CU Boulder campus from the air.

Seminar: Experimental Investigations within Unsteady Aerodynamics and Flow Control - Sept. 15

Sept. 9, 2022

John Farnsworth Assistant Professor, Smead Aerospace Thursday, Sept. 15 | 3:00 P.M. | AERO 111 Abstract: The safe flight of small unmanned aircraft or drones in gusty environments, the use of aeroelastically sensitive aircraft for communications and remote networking, and the efficient generation of renewable energy from wind turbines operating...

Fire test in a wind tunnel.

Burning up: CU researchers use unique wind tunnel to study wildfires

Sept. 16, 2019

Researchers at CU Boulder are using computations and experiments in a new sloping wind tunnel to study how wildfires form and move across different landscapes; applying cutting edge research tools to understand an old problem that Colorado has become quite familiar with in recent years. Associate Professor Peter Hamlington leads...