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  • Iain Boyd
    Iain Boyd was interviewed by CBS News for a piece discussing a high altitude balloon slowly making its way across the United States.A professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boyd is also the director of the
  • Daryl Bahls
    2024 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award recipient In 2014, Daryl Bahls (AeroEngr'77) retired from The Boeing Company as a senior space systems engineer and associate technical fellow. He spent his 37-year career with Boeing and Martin Marietta
  • Dale Farrand
    2024 Alumni Engagement Medal Award recipient Current Job and Employer: Senior Program Manager, Connected Logistics Current City: Washington, D.C. Professional Background Dale Farrand graduated from CU in 1993 with a bachelor's degree in Aerospace
  • Leya Shaw
    Leya Shaw has been named a 2024 Brooke Owens Fellow. The highly competitive program provides paid internships and mentoring to exceptional undergraduate women seeking careers in aviation or space exploration. A sophomore aerospace major at the
  •  Solar Wind Interacting with Earth's Magnetic Field
    Delores Knipp was interviewed by Vox for a new article about a pending reversal of the Sun's magnetic poles.The article, titled "The sun’s poles are about to flip. It’s awesome — and slightly terrifying," discusses the regular shifting of the Sun's
  • Researchpalooza logo
    The Smead Program presents: Researchpalooza. Friday, February 9, 2024, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. in the Aerospace Building. Students and faculty are invited to give 10-minute talks highlighting current research in a friendly and informal event. Sign up to present now!
  • Drone flying over the ocean.
    LiteWave Technologies, a spinout of CU Boulder and a subsidiary of Orion Space Solutions, has been acquired by Arcfield, a leading government technology and mission support provider. LiteWave’s core technology emerged from the lab of
  • The Boeing X-37B on a runway.
    Lakshmi Kantha was interview by the Wall Street Journal for a new video on the Boeing X-37B. The uncrewed military space plane can stay aloft for over a year and recently started a new, classified mission. Kantha is a professor emeritus in the Ann
  • Singh and Turner
    Aviation Week has announced two University of Colorado Boulder aerospace students as members of the "Class of 2024 20 Twenties Winners." The program recognizes leading engineering students at universities across the USA and around the world who
  • Brian Argrow
    The University of Colorado this week welcomed six new members to its roster of Distinguished Professors, a title signifying the highest honor awarded to faculty across the CU system’s four campuses. CU Distinguished Professors are tenured faculty
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