Russ Moore

U.S. Space Force, University of Colorado announce partnership

Aug. 23, 2021

The U.S. Space Force expanded its University Partnership Program at the University of Colorado during a memorandum of understanding signing event Aug. 20. Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. David D. Thompson joined University of Colorado President Todd Saliman, CU Boulder Provost Russell Moore and others on the UC Colorado...

CU Boulder campus seen from the air

CU Engineering PhD Application Fee Waiver

Aug. 12, 2021

The College of Engineering and Applied Science at CU Boulder is once again offering a program that allows qualifying PhD applicants to waive their application fees until November 15, 2021. The program is intended to support our college's strategic vision to become a premier destination for U.S. graduate students. The...

Ben Capeloto

Ben Capeloto brings engineering perspective to student government

Aug. 5, 2021

For the first time in at least two decades – and possibly ever – CU Boulder’s Student Government (CUSG) is being led by an aerospace engineer. Ben Capeloto, a senior majoring in aerospace engineering and minoring in computer science, was elected in April 2021 as one of three student body...

Tobias Niederwieser and Robby Aaron working on one of the FRIDGE units.

Smithsonian Magazine: The quest to build a functional, energy-efficient refrigerator that works in space

July 27, 2021

Smithsonian Magazine interviewed BioServe Research Associate Tobias Niederwieser for a new article on refrigerators aboard the International Space Station and other spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit. Niederwieser led work on BioServe's ISS FRIDGE, which has been...

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Two students earn major NASA fellowship

July 9, 2021

Two students in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences are being recognized with 2021 NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunities (NSTGRO) fellowships. The annual program sponsors U.S. citizen and permanent resident graduate students who show significant potential to contribute to NASA’s goal of creating innovative new...

General Thompson shakes hand with Air Force ROTC cadet

Newest frontier in national security - space - gets boost at CU Boulder

June 29, 2021

A four-star general traveled to Boulder to highlight the CU system’s participation in a new effort called the Space Force University Partnership Program.

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Raytheon Intelligence & Space gifts $250,000 fellowship endowment

June 29, 2021

Starting in fall 2021, the endowment will allow CU Boulder's aerospace engineering department to recruit top graduate students.

Marcus Holzinger

Holzinger co-authors paper on preparing for space as the next military frontier

June 24, 2021

A new report published by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory suggests the U.S. Space Force has to prepare for a day when the moon and the volume of space around it could become the next military frontier. Co-authored by Marcus Holzinger, an associate professor of aerospace engineering, the paper,...

The satellite being installed.

Lockheed Martin satellite mockup installed in Aerospace Building

June 23, 2021

Lockheed Martin built and donated a special 1/3 scale GPS IIIF satellite mockup to the University of Colorado Boulder Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences. The model was...

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Free year of AIAA membership from Smead Aerospace

June 21, 2021

Mark Sirangelo, Entrepreneur-Scholar-in-Residence, is offering all Smead Aerospace students an opportunity to advance their careers in the aerospace field. Working with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Mark is providing all currently enrolled CU Smead Aerospace students, undergraduate and graduate, with a free year of new membership in...

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