Smead Aerospace Student News - Apr. 22
Honors and Recognition
Smead Aerospace held the 2025 Senior & Graduate Projects Symposium on April 18, 2025 at the Aerospace Building on campus.
Student built rocket soars to second place finish at 24,000 feet
Up, up, and away! The 12-foot tall rocket soared upward, screaming into the sky as it broke the sound barrier.The CU in Space Club’s entry to the Argonia Cup rocket competition reached 24,000 feet and earned second place in the tournament.“The flight was awesome. All the hard work is worth it when...
Research in space, helping people on Earth: BioServe marks 100th orbital launch
Louis Stodieck remembers the first time he saw a space shuttle blast off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In April 1991, Stodieck, an aerospace engineer, was the associate director of BioServe Space Technologies, a research center at the University of Colorado Boulder. He had helped to d...
Two PhD students earn top National Science Foundation fellowship
Two aerospace graduate students have earned prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards. Annalise Cabra and Asa O'Neal are 2025 recipients of the NSF GRFP awards, which recognize and support outstanding grad students from across the country in science, techno...
Engineering advice from the President of BAE Systems, Space & Mission Systems
Dave Kaufman is offering advice on career paths to aspiring engineers as the President of BAE Systems, Space & Mission Systems. Kaufman began his 30-year career in industry as a thermal engineer. He gradually took on new roles and opportunities, managing larger and larger teams until he became...
Events & Information
Fiske Science Under the Dome wants YOU!
Spring Seminars
Wed, April 23
Vinodhini Comandur
PhD Candidate, GA Tech
9:15 a.m., AERO 111
See attached flyer for details.
Fri. Apr. 25
Kirsten Strandjord
Univ of Minn
10:40 a.m., AERO 114
See attached flyer for details.
Tues, May 13
Dimitris Lagoudas
Texas A&M
10 a.m., AERO 111