Jeff Zehnder

Four University of Colorado Boulder aerospace graduate students have been named 2021 Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST). Daniel da Silva, Sarah Luettgen, Riley Reid, and Kevin Sacca have each earned the

When SpaceX CRS-23 launched to the International Space Station on August 29, it carried with it a milestone for the University of Colorado Boulder: the 80th mission to fly a payload from BioServe Space Technologies...

Luis Zea has been chosen to serve on the Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences Research in Space steering committee by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Zea, an assistant research professor in the Ann and H.

John Evans has been named 2021 Educator of the Year by the Rocky Mountain Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Evans, an assistant professor and the Jack Rominger Faculty Fellow in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department

“Exponential commercial utilization of space is simultaneously inspiring and terrifying.” Marcus Holzinger has addressed the U.S. Congress on space situational awareness and space traffic management. It is a subject with increasing importance as

Josh Barrio had had enough. As an avionics technician in the U.S. Coast Guard, he regularly struggled to keep up with the demanding maintenance schedule for military helicopters. There had to be a better way. “I was constantly removing and replacing equipment. Who decided this cable needed to...

Connor Morency has landed a major Department of Defense fellowship to advance the frontiers of high-speed flows. A PhD student and Smead Scholar, Morency has earned a 2021 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG), which recognizes...

Lockheed Martin built and donated a special 1/3 scale GPS IIIF satellite mockup to the University of Colorado Boulder Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences. The model was...

Shayna Hume and a team of fellow students are trying out life on Mars through a unique Earth-based experience. An aerospace engineering PhD student at the University of Colorado Boulder, Hume recently returned from a two-week stay at the Mars

Congratulations to the Smead Aerospace Class of 2021! We are celebrating our outstanding degree candidates with a special virtual commencement ceremony, and are recognizing numerous students and teams for special achievements. All individual awards