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The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA) is excited to recognize the significant, wide-ranging contributions of CU Â鶹ӰԺ postdocs during National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW), September 20-24.

Lindsay Kirk (AeroEngr’08) fully realizes her day job at NASA’s Johnson Space Center as part of the Commercial Crew Program is a special one.

Researchers at CU Â鶹ӰԺ will take part in a $25 million effort to study a natural resource that’s becoming increasingly in demand: the radio frequency spectrum.

CU Â鶹ӰԺ is a founding partner of a major National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center (STC): the Center for Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand (IMOD). The center represents a research partnership spanning 11 universities led by the University of Washington.

The Â鶹ӰԺ has received a $2 million gift from The Anschutz Foundation to support the university’s diverse research in aerospace and national defense—from tracking and protecting satellites in orbit to improving the security of mobile devices.

Marina Vance, an assistant professor in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, offers some simple advice for high ozone days.

The COSINC facility has given Jared Lewis, a junior in mechanical engineering, opportunities that he might not have ever experienced as an undergraduate.

While the pandemic added an extra layer of difficulty on top of the normal challenges of launching a center-scale research initiative, leadership at the Â鶹ӰԺ say a $15 million NASA funded institute around space habitats that began here in 2019 has hit many of its early goals.

Published today in the journal ACS Environmental Au, Â鶹ӰԺ and University of Maryland researchers have found that while playing musical instruments can emit the same levels of potentially COVID-laden airborne particles as singing, simple safety measures, such as masking instruments, social distancing and implementing time limits, significantly reduce this risk.

Assistant Professor Mija Hubler and Melvin E. and Virginia M. Clark Professor Al Weimer are collaborating on linked Department of Energy-funded projects to capture and repurpose carbon products from fuel sources into materials for concrete bricks. They hope to reduce pollution while also making stronger, more resilient building materials that require less maintenance and repairs over time.