Aerospace Systems Science & Engineering

Leveraging state and campus initiatives for the integrated study of aerospace systems, CU-Boulder boasts more collective expertise in space science and engineering than perhaps any other university in the world.

• AeroSpace Ventures initiative creates a collaborative environment in which CU Boulder's aerospace engineering and earth and space science faculty, students, and industrial researchers work together to solve complex problems that lead to new discoveries and innovations.
• Aerospace Engineering Sciences has an active research program that engages faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and undergraduate students.
• Grand Challenge – Our Space. Our Future. fuses CU Boulder’s unique strengths in earth, space and social sciences with new technologies and partners to address the pace and pattern of changes for our environment, our resources and our planet.

Related Research Centers

• BioServe Space Technologies is a research partnership center that works closely with NASA and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) to use space for valuable life science applications that benefit humanity.
• Center for Aerospace Structures (CAS) develops innovative analytical models and experiments for the next generation of aerospace structures and systems.
• Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research (CCAR) is dedicated to the study of astrodynamics and the application of satellites to science, navigation, and remote sensing of the Earth and planets.
• Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles (RECUV) is a university, government, and industry partnership dedicated to the development and application of unmanned vehicle systems.