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A commercial cargo spacecraft bound for the International Space Station has been named after fallen NASA astronaut and ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ graduate Kalpana Chawla. Northrop Grumman has announced that its next Cygnus capsule will be named
Smead Aerospace hosted a Virtual Town Hall on inclusive culture in the department on Friday, August 28. The discussion and Q&A focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion featured a panel of speakers, including: Assistant Dean for Access,
Roger McNamara (MAeroEngr’86, PhD’95) has built a career advancing the forefront of aerospace technology and is serving in a leading role on the next-generation Orion crewed space capsule. As a master’s and PhD alumnus of the University of Colorado
Friday, August 28, 12:30-1:30 pm, RSVP on Zoom. A discussion and Q&A on diversity, equity, and inclusion in Smead Aerospace...
The Rocky Mountain Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics is recognizing two ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ aerospace faculty members with 2020 awards. Assistant Professor Allie Anderson is being honored as Young
ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ-led team is first to observe new equatorial wind patterns in Antarctica, revealing new connections in global circulation. A CIRES-led team has uncovered a critical connection between winds at Earth’s equator and atmospheric waves 6,000
Jaylon McGhee is researching next-generation wind turbine designs through a prestigious federal fellowship. A second-year aerospace PhD student, McGhee has earned a 2020 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, a distinguished award that provides...
Three ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ aerospace PhD students have earned prestigious 2020 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowships. Adam Christopherson, Luke Peterson and Samantha Sheppard are being awarded the
Professor Emeritus Jean Koster has published an ASME Blog on the importance of capstone design projects for student career development: "Many industries offer internships to students during semester breaks, largely after the sophomore and junior
Life is returning to some semblance of normal for students in Assistant Professor Torin Clark’s laboratory on campus. A faculty member in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, his team’s research focuses on astronaut health on...