrome

Because Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) biologists are two of only a handful of experts who have experience with bat issues in the state of Tennessee, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has asked them to help with a current and wide-spread issue. Aerospace Testing Alliance Conservation Biologists John Lamb and Richie Wyckoff

13 Jul 2009

AEDC holds change of command ceremony

The U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) held a change of command ceremony July 13. Col. Michael Panarisi assumed command from Col. Art Huber in a formal ceremony presided over by Gen. Donald Hoffman, commander of the Air Force Materiel Command, Wright Patterson, Air Force Base (AFB), Ohio. Arnold's squadron commanders,