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Vehicle Systems & Control Laboratory

Texas A&M University College of Engineering

History

From 1992 to 2010, the Vehicle Systems & Control Laboratory employed approximately 50 undergraduate and graduate students, from Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, and Electrical Engineering. In the period 1995-2010, 14 Ph.D. degrees were earned, 41 Master of Science degrees were earned, and 34 undergraduate students graduated with B.S. degrees after having spent significant time in the laboratory. Five of these undergraduates were University Honors Undergraduate Researchers, and 18 were Undergraduate Research Assistants. In calendar year 2004 alone, 22 students were employed by the laboratory, three of whom were Computer Science students.

Sim Lab

The First Simulator

Initial Simulator Setup

Early Navigation System

Early Autopilot
Test Flight


Miltiple Simultaneaous Simulations

RELLIS and Hangar

A circa 1960s photo of former Bryan Air Force Base hangar, reused by the TX Transportation Institute (courtesy of Lee Denham)
A 1954-55 photo of a Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star jet trainer in front of the Bryan AFB control tower
Bryan Air Force Base

Exterior of VSCL Hangar (former Bryan AFB control tower)
Windsock next to a runway
Clean Interior

Lab Setup Team

Main Hangar Floor




Flight Testing Area

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