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Former NASA administrator and astronaut Charles Bolden addressed University of Colorado Boulder students in a special seminar on the past and future of spaceflight and space exploration...

Iain Boyd was interviewed for a new article in Popular Mechanics on efforts to track hypersonic weapons. At issue? Hypersonic weapons often travel at fast enough speeds to generate a sheath of plasma, which can obscure them to radar. Traditional missiles travel at comparably slower speeds and are much easier...

Please join Mark Sirangelo as he welcomes General John “Jay” Raymond, the 1st Chief of Space Operations of the U.S. Space Force, for a fascinating talk on how the Space Force was formed, what it does and what the future of U.S. space may be...

The Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences is honoring seven graduates for achievements in industry, research, and public service. The 2023 AeroBuffs Club Alumni Academy inductees are being recognized for work in business, government, and major research contributions to aerospace. “These outstanding graduates are being honored for...

Friday, March 24 11:45 a.m. AERO 120 Open to All - RSVP by Mar. 21 to ensure seating and for free pizza. Join Mr. Charles Bolden for a special in-person talk at the CU Boulder Aerospace Building of his experiences as a NASA Astronaut and Administrator, to include historical context...

Naira Hovakimyan Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Friday, Apr. 7 | 1:00 P.M. | AERO 224L Abstract: Learning-based control paradigms have seen many success stories with various robots and co-robots in recent years. However, as these robots prepare to enter the real world, operating safely...

Allie Anderson is probing trust in human-robot interactions with a major grant provided to promising early career faculty. Anderson has earned a $675,000 National Science...

A multi-university research team, including engineers and physicists from CU Boulder, will build technology and tools to improve measurement of important climate factors by observing atoms in outer space. The new Quantum Pathways Institute is led by the University of Texas at Austin, and scientists from the University of California,...

Christophe Pierre Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology Friday, Apr. 7 | 11:45 a.m. | AERO 120 Abstract: Vibration localization occurs in spatially repetitive structures whose ideal periodicity is broken by small imperfections, or disorder. Local irregularities can alter drastically the global dynamics, by localizing vibration modes...

Ivett Leyva Professor and Department Head, Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University Friday, Mar. 17 | 11:45 a.m. | AERO 120 Abstract: In this talk Dr. Leyva will give a broad introduction to the Aerospace Engineering Department at Texas A&M University from the perspective of student education and faculty research. She...