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Alison Nordt Director Space Science & Instrumentation, Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center Friday, Feb. 4 | 12:00 P.M. | AERO 114 Abstract: On December 25, 2021 the James Webb Space Telescope launched into space aboard an Ariane V rocket from French Guiana. The observatory carries four science instruments that will...

Manuel Pusch Post Doctoral Scholar, Smead Aerospace Thurs, Feb. 3 | 4:00 P.M. | Hybrid: AERO N240 & Zoom Webinar Abstract: Highly fuel-efficient aircraft designs with low-weight, high aspect ratio wings often suffer from an increased flutter sensitivity. Flutter is an undesired oscillation which becomes unstable above a certain airspeed...

Alessandro Verniani has earned a 2022 Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship. An aerospace master's student, Verniani will receive a paid internships and executive mentorship through...

Two University of Colorado Boulder students have earned 2022 Brooke Owens Fellowships. The highly competitive program provides paid internships and mentoring to exceptional undergraduate women seeking careers in aviation or space exploration. Aerospace undergraduates Liza Graybill and Sydney Walthall have been named 2022 winners. The program honors the memory of...

Karen Feigh Professor and Associate Chair for Research, Georgia Tech - Aerospace Engineering Friday, Jan. 28 | 12:00 P.M. | AERO 114 Abstract: This talk will present a set of inconvenient truths and practical tips that have been uncovered by human factors and cognitive engineers over the past several decades...

Jelliffe Jackson Associate Teaching Professor, Smead Aerospace Friday, Jan. 21 | 12:00 P.M. | Zoom Webinar Abstract: The Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences senior projects course provides our seniors a capstone experience, integrating the disciplinary knowledge from previous courses to conduct a realistic engineering design-build-test project to solve a complex engineering...

Katie Melbourne is up close and personal with the James Webb Space Telescope. As a systems engineer at Ball Aerospace in Boulder, Melbourne is involved in commissioning for NASA's new flagship space telescope. At the same time, she is also earning her PhD in aerospace engineering sciences at the University...

This month, Kacie Davis got a rare treat for a fan of all things outer space. The 2020 CU Boulder alumna was one of the first people on Earth to watch as new data streamed from an object called SMC X-1—a type of pulsar, or the collapsed remains of a...

Please join Mark Sirangelo as he welcomes Robert Weiss, the former head of the world-famous Lockheed Skunk Works, to CU for a very special behind the scenes look at perhaps the most respected aeronautics and technology company in history.

Hisham Ali joined Smead Aerospace full time as a new assistant professor in January 2022. Prior appointments include being a member of technical staff at the Aerospace Corporation in the Astrodynamics Department, Colorado Springs and a research faculty member in the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering at the Georgia...