Dr. Paccione meets with aerospace engineering student in a wind tunnel lab during her campus visit Wednesday.

Higher ed leader delves into funding, retention, mental health during campus visit

Feb. 6, 2020

Dr. Angie Paccione has been around higher education for a long time: as a professor, a student and Colorado legislator. The appointed leader of the Colorado Department of Higher Education sees some troublesome recurring issues and new ones that need collective focus. During a tour of CU Boulder Wednesday, Paccione...

Allie Anderson

Allie Anderson TEDx video posted

Feb. 6, 2020

Assistant Professor Allie Anderson's recent TEDx Mile High talk "Torn rotator cuffs & lost fingernails — why we must redesign the spacesuit" is officially available online to view. "The spacesuit is one of the greatest technical engineering feats ever achieved. But did you know it causes significant injuries to astronauts?...

A quadcopter drone flies into an entrance of Edgar mine.

Drones go underground in high-stakes competition

Feb. 6, 2020

Roughly one story belowground, in an undisclosed location in Boulder County, close to a dozen engineers hustle up and down a series of utility tunnels—a network of corridors filled with pipes and lit only by sporadic lightbulbs. The students and faculty members have come to this dim and dusty environment...

Rendering of the CSSWE CubeSat in orbit.

CU Boulder a leading CubeSat launcher

Feb. 4, 2020

Up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's (another) University of Colorado Boulder CubeSat! CU Boulder's role as a major force in cube satellites is being highlighted by Bryce Space and Technology, a space research and consulting firm. According to...

Shaylah Mutschler

Harnessing orbital junk for better space weather monitoring

Jan. 29, 2020

Shaylah Mutschler is designing a better forecasting system for space weather by exploiting an unlikely source: space junk. “The government currently uses intensive ground sensor tasking to monitor conditions in orbit. This is costly and takes time away from other work. My aim is to use data we’re already collecting...

A cadet placing a wreath.

Challenger, Columbia memorial event to be held Feb. 2

Jan. 28, 2020

The annual memorial event will take place on campus at 9:38 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 2, to honor the astronauts who perished in the Challenger and Columbia disasters. If you go Who: Open to the public What: Challenger Memorial When: Sunday, Feb. 2, 9:38 a.m. Where: Regent Administrative Center The event...

Kaitlyn Olson

Olson awarded Brooke Owens Fellowship

Jan. 24, 2020

Congratulations to Kaitlyn Olson for earning a 2020 Brooke Owens Fellowship! The highly competitive program provides paid internships and mentoring to exceptional undergraduate women seeking careers in aviation or space exploration. Olson is a CU Boulder senior pursuing a double major in aerospace engineering sciences and applied mathematics, as well as

Diane Davis

Seminar - The Great Gateway Escape: Departing Flows in Near Rectilinear Halo Orbits - Jan. 31

Jan. 24, 2020

Diane Davis Gateway Mission Design Integrated Systems Lead at Johnson Space Center Friday, Jan. 31 | 12:30 P.M. | AERO 12O Abstract: The Gateway is NASA’s next human outpost in space, a staging location for missions beyond Earth orbit and a proving ground for deep space technologies. The Gateway will...

      Representatives from CU Boulder meet with leaders of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Col. Michelle Ewy and Col. Jason Mello (center).

Into the Wild Blue Yonder: Air Force Office of Scientific Research leaders visit CU Boulder

Jan. 24, 2020

Leaders from the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research visited CU Boulder last week to learn about new research initiatives happening on campus and meet CU researchers working on Air Force-related projects. Visiting from Arlington, Virginia, were Col. Michelle Ewy , acting director of the Air Force Office of...

Collage of the winners

Aviation Week honors four CU Boulder aerospace students as "Tomorrow's Engineering Leaders"

Jan. 15, 2020

Aviation Week has announced four University of Colorado Boulder aerospace students as winners of “Tomorrow’s Technology Leaders: The 20 Twenties.” Released in collaboration with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the annual list recognizes leading engineering students at universities across the USA and around the world. The 2020...

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