Faculty Directory

Sedwick, Ray

Sedwick, Ray

Keystone Professor
Aerospace Engineering
Maryland Energy Innovation Institute
3242 Kim Engineering Bldg

EDUCATION

  • B.S., Penn State University (Aerospace Engineering)
  • S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Aeronautics and Astronautics)
  • Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Aeronautics and Astronautics)

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • NSF CAREER Award
  • Raymond Bisplinghoff Teaching Fellowship (MIT)
  • NASA MSFC Summer Faculty Fellowship
  • NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts Fellow
  • Bepi Columbo Prize (University of Padua, Italy)
  • AIAA (UMD Chapter) Best Mentor Award (2009-2010, 2010-2011)
  • AIAA (UMD Chapter) AIAA Best Professor Award (2012-2013, 2013-2014)
  • AIAA (UMD Chapter) Broken Propeller Award (2014-2015)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Associate Fellow
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Senior Member
  • American Astronautical Society (AAS)
  • American Physical Society (APS)

  • American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)

Professional Services

  • Reviewer for: AIAA Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Journal of Astronautical Sciences.
  • Associate Editor, AIAA Journals of Spacecraft and Rockets
  • Vice Chair, AIAA Nuclear and Future Flight Technical Committee
  • Deputy Director for Education, AIAA Region I

Consulting

  • AST SpaceMobile
  • Payload Systems
  • NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
  • Lockheed Martin Corporation
  • Axis Engineering Technologies
  • AeroAstro
  • Draper Laboratories

 

ENAE 457 / ENAE 457H / ENAE 662: Space Propulsion and Power

ENAE467 / ENAE 667: Advanced Space Propulsion and Power

ENES232: Thermodynamics

 

Rudolph Awarded Women in Defense Scholarship

WID awards support high-performing women pursuing careers in fields that contribute to U.S. national security.

Flatau Named UMD AE Chair

Alison Flatau has been named the new chair of aerospace engineering at UMD.

Ezra Bregin Takes First Place, AIAA Region 1 Student Conference

Winning student paper demonstrates alternative to GPS in UAS swarm navigation.

Celebrating Black Aerospace Engineers: Jarred Young ('09, M.S. '13, Ph.D. '17)

Inspired at an early age to become a propulsion engineer, Young is helping a new generation of engineers achieve their dreams.

Students Shine at AIAA Region 1 Student Conference

Twelve students won awards for their papers, and seven were from UMD.

Aerospace Students Recognized as "Tomorrow's Technology Leaders"

Two Clark School students have been named “Tomorrow’s Technology Leaders: The 20 Twenties” by The Aviation Week Network. 

Space Agencies Tackle Problem of Small Debris in Low Earth Orbit

Associate Professor Raymond Sedwick was recently interviewed by E&T magazine.

Four Aerospace Students Receive Society of Satellite Professionals International Scholarships

Frizzell, Kaptui Sipowa, McCullum and Shannon receive awards to support research efforts.

Four UMD Aerospace Engineering Students Named Penton Aviation Week Network’s 20 Twenties

Free, Kumar, Ng and Weinstein recognized as tomorrow’s engineering leaders.

Sedwick Receives 2016 A. James Clark School Engineering Faculty Service Award

Aerospace Engineering Associate Professor Raymond Sedwick recognized for contributions to his field, the school, and his students.

University of Maryland Center for Orbital Debris Education and Research Announces Keynotes & Event Sponsor OrionAST

OrionAST sponsors second workshop to connect academia, industry and government to address critical issues in orbital debris policy, management and mitigation. 

Aerospace Engineering Students and Alumni Receive NSF Fellowships

Students Brown and Free, and alumni Mills awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships.

Three Aerospace Students Recognized as Tomorrow’s Engineering Leaders

The "20 Twenties Award" was Sponsored by Aviation Week and AIAA

Two UMD Faculty Receive NASA Early Stage Innovations Awards

Aerospace Engineering professors Hartzell and Sedwick receive NASA awards to foster high priority space technology.

UMD Students Win Poster Session at NASA's Thermal and Fluids Analysis Workshop

Graduate students Allison Porter (Aerospace Engineering) and David Squiller (Mechanical Engineering) placed second and third at 2015 NASA TFAW poster session.

Three UMD Students Receive Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowships

Aerospace Engineering graduate students Camli Badrya, Elaine Petro and Elena Shrestha receive Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowships.

University of Maryland Orbital Debris Education and Research Center to Host Inaugural Workshop

First academically led center will lead workshop to connect academe, industry and government to address critical issues in orbital debris policy, management and mitigation.

University of Maryland Establishes Orbital Debris Research Center

First Academically-Led Center to Address Critical Threats to Orbiting Satellites and Space Activities

Aerospace Engineering Student Named ARCS Scholar

Bernadette Cannon was selected as the ARCS 2014-2015 Wanda M. Austin Undergraduate Scholar.

UMD Propulsion Technology Offers New Possibilities for Satellite Positioning, Space Exploration

Electromagnetic propulsion could exponentially expand satellite capabilities by providing a propellant-less formation flight technology.

Defense Department Funding Supports Research Instrumentation

Five Clark School professors to receive support for state-of-the-art equipment.

John Vitucci Awarded NASA Fellowship

Second-year aero grad student part of small inaugural class of fellows.

Faculty News Roundup

Clark School faculty promotions, moves announced.

Espy-Wilson, Rubloff Are Top UM Inventors

Speech enhancing algorithm, high-density energy storage cells named best of '09.

Sedwick Receives CAREER Award

NSF award to fund research on helicon radio-frequency plasma generation.

Four Young Clark School Faculty Receive NSF CAREER Awards

Assistant professors recognized for work in nanomechanics, helicon radio-frequency plasma generation, cellular engineering and photonic crystals.

Edit your faculty profile