Hisham Ali

Building a one-of-a-kind plasma wind tunnel to advance hypersonics at CU Â鶹ӰԺ

Feb. 21, 2023

Hisham Ali is pushing the limits of plasma physics and hypersonics in his lab on campus to advance a nationally important area of science and engineering. Ali studies magnetohydrodynamics – a critical area for hypersonic vehicles...

Scott Palo

Palo elected an AIAA fellow

Feb. 16, 2023

Professor Scott Palo has been elected a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Palo is the Charles Victor Schelke Endowed Professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences and a former associate dean for research in the College of Engineering and Applied...

Shelby Buckley on an ice floe.

Environmental engineering on an icebreaker ship at the North Pole

Jan. 31, 2023

Shelby Buckley has made the research trip of a lifetime – studying the impacts of climate change up close and personal on a five-week trip to the Arctic aboard the Kronprins Haakon icebreaking ship. It offered a unique chance to personally collect ice core and seawater samples and experience the...

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CU Â鶹ӰԺ joins academic partnership with U.S. Space Command

Jan. 11, 2023

The Â鶹ӰԺ has been selected as a United States Space Command Academic Engagement Enterprise member. The new national program is designed to expand collaboration and academic exchanges between universities and U.S. Space Command. “They’re engaging with top universities in the country to have two-way communication; how Space...

Siri Roman

Alumna to lead key regional water utility in the Colorado River Basin headwaters

Nov. 15, 2022

Siri Roman (EnvEngr’03) the next leader of the Eagle River Water & Sanitation District When you turn on a faucet, you expect clean water to pour out, but making it happen takes a massive network of pipes, treatment infrastructure, reservoirs and environmental engineers like Siri Roman. As director of operations...

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CU Â鶹ӰԺ alumna working on revolutionary emergency communications tech for the iPhone 14

Nov. 9, 2022

Ashley Williams is advancing a lifelong passion for aerospace and making backcountry excursions safer through new iPhone technology. Williams, a 2006 CU Â鶹ӰԺ graduate with dual degrees in aerospace engineering sciences and applied math, is a leader on the modeling and simulation team within the Satellite Connectivity Group at Apple,...

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CU Â鶹ӰԺ lands $750k research grant for 5G communications security

Oct. 24, 2022

Keith Gremban, aerospace research professor at CU Â鶹ӰԺ Keith Gremban is leading a unique military-oriented research project to enable secure use of 5G networks that may be controlled by an adversary. Gremban, an aerospace research professor at the Â鶹ӰԺ, has secured a $749,000 phase one grant from...

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23 students earn major NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Sept. 28, 2022

Twenty three CU Â鶹ӰԺ engineering students have earned National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships for 2022, a recognition of their strong potential for outstanding research in graduate school and beyond. Fellows in the competitive program receive a three-year stipend, coverage of tuition and fees, and opportunities for international research and...

A home destroyed by the Marshall Fire.

Studying the Marshall Fire recovery to help communities rebuild

Sept. 16, 2022

The Marshall fire screamed across the prairie, exploding into homes with 80 mph winds and destroying entire neighborhoods. It caused over a billion dollars in damage in less than a day and took everything from more than 1,000 homeowners in Superior and Louisville, Colorado, leaving behind little more than ash...

Kaitlin Mccreery in the lab.

Advancing regenerative medicine as a CU Â鶹ӰԺ biomedical engineer

Sept. 7, 2022

Kaitlin Mccreery (MechEngr MS’20, BioEngr PhD’22) is pushing the frontiers of human cartilage research as a biomedical engineering PhD graduate from the Â鶹ӰԺ. Mccreery is one of the first students to earn a PhD from the program, which began at CU Â鶹ӰԺ in 2020 to bridge the...

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