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Students, families, and industry gathered Friday, April 19 for the 2024 Senior and Graduate Design Symposium in the Aerospace Building.

Militaries around the world are rapidly developing science fiction-like laser weapons, motivated in part by the growing threat from swarms of drones. Read from CU defense expert Iain Boyd in The Conversation.

Torin Clark is developing virtual reality systems to help astronauts cope with disorientation and motion sickness, a long underappreciated reality of space exploration. An associate professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Clark is an expert in human sensorimotor/vestibular function and adaptation. Space.com is highlighting...

Hisham Ali's work to design and build a plasma wind tunnel for hypersonics research is being featured in The Economist. The article discusses a presentation Ali made last week at the American Association for the Advancement of Science on magnetohydrodynamics -- the study of electrically conducting fluids like plasma, research...

Iain Boyd was interviewed by CBS News for a piece discussing a high altitude balloon slowly making its way across the United States. A professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boyd is also the director of the CU Boulder Center for National Security Initiatives...

2024 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award recipient In 2014, Daryl Bahls (AeroEngr'77) retired from The Boeing Company as a senior space systems engineer and associate technical fellow. He spent his 37-year career with Boeing and Martin Marietta Denver Aerospace as a space system mission analyst and system engineer. During his career,...

2024 Alumni Engagement Medal Award recipient Current Job and Employer: Senior Program Manager, Connected Logistics Current City: Washington, D.C. Professional Background Dale Farrand graduated from CU in 1993 with a bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering. Attending school on an ROTC scholarship, Dale was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United...

Leya Shaw has been named a 2024 Brooke Owens Fellow. The highly competitive program provides paid internships and mentoring to exceptional undergraduate women seeking careers in aviation or space exploration. A sophomore aerospace major at the University of Colorado Boulder, Shaw is also minoring in Astronomy. Despite having a fear...

Delores Knipp was interviewed by Vox for a new article about a pending reversal of the Sun's magnetic poles. The article, titled "The sun’s poles are about to flip. It’s awesome — and slightly terrifying," discusses the regular shifting of the Sun's poles and solar storms that can result from...