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grad Bioastronautics
encompasses the biological, behavioral and medical aspects governing humans
and other organisms living in a space environment and includes vehicle design
for space or planetary habitation. The fundamentals also extend into
combustion sciences, gravitational fluid mechanics and materials processing
in space through common analysis of the underlying gravity-dependent physical
principles associated with each application. In addition to their academic
studies, many students become involved with BioServe to acquire hands-on
experience coupling the engineering design process with space life science
research and biophysical analysis techniques. Rankings -- CU-Boulder was ranked as the 11th top public
university in the world for the 4th straight year in a 2006
international study based largely on research criteria. The Aerospace
Department is also consistently ranked highly by the US News and World
Report. CU has a long history in space flight,
ranks among the top five universities, excluding military academies, in terms
of number of astronaut alums. Bioastronautics
Courses
ASEN 4859 Undergraduate
Research (Arranged) ASEN 5016 Space Life Sciences ASEN 5158 Space Habitat Design ASEN 4849/5849 Independent
Study (Arranged) ASEN 5216 Neural
Systems and Physiological Control ASEN
5506 Bioastronautics Seminar ASEN 5519 Bioastronautics
Projects At the undergraduate
level, a in pre-med curriculum can be followed in
conjunction with a standard BS degree. The
grad BioServe
is also the Laboratory
facilities available at BioServe-CU include rooms dedicated to assembly
and test of space flight hardware and electronics, a machine shop,
limited cell
culture and biochemical
wet lab space, and a remote payload
operations center for monitoring and controlling our payloads while they
are in space. In addition to the local facilities in the CU
Engineering Center, BioServe staff and students also periodically utilize
various NASA facilities, for example, conducting research on the KC-135
parabolic aircraft, working closely with NASA personnel in preparing
experiments for launch at Kennedy Space Center, and training the
astronauts at Johnson Space Center to operate BioServe’s
payloads onboard the Space Shuttle
and International
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