Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles (RECUV)

  • Donor Ann Smead cuts a ribbon lifted up by two flying drones.
    And liftoff. Today, visitors from across Colorado gathered at ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ for an event celebrating the new Aerospace Engineering Sciences Building, home to the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences. This building,
  • The new building.
    The Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences has moved into a new dedicated building on East Campus.

    The four-story, nearly 180,000 square-foot structure was completed over the summer following 18 months of construction, and a formal ribbon cutting ceremony is planned for Monday, August 26, to kick off the semester...
  • Alex Hirst with the RAAVEN fixed-wing drone.
    Alex Hirst saw his first tornado recently, followed quickly by his second, third, fourth and fifth. As an aerospace PhD student and Smead Scholar at the ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ, he played an active role in the 2019 TORUS project – which took a team of...
  • A UAV in the air.
    Researchers from ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ flew drones into severe storms this spring in one of the largest and most ambitious drone-based investigations of meteorological phenomena ever.
  • A UAV mounted to a car.
    Researchers from ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ are flying drones into severe storms in one of the largest and most ambitious drone-based investigations of meteorological phenomena ever.  Project TORUS – or Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells
  • A UAV flying in stormy weather
    Atmospheric scientists will soon get an unprecedented view of the conditions that trigger some of the United States’ most devastating tornadoes. Last week, a team of researchers set out across the Great Plains with a fleet of drones to monitor
  • The new aerospace buildng.
    Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences is moving! After 18 months of construction, the department will vacate all of its space in the Engineering Center this summer and move to a brand new, dedicated building for the aerospace department on East Campus. The new facility is...
  • A UAV flying
    Project TORUS – or Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells – is a partnership between ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (which is leading the work), Texas Tech University, the University of Oklahoma and the National Severe
  • ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ campus.
    The College of Engineering and Applied Science at the ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ remains a powerhouse institution for graduate engineering education, ranking No. 17 in the nation among public universities and No. 31 overall, according to data
  • Brian Argrow
    Brian Argrow is a professor and chair of Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ. He was the founding director of the Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles (RECUV) and is a former associate dean for
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