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Professor Emeritus Jean Koster has published an ASME Blog on the importance of capstone design projects for student career development: "Many industries offer internships to students during semester breaks, largely after the sophomore and junior
Life is returning to some semblance of normal for students in Assistant Professor Torin Clark’s laboratory on campus. A faculty member in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, his team’s research focuses on astronaut health on...
Today, the National Science Foundation announced that CU Boulder will receive a $25 million award to launch a new quantum science and engineering research center. The new center will be led by physicist Jun Ye and is a partnership with 11 other
A Japanese rocket launched the United Arab Emirates’ first mission to Mars July 19, an orbiter that will study the planet’s weather while demonstrating the country’s growing space capabilities. The H-2A rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan at 5:58 p.m. Eastern. The rocket’s upper stage released the...
This month, researchers from Boulder and beyond will watch live as a slice of space exploration history launches from a pad on the Japanese island of Tanegashima. The Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) is slated to blast off aboard an H-IIA
No single scientist or engineer, no matter how smart, could solve the challenges of controlled, maneuverable flight of an aircraft or returning spacecraft traveling at more than five times the speed of sound. Temperatures on the vehicles can soar
Dr. Sedat H. Biringen took his last breath this morning, July 12, 2020, at 4:30am. He was an incredibly special person and took so much enjoyment in life. Born in 1945 in Istanbul, Turkey to Talat and Kaya Biringen, Sedat grew up playing piano and
Analysis of a disrupted SOS signal during an early polar expedition showcases the importance of taking space weather into account when exploring new frontiers. Eos, the magazine of the American Geophysical Union, spoke with research professor
Congratulations to aerospace instructor Aaron Johnson for receiving a 2020 Apprentice Faculty Grant from the American Society for Engineering Education. The program "honors promising emerging engineering education scholars who have the potential for
Benjamin Wexler has been flying from a young age, first in simulators and later as a private pilot. Now, he will be contributing to cutting-edge astronautics and aeronautics research as a 2020 NASA Pathways Internship fellow. The California native and University of Colorado Boulder dual degree aerospace engineering and...