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The University of Colorado Boulder has been selected as a United States Space Command Academic Engagement Enterprise member. The new national program is designed to expand collaboration and academic exchanges between universities and U.S. Space Command. “They’re engaging with top universities in the country to have two-way communication; how Space...

Steve Gehly Assistant Professor, Delft University of Technology Friday, Jan. 20 | 10:30 a.m. | AERO 232 Abstract: As Earth orbit becomes increasingly congested, passive optical sensors remain one of the most important sources of data on space objects across all orbit regimes. However, the resultant angles-only measurements, often collected...

Mark Costello Professor and Chair, School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Tech Friday, Jan. 20 | 11:45 A.M. | AERO 120 Abstract: Guided airdrop systems have changed the notion of aerial delivery by significantly improving airborne cargo landing accuracy and precision. This improvement comes in large part due to the application...

Professor Iain Boyd discusses the War in Ukraine and Russia's use of hypersonic weapons in a new article in Newsweek. Boyd, who is also the director of the CU Boulder Center for National Security Initiatives , is a leading researcher in hypersonic aerothermodynamics. Hypersonic weapons present major new challenges to...

A new article on reasons to be optimistic in 2023 features airline seat technology with ties to the University of Colorado Boulder. Hank Scott is a lecturer in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences and the CEO of Molon Labe Seating. His company aims to improve...

The December 2022 Engineering Graduation Ceremony celebrated the accomplishments of 460 engineers and scientists from the College of Engineering and Applied Science who earned their bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. The ceremony included graduation speakers Kyri Baker, Peebles Award winner and assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and...

Sunday at around 10:40 a.m. MT, NASA’s Orion spacecraft will splash down in the Pacific Ocean after its several week-long journey to the moon and back. Space buffs can tune into NASA's livestream to witness some extreme physics—what will be the last leg of the historic Artemis 1 mission, which...

The Artemis 1 spacecraft is in orbit around the Moon this week, carrying 12,000 varieties of yeast as part of an experiment led by the University of Colorado Boulder. The yeast cells will help scientists answer a critical question in space exploration: How might human bodies fare in the extreme...

Johann Guilleminot Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University Friday, Dec. 2 | 10:40 A.M. | AERO 120 Abstract: In this talk, we discuss the construction of admissible, physics-consistent and identifiable stochastic models for uncertainty quantification. We first consider a continuum mechanics setting where variables and fields take...

Please join Mark Sirangelo as he welcomes Dr. Sandy Magnus on Nov. 30 for a wide-ranging webinar discussion taking us from the beginnings of her NASA career to her flight on the last Space Shuttle mission. We will also discuss the Artemis program, ISS and the future of the Space Industry...