Jeff Zehnder
Three aerospace graduate students have earned prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards. Annalise Cabra, Thomas Clark, and Asa O'Neal are 2025 recipients of the NSF GRFP awards, which
Nicole Rote has earned a major fellowship from Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Draper Laboratories. Rote, a PhD student in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the University of Colorado
A team of 13 engineering seniors earned first place in a national aeronautics student paper competition for their capstone design project. Team ASTRA (Astronaut Stability Training Response Apparatus) spent nine months
Congratulations to the Smead Aerospace Class of 2025! As part of our graduation week ceremonies, we are recognizing outstanding students and teams at the undergraduate and graduate level for special achievements.
Aaditya Pore is an engineering senior double majoring in aerospace and computer science. He is an extremely active student, serving as senior class president, competing in the Daniels Fund National Ethics Case Competition and earning the 2025
From training as an Army Ranger and flight test engineer, to life as an astronaut in the microgravity of space, to educating the next generation of...-
Smead Aerospace students received multiple awards at the 2025 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Region V conference. In undergraduate and graduate categories, aerospace students were recognized at the event,
David Klaus has built a career centered around the science and engineering of human spaceflight as a systems engineer, researcher and educator. After four decades on the leading edge, he is embarking on his next challenge:
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
The Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences has honored eight alumni for outstanding contributions to industry, for technical achievement, and public service.