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Smead Aerospace Professor Penina Axelrad has been awarded a $1.1 million Graduate Assistantships in Areas of National Need (GAANN) grant from the US Department of Education. The program will provide funding to grow representation of women and underrepresented minorities with PhDs in Aerospace Engineering Sciences. This project seeks to increase...

Mahmoud I. Hussein - Associate Professor, Smead Aerospace Monday, Oct. 29, 2018 | DLC | 12:00 p.m. Download Flyer Abstract: Phononics is an emerging field that seeks to elucidate the nature of intrinsic mechanical motion in both conventional and artificially structured materials, and use this knowledge to extend the boundaries...

Keith Belvin - NASA Langley - Autonomy and robotics are revolutionizing the current space paradigm, particularly by enabling in-space assembly and manufacturing capabilities. Together, on-orbit servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (OSAM) capabilities allow large, persistent space assets to be constructed and routinely upgraded in space. These capabilities enable unprecedented...

The European Geosciences Union (EGU) has named LASP Director Daniel Baker as the recipient of the 2019 Hannes Alfvén Medal. The medal was established in 1997 in recognition of the scientific achievements of Hannes Alfvén and is awarded for outstanding scientific contributions towards the understanding of plasma processes in the...

Something happens to the human immune system as we age, making it harder for us to fight off disease and causing other problems with things like vaccines. Rather than waiting for the population to grow old to test how and why this happens, scientists and engineers are sending cells into...

Aerospace on Campus is Aviation Week and The Wings Club's signature student-oriented event, held on occasion at select aerospace programs in the U.S. that brings senior, influential members of the aerospace community together with the students who will one day lead the sector. Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences at CU Boulder...

Russell Carpenter - Deputy Project Manager/Technical for Space Science Mission Operations at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Wed. Oct. 17, 2018 | DLC | 12:00 pm Download Flyer Abstract: As the era of commercial spaceflight begins, NASA must ensure that lessons the US has learned over the first 50 years...

Brian Argrow is a professor and chair of Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder. He was the founding director of the Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles (RECUV) and is a former associate dean for education for the College of Engineering and Applied Science. His...

Sanghamitra Neogi - Assistant Professor, Smead Aerospace Wed. Oct. 10, 2018 | DLC | 12:00 pm Download Flyer Abstract: Heat conduction in macroscopic continuum media is well described by classical physics. However, with continued miniaturization of electronic transistors, sensors and actuators, device dimensions are now reaching the nanoscale. Classical framework...

Why did you choose engineering at CU Boulder? I grew up in Broomfield, Colorado. So applying at a college close to my family was very important to me. Plus, I think Boulder is a very great town! And the highly praised engineering program convinced me even more. What does the...