Drawing of a multirotor drone using passive radar to analyze subsurface areas.

New approach to aerial ground penetrating radar for Mars research

July 1, 2024

Sean Peters is leading a major multi-institutional initiative to develop power efficient passive radar systems that could peek under the surface of Mars. Peters has earned a $2.45 million, three-year NASA grant to create a drone-based system to map subsurface areas. The project includes field-testing on Earth with an eye...

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Atmospheric research in the most extreme place on Earth: Antarctica

June 24, 2024

Abhi Doddi (PhDAeroEngr’21) is collecting scientific data outdoors in a 70 mph whiteout blizzard. It is just another day of life in Antarctica. Doddi, a postdoctoral researcher at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ, is leading a major study involving high-altitude balloons to improve weather forecasting on the Antarctic continent.

Rendering of a satellite orbiting the dark side of the Earth.

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 Â鶹ÊÓƵ researchers is trying to make it easier. The work is part of two major business-university grant partnerships that...

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CU Boulder aerospace students earn prestigious Draper Fellowships

May 28, 2024

Four Â鶹ÊÓƵ aerospace graduate students have been named 2024 Draper Scholars. The Scholars program provides recipients with the opportunity to work at Draper’s campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, conducting research and contributing to programs in national security, space systems, biotechnology and strategic systems. The four recipients from Smead...

Global map showing terrestrial water storage over time.  Source: Nature

Tracking Earth ice sheet melt from space

May 20, 2024

CU Boulder professor secures $800,000 NASA Grant. Khosro Ghobadi-Far is advancing the science of climate change with orbiting satellites...

Team CHIMERA

Smead Aerospace Class of 2024 Reception and Awards Ceremony

May 10, 2024

Congratulations to the Smead Aerospace Class of 2024! As part of our annual graduation ceremonies, we are recognizing outstanding students and teams for special achievements as well as all PhD graduates...

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Five CU Boulder aerospace students earn major National Science Foundation fellowships

May 3, 2024

The National Science Foundation has bestowed five prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards to Â鶹ÊÓƵ aerospace PhD students. These top awards recognize and support outstanding grad students from across the country in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees...

Six attendees at the banquet.

Alumni, faculty honored at 2024 Smead Aerospace banquet

April 26, 2024

The Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences has honored nine alumni for outstanding contributions to industry, for technical achievement, and public service. The 2024 AeroBuffs Club Alumni Academy inductees were recognized during a...

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Smead Aerospace recognizes 2024 alumni award winners

March 25, 2024

The Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences is honoring nine alumni for outstanding contributions to industry, for technical achievement, and public service. The 2024 AeroBuffs Club Alumni Academy inductees are being recognized for work in business, civil, and military aerospace spheres. “Smead Aerospace has outstanding graduates serving...

Spencer Dansereau

Pollution to production: student startup transforms CO2 into aerospace hardware

Feb. 28, 2024

Spencer Dansereau is building a business that could turn air pollution into a useable product. A Â鶹ÊÓƵ aerospace PhD student, Dansereau aims to take carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and extract the carbon molecules to create 3D printed carbon fiber, which can be used for everything...

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