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- Torin Clark is developing virtual reality systems to help astronauts cope with disorientation and motion sickness, a long underappreciated reality of space exploration. An associate professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace
- Hisham Ali's work to design and build a plasma wind tunnel for hypersonics research is being featured in The Economist.The article discusses a presentation Ali made last week at the American Association for the Advancement of Science on
- 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
- 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
- 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 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
- 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
- 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!
- LiteWave Technologies, a spinout of CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ 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
- 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