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  • A  group of people in the mountains.
    The Great American Eclipse on August 21, 2017 captivated the hearts and minds of people across the country. Millions made travel plans years in advance to witness history take place. As Viliam Klein, a ²ÊÃñ±¦µä aerospace engineering doctoral
  • Rendering of the Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor (TSIS-1)
    A solar instrument package designed and built by ²ÊÃñ±¦µä and considered a key tool to help monitor the planet’s climate has arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a targeted November launch.The instrument suite is called the Total
  • Allie Anderson montage with the International Space Station in the background.
    The Environmental Defense Fund is talking health in space and turning to Smead Aerospace Assistant Professor, Allie Anderson, for answers. Anderson is the featured guest in their You Make Me Sick podcast on "How space travel affects human health,"
  • Donna Gerren
    This spring, the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä created a new level of distinction for instructional faculty. This new level is recognized by the title of "teaching professor." This honor is reserved for individuals who have held the rank of senior
  • Breaking ground.
    ²ÊÃñ±¦µä broke ground today on a new 144,000-square-foot aerospace engineering building, with even spacesuit-clad mascot Chip turning one of the first shovels-full of dirt for the project.The state of Colorado is a hub of the nation’s
  • Sunspots.
    Few people have heard of Hisako Koyama, but the dedicated female solar observer, born in Tokyo in 1916, created one of the most important sunspot records of the past 400 years, according to new research published by the American Geophysical Union.
  • Christine Reilly with astronaut Al Worden
    Christine Reilly, a senior aerospace engineering major, has been awarded a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF).Reilly was presented the award by Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden during a ceremony Tuesday,
  • New aerospace building rendering.
    ²ÊÃñ±¦µä invites students, faculty, staff, alumni and the community to a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 26, to kick off construction of a new 144,000-square-foot aerospace engineering sciences building on East Campus that is slated to
  • Dynamics of Lattice Materials book.
    ²ÊÃñ±¦µä Smead Aerospace Associate Professor Mahmoud Hussein's new book has been published. Hussein is co-editor of Dynamics of Lattice Materials. Lattice materials are artificial low-weight periodic materials with
  • Brian Argrow
    Brian Argrow, the new chair of Smead Aerospace, talks Mars, drones, integrity and why he always books a window seat. If you could visit any planet in our solar system, which would you pick? Mars, of course. When I see images from the surface,
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