aerospace

Raytheon Intelligence & Space Gifts $250,000 Fellowship Endowment

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Jun 2021 17:52:23 +0000

Raytheon Intelligence & Space Gifts $250,000 Fellowship Endowment Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 06/29/2021 - 11:52

Kellen Short

Raytheon Intelligence & Space, a Raytheon Technologies business, and the �鶹��Ƶ announced today the creation of the Raytheon Technologies Endowed Graduate Fellowship Fund. The $250,000 endowment will support top graduate students at the university’s College of Engineering and Applied Science.

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Lockheed Martin Satellite Mockup Installed in Aerospace Building

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Lockheed Martin Satellite Mockup Installed in Aerospace Building Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 06/23/2021 - 00:00

Jeff Zehnder

Lockheed Martin built and donated a special 1/3 scale GPS IIIF satellite mockup to the �鶹��Ƶ Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences. The full-sized GPS IIIF is the upgraded follow-on for the third-generation global positioning system satellite. Designed and built by Lockheed Martin, the GPS III first launched in 2018.

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Two aerospace students make '20 Twenties' to watch

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 07:00:00 +0000

Two aerospace students make '20 Twenties' to watch Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 01/27/2017 - 00:00

Aerospace undergraduates Matthew Hurst (senior) and Christine Reilly (junior) are being recognized by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics' Aviation Week Network's 2017 awards program "Tomorrow's Engineering Leaders: The 20 Twenties."

The annual honor recognizes top science, technology, engineering and math undergraduate and graduate students. This marks the fourth year in a row CU Boulder aerospace has had multiple students named to the list.

All of the winners will be honored during Aviation Week's 60th Annual Laureates Awards on March 2 in Washington, D.C.

January 27, 2017 Original Article

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New CU Boulder-Ball Aerospace agreement to support research collaborations, talent pipeline

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 07:00:00 +0000

New CU Boulder-Ball Aerospace agreement to support research collaborations, talent pipeline Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 01/17/2017 - 00:00

Boulder and Ball Aerospace sign master research agreement

Bolstering its 60-year collaboration with Ball Aerospace, the �鶹��Ƶ today announced a new Master University Research Agreement between the two organizations. The agreement will facilitate and streamline opportunities for students and faculty to work with Ball to carry out sponsored research, contribute to Ball’s talent pipeline and partner on projects.

The five-year agreement will apply to a variety of activities, including government-sponsored research and development work, Ball-funded work, consulting services and university student design projects. Because the agreement sets in place a majority of the terms and conditions, the contracting process is significantly streamlined, expanding and enhancing collaboration opportunities between both parties.

“Our relationship with Ball is truly a special one and this agreement demonstrates our commitment to nurturing and growing this unique partnership,” said Terri Fiez, CU Boulder vice chancellor for Research & Innovation. “Our faculty, staff and students will reap the benefits of the greater ease of partnering on research and student projects, and we’ll continue to bring value to Ball and Colorado’s aerospace industry through our collaborative research outputs and contributions.”

Ball Aerospace, part of Ball Corporation, is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2016-17 and was incorporated at the dawn of the space age as the Ball Brothers Research Corporation. Ed Ball’s collaboration with faculty and graduate students from CU’s Upper Air Laboratory (now known as Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics – LASP), or CU Rocket Project, resulted in the new company, which has been a part of Ball Corporation since its founding in 1956. Since the early days, Ball Aerospace and CU Boulder have enjoyed a strong partnership that has resulted in several historic firsts and helped to advance understanding of the solar system with the design and building of innovative spacecraft and instruments.

“This agreement allows us to efficiently build upon our long and storied heritage of working together, leveraging some of the nation’s best and brightest research and talent to develop critical technologies that go beyond, explore, discover and protect the nation,” said Michael Gazarik, vice president of engineering at Ball Aerospace.

Through its collaborations, CU Boulder and Ball Aerospace have together participated in a number of NASA contracts, including the recently announced NASA Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission to study black holes. One of the most successful collaborations is an instrument designed by CU Boulder scientists at the Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy (CASA) and built by Ball that is now on the Hubble Space Telescope. The instrument, called the Cosmic Origins Spectograph, is being used to look back in time to reconstruct the physical conditions of the early universe, probing the evolution of galaxies, stars and intergalactic matter by breaking down ultraviolet light.

Other notable research and mission operations services provided by CU researchers and students include the NASA QuickSCAT Satellite, KEPLER, Total solar irradiance Calibration Transfer Experiment Total Irradiance Monitor (TCTE TIM) and Mission Operations projects. Such programs demonstrate the mutual benefits of the relationship: providing cost-effective, competitive programs for Ball and valuable research opportunities for CU faculty and students.

Ball has been a regular collaborator with CU’s LASP, CASA and Department of Astrophysics and Planetary Sciences (APS), generating more than $100 million in shared NASA contracts. Ball regularly engages in research and development partnerships with CU faculty to remain on the cutting-edge of aerospace technology. Ball has been a consistent sponsor of a number of CU Boulder's engineering senior design courses, scholarships and diversity initiatives, and regularly taps CU Boulder students for internships and full-time employment.

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CU Boulder to lead operations for NASA black holes mission

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 07:00:00 +0000

CU Boulder to lead operations for NASA black holes mission Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 01/11/2017 - 00:00

�鶹��Ƶ students and professionals will operate an upcoming NASA mission that will investigate the mysterious aspects of some of the most extreme and exotic astronomical objects like stellar and supermassive black holes, neutron stars and pulsars.

Objects such as black holes can heat surrounding gases to more than a million degrees, causing high-energy emissions in the X-ray portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. The high-energy X-ray radiation from this gas can be polarized, which causes it to vibrate in a particular direction.

The NASA Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission will fly three space telescopes with cameras capable of measuring the polarization of cosmic X-rays, allowing astronomers to answer fundamental questions about such turbulent environments.

The mission, slated for launch in 2020, is led by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Students and professionals from CU Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) will perform mission operations through a contract with Ball Aerospace Technologies Corp. of Boulder, which is providing the spacecraft and mission integration.

The Italian Space Agency will contribute the polarization sensitive X-ray detectors, which were developed in Italy.

Students and professionals will operate the IXPE spacecraft from the LASP Space Technology Building on CU Boulder’s east campus, said Bill Possel, director of LASP’s Mission Operations and Data Systems division. The arrangement is similar to one in place between CU Boulder and Ball Aerospace in which LASP operates NASA’s wildly successful planet-hunting Kepler space telescope.

“We’re very excited to be part of this new mission,” Possel said. “Ball Aerospace is a fantastic partner and we have a long history of working mission operations for their NASA missions. Our students will play a major role in developing the operations procedures and eventually performing operations once the spacecraft is in orbit.”

LASP hires 10 to 15 undergraduates annually to train as satellite operators at the conclusion of their sophomore year. The students go through an intensive 10-week summer training program followed by practical and written tests leading to certification as satellite controllers by LASP.

Starting in the fall, the students will work 20 hours per week, including nights, holidays and during CU Boulder's winter and spring breaks. LASP currently provides operations for four NASA spacecraft (AIM, Kepler, QuikScat, and SORCE) and one CubeSat mission (MinXSS).

January 11, 2017 Original Article

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CIRES: Anne Perring Receives Presidential Honor

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 07:00:00 +0000

CIRES: Anne Perring Receives Presidential Honor Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 01/10/2017 - 00:00

President Obama has named CIRES Anne Perring, an atmospheric scientist who works at NOAA in Boulder, as one of 102 young scientists and engineers to receive the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

The award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on early career science and engineering professionals.

“I congratulate these outstanding scientists and engineers on their impactful work,” President Obama said in a statement Monday. “These innovators are working to help keep the United States on the cutting edge, showing that Federal investments in science lead to advancements that expand our knowledge of the world around us and contribute to our economy.”

“It’s pretty exciting,” said Perring. “I’m especially honored that my department, the Chemical Sciences Division at ESRL, was willing to put in the time to nominate me for this. That feels terrific.”

January 10, 2017 Full Article

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Top 16 in 2016

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 07:00:00 +0000

Top 16 in 2016 Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 12/15/2016 - 00:00

In 2016, we again celebrated a campus community that brings innovation and positive impacts to Colorado and the nation. We marked new discoveries, faculty achievements, Olympic medalists and a resurgent football program while welcoming high-profile visitors to campus and sending satellites throughout our solar system. Enjoy this recap of an outstanding year.

See the Top 16 list here

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9 News: CU space mission to study upper atmosphere

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 07:00:00 +0000

9 News: CU space mission to study upper atmosphere Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 12/14/2016 - 00:00

Maya Rodriguez

The GOLD Mission Principal Investigator. (Photo: Courtesy: CU/LASP)

KUSA - Inside CU's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, there's GOLD.

The GOLD instrument to be precise.

"I've dreamed about it for decades and I know a lot of other people have," said Richard Eastes, the GOLD Mission Principal Investigator.

GOLD stands for Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk. It’s a $64-million project that will study the interaction of the Earth and Sun in a region known as the upper atmosphere – about 90 miles above us. It's a tricky place to operate in.

December 14, 2016 Full Article

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Daily Mail: Revealed: 'Natural thermostat' that cools the air in Earth's atmosphere during violent solar storms

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 07:00:00 +0000

Daily Mail: Revealed: 'Natural thermostat' that cools the air in Earth's atmosphere during violent solar storms Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 12/14/2016 - 00:00

Libby Plummer

Researchers have pinpointed the 'natural thermostat' that cools the air in Earth's upper atmosphere after violent solar storms. This activity includes solar flares and coronal mass ejections or CMEs (illustrated) - which release electrically charged plasma from the sun

Researchers have pinpointed the 'natural thermostat' that cools the air in Earth's upper atmosphere after violent solar storms.

This activity includes solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) - which release electrically charged plasma from the sun.

It is known to damage satellites, cause power outages back on Earth, and even disrupt GPS navigation services.

December 14, 2016 Full Article

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Careers, collaborations and cutting-edge research highlight 2016 AeroSpace Ventures Day

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 13:07:12 +0000

Careers, collaborations and cutting-edge research highlight 2016 AeroSpace Ventures Day Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 11/09/2016 - 06:07

CU Boulder faculty researchers, staff, and students discussed innovation, collaboration and career opportunities with thought leaders and executives from Colorado’s aerospace industry on campus Thursday, October 27 at the 4th Annual AeroSpace Ventures Day.

Held at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) in CU Boulder’s Research Park, the sold-out event brought together representatives from the state’s leading aerospace companies in order to learn about the latest cutting-edge research, discuss challenges and opportunities facing their organizations, and explore ways in which the CU community can help advance the field.

Bobby Braun, incoming dean of CU Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science, praised Colorado’s “strong and vibrant” aerospace industry in his keynote address.

“From small to medium to large-sized businesses, to the space-oriented focus at CU, to some of the work that’s going on at the national labs, CU and Colorado are a real aerospace economic and innovation engine,” said Braun. “And there’s nothing you can’t do when you partner industry and university folks. I’ve seen that on the academic side and on the federal side.”

In addition to research presentations from over thirty CU Boulder faculty researchers—in areas related to space weather, earth observation, space exploration, and space technologies—the event featured industry discussion panels with representatives from Ball Aerospace, Harris Corporation, United Launch Alliance, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Digital Globe and Advanced Space: all companies with offices in Colorado.

One hot panel topic centered around the need for greater flexibility in university-industry partnerships, a challenge that has led to a growing number of high-level “master” agreements between CU Boulder and participating companies—including small businesses, which comprise 84% of Colorado’s aerospace companies. Several company representatives expressed the value of such agreements in helping catalyze more effective collaborations.

“Creating lasting impact requires industry and university members to engage far beyond the conventional exchange of research or funding,” noted panel moderator Major General (Ret.) Jay Lindell, Aerospace and Defense Industry Champion for the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT). “It requires collaborative relationships. And when they work well, strategic partnerships merge the discovery-driven culture of the university with the innovation-driven environment of the industry.”

Students joined a crowd of 50 attendees toward the end of the day for a candid Q&A with industry members about how to launch—and develop—a successful career in aerospace. Afterward, in a departure from typical career fair structure, students attended a networking reception and had an opportunity to meet with in-state aerospace companies in a more personal setting.

“We wanted to highlight the huge workforce opportunity right here in Colorado and facilitate those connections for our students,” said Abby Benson, executive director of AeroSpace Ventures.

As several panelists expressed, aerospace offers intrepid engineers more than a dynamic, evolving career platform; it regularly provides something much more elusive in today’s job market—fulfillment. “I joined Lockheed Martin because I decided I wanted to do something that’s bigger than I am,” said Radek Uberna, a Business Development Analyst at Lockheed. “If you work for a space systems company, even if you don’t build spacecraft directly, you still participate in historic events.”

Carol Driggs, Engineering Center Manager for Northrop Grumman, agreed: “Everything we do every day is saving lives.”

�鶹��Ƶ AeroSpace Ventures: CU Boulder AeroSpace Ventures, housed within the Research & Innovation Office (RIO), brings together researchers, students, industry leaders, government partners, and entrepreneurs to envision and create the future for space and Earth systems, driving the discovery and innovation that will shape the 21st century economy.

November 9, 2016 Original Article

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