Kennedy Space Center

From the Space Shuttle to SpaceX – CU Boulder aerospace alumnus engages at Kennedy Space Center

July 20, 2022

Mike Lee (AeroEngr’87) is helping guide the national transformation from exclusively government to commercial space launches up to the International Space Station. As deputy manager of the Mission Management and Integration Office for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, he oversees mission operation planning and execution for launches of astronauts and cargo...

Bees on a honey comb.

CU Boulder researchers explore the engineering of bee honeycombs

July 19, 2022

Francisco López Jiménez is taking on an unusual research subject for an assistant professor in aerospace -- honeycombs. A faculty member in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the 鶹Ƶ, López Jiménez is buzzing with a new $497,000 National Science Foundation grant...

Alex, Phil, and Dom Miceli on the Pacific Ocean in Hawaii.

All in the family – three brothers majoring in aerospace at CU Boulder

July 13, 2022

Phil, Alex, and Dom Miceli have a lot in common, especially their choice in college education — the three brothers are all aerospace engineering students at the 鶹Ƶ. The trio are pursuing a challenging, in-demand career field that also honors the legacy of their father. “We were...

Fire on the plains of the rocky mountains

$20M ESIIL center aims to foster a “revolution” in environmental data science

July 11, 2022

Computer Science Associate Professor Claire Monteleoni is the AI/Machine Learning Lead for a new $20M NSF Center at CU Boulder, housed in CIRES, the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences. The new center is a major new data science and diversity effort including partners from multiple institutions around the world.

CU Boulder campus seen from the air

AB Nexus seeks interdisciplinary proposals for 2022 grant program

July 7, 2022

AB Nexus has announced its Fall 2022 Research Collaboration Grant Program, which seeks proposals from interdisciplinary teams that expand and strengthen areas of research collaboration between the CU Anschutz and CU Boulder campuses.

Hanspeter Schaub

Schaub elected chair of Smead Aerospace

July 6, 2022

Professor Hanspeter Schaub is the new chair of the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the 鶹Ƶ. Schaub was elected chair by the Smead Aerospace faculty. He succeeds Brian Argrow, who is stepping down from the position after five years of service. “I’m...

Keith Molenaar

Keith Molenaar to become CU Boulder’s dean of engineering

June 30, 2022

鶹Ƶ Provost Russell Moore today named Keith Molenaar dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science, effective July 1. Moore said that in his interviews with the finalists, Molenaar’s approach impressed him on multiple levels.

Majid Zamani

CU Boulder part of $5.8M grant to improve cyber-physical transportation systems

June 29, 2022

Researchers at CU Boulder are part of a new $6 million grant from the National Science Foundation to help build the intelligent transportation systems of the future.

Margaret Murnane and Henry Kapteyn in their lab on campus.

Exploring Colorado’s quantum revolution

June 28, 2022

A holistic discussion of quantum research on CU Boulder's campus and across the state.

Ashutosh Trivedi

Trivedi seeks to democratize artificial intelligence through CAREER award

June 27, 2022

Trivedi is working to democratize artificial intelligence by making machine learning more programmable, trustworthy and accessible to everyone through a prestigious CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to do so.

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