LASP team attends launch of instrument to monitor space weather

LASP team attends launch of instrument to monitor space weather

June 25, 2024

The Kennedy Space Center launch of NOAA’s GOES-U satellite—carrying the fourth and final Extreme Ultraviolet and X-Ray Irradiance Sensors (EXIS) instrument—was a high point in the two-decade long program on which dozens of LASP employees worked for the majority of their careers.

CU Boulder's Ralphie logo on an EXIS instrument created by LASP

Space instruments provide early warnings for solar flares

June 21, 2024

When a solar flare leaps out from around the sun, a small fleet of scientific instruments designed and built at CU Boulder form a first line of defense—spotting these massive eruptions before any other instrument in space, then relaying the information to Earth in seconds.

From left to right, Aju Jugessur, Juliet Gopinath, Scott Diddams and Cindy Regal, who will lead the realization of a new facility at CU Boulder for making incredibly small devices.

CU Boulder wins $20M to lead National Quantum Nanofab facility

June 20, 2024

NSF has awarded $20M to CU Boulder to launch a facility known as the National Quantum Nanofab (NQN), where Colorado researchers and quantum specialists from around the country will be able to design and build incredibly small devices that tap into the world of atoms and photons.

Elevate your fall fellowship proposal through RIO's Writing & Peer Editing Program, starting July 16

Elevate your fall fellowship proposal through RIO's Writing & Peer Editing Program, starting July 16

June 17, 2024

The Research and Innovation Office (RIO) announces the launch of the fourth annual Fall Fellowships Writing & Peer Editing Program: ACLS, NHC, SHC and More, facilitated by RIO Proposal Writer/Editor Donna Axel. Faculty are encouraged to attend a brief 30-minute kickoff on Tuesday, July 16 at either 10 a.m. or 4 p.m. to determine if the program is right for them.

Testing AI-enabled drones for search and rescue

Testing AI-enabled drones for search and rescue

June 14, 2024

CU Boulder's Ann and H.J. Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences is partnering with the Boulder Emergency Squad to evaluate the use of AI-enabled drones in search and rescue operations, which can independently help teams scout locations or find individuals.

A NOVA-C lander named Odysseus and built by the company Intuitive Machines lands on the surface of the moon.

In new experiment, scientists record Earth’s radio waves from the moon

June 10, 2024

On Feb. 22, a lunar lander named Odysseus touched down near the moon’s South Pole and popped out four antennas to record radio waves around the surface—a moment CU Boulder astrophysicist Jack Burns hails as the “dawn of radio astronomy from the moon.” Burns is co-investigator on the experiment.

CU Boulder, industry partner on space docking and satellite AI research

CU Boulder, industry partner on space docking and satellite AI research

June 3, 2024

Docking with a satellite orbiting Earth is delicate business, with one wrong move spelling disaster. A team of industry and CU Boulder researchers is trying to make it easier. The work is part of two major business-university grant partnerships that include the lab of Professor Hanspeter Schaub (Aerospace Engineering).

Gov. Jared Polis signs quantum industry bill on campus

Gov. Jared Polis signs quantum industry bill on campus

May 30, 2024

On May 28, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis ushered in legislation to support and strengthen Colorado’s rapidly growing quantum industry, including a historic investment of up to $74M that positions the state to compete for federal funds that will create a quantum boom in Colorado.

Headshot of Nikki Lovenduski over a photo of SEEC Building on CU Boulder East Campus

From interim to permanent: Lovenduski named INSTAAR director

May 27, 2024

The University of Colorado Boulder has named Associate Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (ATOC) Nikki Lovenduski director of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), effective July 1. Lovenduski has served as interim director of INSTAAR since August 2023.

Aerial view of CU Boulder campus

Colorado Energy Office grants to pay for on-campus geothermal studies

May 24, 2024

CU Boulder has been awarded two grants totaling nearly $700K through the statewide Geothermal Energy Grant Program (GEGP) to determine whether geothermal energy is feasible for the campus. Gov. Jared Polis announced the award recipients at a ceremony in Pueblo on Friday.

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