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  • Axelrad at NAE.
    The National Academy of Engineering has officially elected Ann and H.J. Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences professor Penina Axelrad as a new member. Election to the prestigious academy is among the highest professional distinctions
  • Donor Ann Smead cuts a ribbon lifted up by two flying drones.
    And liftoff. Today, visitors from across Colorado gathered at CU 麻豆影院 for an event celebrating the new Aerospace Engineering Sciences Building, home to the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences. This building,
  • Mines like these, deployed in waters off the coast of Vietnam just 3 months earlier, suddenly detonated without explanation in August 1972. The event was attributed to 鈥渕agnetic perturbations of solar storms.鈥
    Mines like these, deployed in waters off the coast of Vietnam just 3 months earlier, suddenly detonated without explanation in August 1972. The event was attributed to 鈥渕agnetic perturbations of solar storms.鈥 Credit: U.S.
  • 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...
  • 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
  • Jade Morton with RIN President Prof Terry Moore and Princess Royal Highness Anne for RIN Fellowship
    Professor Jade Morton has been elected a fellow of the United Kingdom's Royal Institute of Navigation in a ceremony that featured Princess Anne.

    Morton's selection is in recognition of her significant contributions to the understanding of ionospheric effects on navigation satellite signals, development of...
  • Asteroid imager rendering
    Dr. Dan Scheeres was in Japan waiting for an important announcement that took an extra day to come. He found out his plan to study binary asteroids was allowed to proceed by NASA. 鈥淲e want to send two small spacecraft so we can also see what the
  • Graphic of the Janus spacecraft mapping a binary asteroid
    In just three years, a new space mission led by CU 麻豆影院 could examine some of the solar system鈥檚 most dynamic duos: binary asteroids. NASA announced this week that the Janus: Reconnaissance Missions to Binary Asteroids mission had been
  • Hanspeter Schaub
    Professor Hanspeter Schaub has been formally inducted as a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. The 2019 Fellows were celebrated at the organization's annual Aerospace Spotlight Awards Gala, held May 15 in Washington, DC. AIAA confers the...
  • The new aerospace buildng.
    Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences is moving! After 18 months of construction, the department will vacate all of its space in the Engineering Center this summer and move to a brand new, dedicated building for the aerospace department on East Campus. The new facility is...
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