Jeff Zehnder
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. Eight graduates and two retiring faculty members were recognized during the event at the...
Liftoff for two University of Colorado Boulder CubeSats! The AEPEX and COSMO CubeSats, both projects of Professor Robert Marshall's lab, reached...
Students and researchers shared their work at The 2026 Skyward Showcase. The annual aerospace event features 10-minute talks highlighting current...
A team of three aerospace PhD students were awarded second place in an autonomous satellite systems competition. Competing in the 2026 Capture the Satellite Challenge organized by...