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Mines like these, deployed in waters off the coast of Vietnam just 3 months earlier, suddenly detonated without explanation in August 1972. The event was attributed to “magnetic perturbations of solar storms.” Credit: U.S.
The Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences has moved into a new dedicated building on East Campus.
The four-story, nearly 180,000 square-foot structure was completed over the summer following 18 months of construction, and a formal ribbon cutting ceremony is planned for Monday, August 26, to kick off the semester...
A year and a half after starting the company, CU Boulder startup ShineOn has grown to five employees and is preparing to launch its first product for cycling enthusiasts. ShineOn’s first product, Dual Beam, is creating a new bike light standard that
Science, engineering and nature are coming together for Colorado high school students at a unique summer camp. The 2019 CU Science Discovery Mountain Research Experience, a weeklong sleepaway camp program is a chance for kids to learn about the possibilities of scientific...
Congratulations to Aaron Aboaf, Nicholas Renninger, and Lara Lufkin, who earned 2nd place in the student competition at the 2019 AIAA / Utah State University Conference on Small Satellites. The trio's presentation, Design of an In-Situ Sensor
Tornadoes, floods, fires and more affect 160 million people per year worldwide. On this episode of the CU Boulder Brainwaves podcast, what science is doing to help people and their property survive. Interviews include Lori Peek, director of the
Annika Rollock (Advisor: Bobby Braun) is a second year PhD student in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences and a 2019 Matthew Isakowitz Fellow. The Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship Program is an internship and mentorship
Declassified files are showing researchers the unpredictable nature of the Sun and helping them work towards predicting the next big solar storm. Seeker sat down with Smead Aerospace Research Professor Delores Knipp to find out more. Watch the full
Ian Geraghty (AeroEngr BS'19) is in the middle of yearlong research experience in one of the most inaccessible and extreme places on Earth: Antarctica. He's using lidar -- a pulsed laser system -- aimed at the sky to study the atmosphere at altitudes so high Earth weather and space weather interact.
Hank Scott, a lecturer in Smead Aerospace, and Kevin VanLiere (MechEngr BS'95) are working to improve the design of the middle seat on airplanes. They've received major media attention for their startup, Molon Labe Seating, which has just received