Jeff Zehnder
Dhruva Ananth (AeroEngr MS’26) stares across a field of black rocks at an epic force of nature. Hawaiʻi’s Mt. Kilauea is erupting, throwing massive amounts of ash high into the...
Dan Scheeres is being recognized for major contributions to “the dynamics, control, and navigation of spacecraft trajectories, the design of space missions to small solar system bodies, and celestial mechanics.”
Jackson Clark pushes to full throttle, pulls back on the yoke, and eases into the right rudder pedal as he soars through the sky on a clear day – all without leaving the Aerospace Building...
Fire, smoke, and roar of a rocket engine blasted the Colorado prairie – the Ablative Mark 1 test was an exciting victory. A student club project at the University of Colorado Boulder, the static firing of...
Six aerospace students have earned prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards. Duncan Byrne, Renée DePencier Piñero, Emily Gokie, Aakash Jain, CJ O'Neill, and Alexandria Rhoads are 2026
Congratulations to the Smead Aerospace Class of 2026! As part of our graduation week ceremonies, we are recognizing outstanding students and teams at the...
Laura Stiles (AeroEngr MS’11, PhD’13) recently received the opportunity of a lifetime – a trip to space. A University of Colorado Boulder aerospace master’s and PhD graduate and director at Blue Origin, Stiles has...
Five University of Colorado Boulder aerospace PhD students have been named 2025-2026 Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST). James Cannon, Amy Haft, Vidhyarth T.S. Kumar, Rick Marcusen,
Alia Khan is integrating field-based biogeochemical analysis with NASA’s next generation satellite sensors to...
Alumni, faculty, family, and friends took part in the 2026 AeroBuffs Club Alumni Banquet and Awards Ceremony on Friday. The Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences recognized eight graduates and...