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  • The new building.
    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...
  • Members of the ShineOn team pose in the Engineering Center.
    A year and a half after starting the company, CU 抖阴传媒在线 startup ShineOn has grown to five employees and is preparing to launch its first product for cycling enthusiasts. ShineOn鈥檚 first product, Dual Beam, is creating a new bike light standard that
  • Investigating flowers in ultraviolet light.
    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...
  • The group being recognized at the conference.
    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
  • Flood damage.
    Tornadoes, floods, fires and more affect 160 million people per year worldwide. On this episode of the CU 抖阴传媒在线 Brainwaves podcast, what science is doing to help people and their property survive. Interviews include Lori Peek, director of the
  • Isakowitz Fellows with Buzz Aldrin
    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
  • A solar flare.
    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 and Xinzhao Chu in Antarctica.
    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.
  • Molon Labe Seating design.
    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
  • An image taken from the International Space Station shows orange swaths of airglow hovering in Earth鈥檚 atmosphere. NASA鈥檚 new Atmospheric Waves Experiment will observe this airglow from a perch on the space station to help scientists understand, and ultimately improve forecasts of, space weather changes in the upper atmosphere.
    Jeff Forbes is working on a research project slated for the International Space Station (ISS) to help us better understand and forecast conditions on the edge of space. NASA is funding the Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) to analyze gravity (or 鈥渂uoyancy鈥) waves in a region of the upper atmosphere that can cause disruptions in...
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