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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...

Cody Watson, a rising senior in aerospace engineering sciences, has been named a winner in the Council on Undergraduate Research’s Student Video Competition. Watson spent last year participating in a Discovery Learning Apprenticeship (DLA) with faculty mentors Torin Clark and Allie Anderson. Their project centered on using auditory and vestibular...

Shayna Hume and a team of fellow students are trying out life on Mars through a unique Earth-based experience. An aerospace engineering PhD student at the University of Colorado Boulder, Hume recently returned from a two-week stay at the Mars Desert Research Station, an “analogue” astronaut research facility in the...

Twice a day, at dusk and just before dawn, a faint layer of sodium and other metals begins sinking down through the atmosphere, about 90 miles high above the city of Boulder, Colorado. The movement was captured by one of the world’s most sensitive “lidar” instruments and reported Tuesday in...

Congratulation to Smead Aerospace PhD students Yashica Khatri and Jamie Voros for earning 2021 Zonta Amelia Earhart Fellowships! The program, open to students worldwide, recognizes up to...

Congratulations to the Smead Aerospace Class of 2021! We are celebrating our outstanding degree candidates with a special virtual commencement ceremony , and are recognizing numerous students and teams for special achievements. All individual awards and senior design team honorees were announced during the virtual ceremony. Most Outstanding Senior Emma...

The Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences would like to congratulate all 2021 bachelor of science, master of science, and doctor of philosophy graduates with this special virtual graduation ceremony in their honor. Although we can't be together to celebrate in person, we are excited for your...

The college of engineering & applied science is honored to recognize the accomplishments of first-generation students as they achieve a new milestone for themselves, their families, and their communities in obtaining a degree from CU Boulder. For the first time, first-generation students will be receiving a red graduation cord, symbolizing...

Michelle Lin, a graduating senior earning degrees in both aerospace engineering sciences and applied math has received two awards from the College of Engineering and Applied Science. Lin is a 2021 recipient of...

Chris Muldrow has joined the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences as director of the flagship Smead Program. The Smead Program ensures the department attracts and retains the brightest minds in aerospace. It brings together graduate students, faculty and visiting professors to conduct groundbreaking, interdisciplinary research in...