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Mònica Angelats i
Coll
Mònica
Angelats i Coll is co-recipient (with David Goldstein) of the first
John A. Vise Graduate Student Excellence Award in the aerospace
department.
A citizen of
Spain, Mònica was drawn to the University of Colorado by the
research of Professor Jeffrey M. Forbes on the upper atmosphere
(mesosphere and lower thermosphere). Understanding the dynamical
processes that govern this region, such as nonlinear wave interactions,
gravity wave effects and atmospheric tidal influences, among others,
will help those scientists studying density variations in the aerospace
environment improve their models.
Mònica's
work involves the simulation of these upper atmospheric processes
as observed from ground stations and satellite instruments. Professor
Forbes describes Mònica as "very resourceful and able to work
through problems on her own. In all respects, she serves as an excellent
role model for young women pursuing careers in engineering and science."
Mònica plans
to earn her Ph.D. degree by 2001.
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Aerospace Engineering
Sciences
Class of 2000 Graduates
with Strong Communication Skills and Hands-on Experience (continued)
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Senior
projects coordinator John Sunkel
advises students on their project.
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Andy Jarski is one of the first students to earn a combined BS/MS degree in the
aerospace program. "The new curriculum forces you to a fuller understanding
of the interactions between different disciplines," he says. "In the old
curriculum you could get away with missing certain parts, but now that part
is connected to something else you have to learn, so you end up putting
it together more." Andy found the hands-on experience he needed in a project
to design and test the main and secondary structures on Citizen Explorer
I, a Colorado Space Grant Program satellite to be launched in June 2000.
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| Kyran
Owen-Mankovich (left) and Andy Jarski work on the Citizen Explorer
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Kendra Whiteley is in her second year of internship with a small, woman-owned
engineering consulting company. Handling many different classes and labs
enhanced her time management and organizational skills, she says, and "the
previous practice in class allowed me to give presentations to a very high
level in the program with poise and confidence."
The department's External
Advisory Board also has praised Aerospace Curriculum 2000 for preparing
students well for the 21st Century.
Departmental Advisory
Board
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Chair:
James McAnally (Retired)
Lockheed Martin Astronautics
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John
L. Junkins
Texas A&M University |
Susan K. Avery
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
(CIRES) |
B. Clovis Landry
Lockheed Martin |
Daniel N. Baker
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) |
John
H. McMasters
The Boeing Company - Ed Wells Initiative |
Vance
Brand
Dryden Flight Research Center (former astronaut) |
R.
C. Mercure
CDM Optics, Inc. |
Richard A. Cook
Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
Lanny Pinchuk (Retired)
College of Engineering, CU-Boulder |
Michael S. Francis (Col., Retired)
Athena Technologies, Inc. |
Eli
Reshotko
Case Western Reserve University |
George
J. Gleghorn (Retired)
TRW Space and Technology Group |
H.
Joe Smead (Retired)
Kaiser Aerospace and Electronics |
Richard Herring
Spectral Solutions, Inc. |
Don
Vanlandingham
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. |
Noel
W. Hinners
Lockheed Martin Astronautics |
David
Wheaton (Retired)
Lockheed Martin Corporation |
Craig
E. Johnston
Lockheed Martin SkunkWorks
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