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For the first time in at least two decades – and possibly ever – CU Boulder’s Student Government (CUSG) is being led by an aerospace engineer. Ben Capeloto, a senior majoring in aerospace engineering and minoring in computer science, was elected in
Smithsonian Magazine interviewed BioServe Research Associate Tobias Niederwieser for a new article on refrigerators aboard the International Space Station and other spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit.
Niederwieser led work on BioServe's ISS FRIDGE, which has been...
Two students in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences are being recognized with 2021 NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunities (NSTGRO) fellowships. The annual program sponsors U.S. citizen and permanent
A four-star general traveled to Boulder to highlight the CU system’s participation in a new effort called the Space Force University Partnership Program.
Starting in fall 2021, the endowment will allow CU Boulder's aerospace engineering department to recruit top graduate students.
A new report published by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory suggests the U.S. Space Force has to prepare for a day when the moon and the volume of space around it could become the next military frontier. Co-authored by Marcus Holzinger, an
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...
Mark Sirangelo, Entrepreneur-Scholar-in-Residence, is offering all Smead Aerospace students an opportunity to advance their careers in the aerospace field. Working with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Mark is providing
Cody Watson, a rising senior in aerospace engineering sciences, has been named a winner in the Council on Undergraduate Research’s Student Video Competition. Watson spent last year participating in a Discovery Learning Apprenticeship (
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