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- From the Denver Post - Well before dawn, a wall-mounted video monitor flickers to life in a narrow, windowless room on the second floor of the University of Colorado’s Engineering Center, revealing a live, high-def image of astronaut Kate Rubins
- A solar storm that jammed radar and radio communications at the height of the Cold War could have led to a disastrous military conflict if not for the U.S. Air Force’s budding efforts to monitor the sun’s activity, a new study by aerospace professor
- Nearly 750,000 asteroids and comets have been discovered in the solar system, but most of them are known only by a numerical designation. Jay McMahon has made a career studying these celestial bodies, and now he's being recognized with an "award"
- ²ÊÃñ±¦µä Provost Russell L. Moore today announced the appointment of Robert D. Braun as dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science.Braun, who currently is the David and Andrew Lewis Professor of Space Technology at
- Vice Chancellor for Research Terri Fiez has named Abby Benson as the executive director of ²ÊÃñ±¦µä AeroSpace Ventures (ASV). Benson was previously the associate vice president of Government Relations for the University of Colorado system.CU
- The Space Research Company, founded by aerospace PhD candidate Christine Fanchiang, and research associate Luis Zea placed second in a national pitch competition in Los Angeles. The RECESS National Pitch Competition was held in June in Los Angeles.
- Representatives Dan Nordberg and Paul Rosenthal introduce the Aerospace Day resolution in the Colorado House.The Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences celebrated Aerospace Day at the Colorado State Capitol building on March 21, 2016.The
- Congratulations to students Markus Geiss, Trevor Bennett, and Thomas Green for being named to the '20 Twenties to Watch' list by Aviation Week for 2016! They were recognized at a March ceremony in Washington D.C.The award honors top engineering,
- The Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä has received major recognition as a top ten aerospace program, according to U.S. News & World Report. ²ÊÃñ±¦µä’s aerospace graduate program is ranked No. 8
- ²ÊÃñ±¦µä scientists have found a creative way to radically improve thermoelectric materials, a finding that could one day lead to the development of improved solar panels, more energy-efficient cooling equipment, and even the