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Iain Boyd discusses research into unidentified aerial phenomena in a new Popular Mechanics article. Boyd is a professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences and director of the CU Boulder Center for National Security Initiatives. The piece focuses on renewed military efforts to study unexplained...

Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences hosted a spring graduation ceremony for the Class of 2023 on May 12, 2023.

Congratulations to the Smead Aerospace Class of 2023! As part of our annual graduation ceremonies, we are recognizing outstanding students and teams for special achievements. These honors were announced during a reception May 11.

Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences will host a spring ceremony for all graduating aerospace students. The event will feature multiple speakers and all graduates will have their name announced and be able to walk across the stage to receive their diploma cover. This event is separate from the campus-wide commencement .

Cole Kenny is focused on an unusual place for an aerospace engineer: underground. A PhD student in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder, Kenny is applying lessons he...

The National Science Foundation has bestowed eight prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards to University of Colorado Boulder aerospace graduate students. These top awards recognize and support outstanding grad students from across the country in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees...

The Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences honored graduates and faculty during a special 2023 alumni banquet. Seven graduates were recognized for achievements in education, industry, research, and public service.

The 2023 Senior and Graduate Design Symposium in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences was held Apr. 21, 2023. Student teams presented their projects to industry mentors, friends, family, and faculty in the all day event.

NASA leaders visited the University of Colorado Boulder campus following the 38th annual Space Symposium in Colorado Springs and the Space Weather Workshop in Boulder. On Thursday morning, April 20, NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana toured the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics. In the afternoon, LASP also hosted Nicola...

What if improving one’s athletic performance through supplements was simpler and more affordable? What if instead of producing emissions, airplanes could take carbon out of the air? And what if learning a new language was as fun as listening to music? These ideas and more are no longer “what ifs,”...