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Former University of Colorado Boulder professor George Born was inducted into the Colorado Space Heroes Hall of Fame on Wednesday. Born, who died in January 2016, was an aerospace engineer and founder of CU’s Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research. “Dr. George Born tremendously impacted Colorado’s space economy,” said Kathleen Vinson,...

James G. Brasseur Research Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder Monday, Mar. 9 | 12:30 P.M. | AERO 111 Abstract: We explore the potential for new reduced basis representations within current state-of-the-art Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) frameworks to more accurately predict key resolved-scale dynamics underlying flame-turbulence interactions in premixed...

CU Boulder Engineering students were thrilled to see their work hurled off the roof of the Aerospace Engineering Sciences Building this week. All in the name of science! Here's a sneak peek into their fun learning environment

SGAC and the University of Colorado Boulder are proud to announce that Katherine Vega will be sponsored to attend the 9th Space Generation Fusion Forum and the 36th Space Symposium. Katherine Vega is completing a second bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She’s worked on...

Think of the Defense Department’s new list of Ethical Principles for Artificial Intelligence as a starting framework to help guide the thinking of people who will ultimately make the hard decisions: what’s right or wrong, then how to teach a machine to tell the difference. In a...

University of Colorado Boulder students are designing next-generation spacesuit technology. The CU Technology for Extreme Environments (CUTEE) Club is competing in the NASA SUITS Challenge to design and create an augmented reality system – an interactive, heads-up display – that could present live electronic information to astronauts inside their...

Delores Knipp Research Professor, Smead Aerospace Friday, Feb. 28 | 12:30 P.M. | AERO 120 Abstract: Space Weather is a relatively new term applied to research and applications of Sun-Geospace interactions. Space weather research, in one form or another, has been an ongoing activity in the CU and Boulder space-ecosystems...

Prospective aerospace PhD students are visiting campus on February 20 & 21. They are the first group of applicants since the new Aerospace Engineering Sciences building opened. For our current students, please help them feel welcome as they explore the Ann and H.J Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences.

Three University of Colorado Boulder aerospace students have been selected as members of the 2020 Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship Program. The initiative provides summer internships and executive mentorship to inspire the next generation of commercial spaceflight leaders. The CU Boulder fellows are: Megan Jones, aerospace junior (Research Advisor: Jay McMahon) Alex...

The world of AI is already present in our daily lives and will be an increasing a part of our future. This lecture will provide an opportunity to hear the results of a major research project, just completed in late 2019, which conducted a deep dive on one critical part of AI development, AI ethics. Over the past year the Department of Defense’s...