Each year, Smead Scholars gather for a special weekend symposium in the Vail area to present their research and listen to other Scholars, Faculty Fellows, Smead Scholar alumni, and network with distinguished guests across industry, government, and academia to learn about career paths and get mentor advice on how to overcome challenges while navigating careers. There have been eight Symposia to date: 

• 10th Smead Symposium, Avon, Colorado, planned April 22-24, 2022:
  
  • Keynote Speaker: TBD
     
• 9th Smead Symposium: Avon, Colorado, April 12-13, 2019:
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  • Keynote Speaker: Prof. Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr. USN (Ret.), Krekel Chair in Aerospace Engineering, U.S. Naval Academy, fmr. NASA Astronaut, "An Historical Perspective on Human Spaceflight, Naval Aviation, and Naval Utilization of the Space Domain"
  • Speaker: Rob Strain, President, Ball Aerospace, "Workforce Diversity & Engineering Business Acumen"
  • Speaker: Prof. Kathryn Tobey, Professor of Engineering Practice, Engineering Management Program, College of Engineering & Applied Science, CU Boulder, "Effective Engineering Leadership"
     
  • Smead Program Director, Lewis Groswald, "Smead Program Academic Year 2018-19 Update"
     
  • Smead Faculty Fellow Research Presentations:
    • Prof. Marcus Holzinger, "A Tasting of Research Topics" (Space Domain Awareness)
    • Prof. Alireza Doostan (slides forthcoming)
       
  • Smead Scholar Research Updates:
    • Damennick Henry, "Sensitivity Strength of Quasi-Periodic Tori: A New Measure For Designing Spacecraft Formations"
    • Shaylah Mutschler, "Research Update & A Nonlinear Filter Comparison"
    • Abhishektha Boppana, "Using Body-Shape Models to Design a Better-Fitting Spacesuit"
    • Andrew Harris, "Putting the Air in Space: Differential Drag and Constellation Management"
    • Jonathan Manni, "Research Update & Progress"
    • Marielle Pellegrino, "Modeling Atmospheric Drag & Debris Removal"
    • Conor Benson, "Debris Removal, Satellite Servicing, and the YORP Effect"
    • Alex Hirst, "Annual Research Update: Working with Autonomous Systems"
    • Ryan Skinner, "Reduced-Basis Multi-fidelity Approach for Efficient Parametric Study of NACA Airfoils"
    • JoAnna Fulton, "Deployment Dynamics Analysis of Origami-Folded Spacecraft Structures with Elastic Hinges"
       
  • Smead Scholar Alumni Updates:
    • Samantha Rieger, "Working Mission Operations for OSIRIS-REx"
    • Aaron Rosengren, "From Scheeres to Aristotle: My Chaotic Path to Academia"
    • Ann Dietrich, "Smead Scholar Alumni Update"
    • Dylan Boone, "Working at JPL and Supporting New Horizons"
    • Stephanie Golmon, "Draper Labs Overview, Global Challenges Initiatives, and Selected Projects"
    • Jason Roadman, "Verification of Eagle Detection Systems using Live Eagles, and U.S. DOE Collegiate Wind Competition"
       
• 8th Smead Symposium: Vail, Colorado, May 11-12, 2018
  • Keynote Speakers:
    • Dr. Ivett Leyva, Program Officer, High Speed Aerodynamics, Air Force Office of Scientific Research
    • Gregg Burgess, Vice President for Technology Space Systems, Sierra Nevada Corp.
       
• 7th Smead Symposium: Avon, Colorado, April 21-22, 2017
  • Keynote Speakers:
    • Kathryn Tobey, Professor of Engineering Practice, College of Engineering & Applied Science, University of Colorado Boulder (formerly VP and GM for Special Programs, Lockheed Martin Space Systems)
    • Rob Strain, President, Ball Aerospace Corporation
       
• 6th Smead Symposium: Avon, Colorado, May 13-15, 2016
  • Keynote Speaker: Prof. Sergio Pellegrino, California Institute of Technology
     
• 5th Smead Symposium: Vail, Colorado, May 15-16, 2015
  • Keynote Speaker: Prof. Bobby Braun, University of Colorado Boulder (formerly Georgia Tech University)
     
• 4th Smead Symposium: Vail, Colorado, May 16-18, 2014
  • Keynote Speaker: Prof. Mason Peck, NASA/Cornell University
     
• 3rd Smead Symposium: Vail, Colorado, April 26-28, 2013
  • Keynote Speaker: Dr. Donald K. Yeomans, Jet Propulsion Lab
     
• 2nd Smead Symposium: Vail, Colorado, May 11-12, 2012
   
• 1st Smead Symposium: Boulder, Colorado, July 25, 2011