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Leya Shaw has been named a 2024 Brooke Owens Fellow. The highly competitive program provides paid internships and mentoring to exceptional undergraduate women seeking careers in aviation or space exploration. A sophomore aerospace major at the University of Colorado Boulder, Shaw is also minoring in Astronomy. Despite having a fear...

Alex Meyer is an astrodynamics expert, engineer, PhD student, and now, a part of the night sky. The International Astronomical Union has officially named an asteroid after him. Asteroid 2000 ND17 is now...

Christine Hartzell Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland Monday, Feb. 19 | 9:30 a.m. | AERO 114 Abstract: The interaction of charged particles with the local plasma environment is of interest in a variety of space applications. This talk will focus on two specific applications: 1. the design of...

Tam Nguyen Technical Staff, MIT Lincoln Laboratory Wednesday, Feb. 21 | 9:30 a.m. | AERO 111 Abstract: Detection of faint space objects with limited a priori state knowledge can enable advanced capabilities across multiple domains, including space situational awareness, planetary defense, and planetary science. To detect objects fainter than the...

Scott Erwin Chief Scientist, Space Vehicles Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Friday, Feb. 23 | 10:40 a.m. | AERO 120 Abstract: This talk will begin with a short overview of the current national and international driving forces that are influencing the evolution of human use and exploitation of the...

Space News is highlighting a potential new mission for the mothballed Janus spacecrafts. Dan Scheeres, a distinguished professor of aerospace at the University of Colorado Boulder, was principal investigator on the Janus mission. Designed and built to launch as a secondary payload on the Psyche mission in 2022, the mission...

Delores Knipp was interviewed by Vox for a new article about a pending reversal of the Sun's magnetic poles. The article, titled "The sun’s poles are about to flip. It’s awesome — and slightly terrifying," discusses the regular shifting of the Sun's poles and solar storms that can result from...

The Smead Program presents: Researchpalooza. Friday, February 9, 2024, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. in the Aerospace Building. Students and faculty are invited to give 10-minute talks highlighting current research in a friendly and informal event. Sign up to present now!

Clare Atzert Director, Surface Ship Systems, Naval Reactors Friday, Feb. 2 | 10:40 a.m. | AERO 120 Abstract: The presentation will provide an overview of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. For this portion of the brief, I will provide a summary of the mission of the Program, as well as...

LiteWave Technologies , a spinout of CU Boulder and a subsidiary of Orion Space Solutions , has been acquired by Arcfield , a leading government technology and mission support provider. LiteWave’s core technology emerged from the lab of Jeffrey Thayer , professor emeritus and research professor in the Ann and...