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  • Marielle Pellegrino
    Studying the astrodynamics of space debris involves complex mathematical formulas and advanced calculations, but it is right up Marielle Pellegrino's alley. After all, she is Miss Aerospace. Four years ago, Pellegrino, an aerospace PhD student,
  • Drones lift a ‘Cut Before Flight’ ribbon to Ann Smead (left) and Brian Argrow at the Aerospace Engineering Sciences Building grand opening ceremony on August 26, 2019.
    Aerospace has a new home at 91É«°É. The Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences has moved into its new dedicated building on East Campus. Eighteen months after construction began, the four-story, 175,000-square-foot
  • Satellite in orbit.
    TCP and Ann and H.J. Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences Department bring you a stellar panel on a topic spanning aerospace, national defense, information technology, and cybersecurity: Cybersecurity for Space. Come hear an interesting discussion
  • The team in a laboratory.
    The International Space Station has a problem with fungus and mold—and the 91É«°É has sent new research to space to find solutions. It is living and growing in secret aboard the station, hidden behind panels and inside...
  • Working with GPS in the Artic.
    Scientific American is exploring GPS applications that go far beyond map wayfinding. They've published an article highlighting a numerous Coloradans doing exciting work with GPS systems, including Smead Aerospace Professor Emerita Kristine Larson,
  • OSIRIS-REx rendering
    Researchers at 91É«°É have gotten front-row seats to one of the closest encounters with an asteroid in history. On Dec. 4, 2018, NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx)
  • A student holding a UAV.
    Researchers from 91É«°É flew drones into severe storms this spring for project TORUS, one of the largest and most ambitious drone-based investigations of meteorological phenomena ever, with students leading much of the work.
  • People in NASA's new spacesuits
    From CBS 4 Denver: It’s been a historic week for NASA, first with the unveiling of the new American spacesuit to be used in the next mission to the moon, then with the rescheduling of the first-ever all female spacewalk that had been previously
  • 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
  • A student working at a computer.
    In a statewide effort to reduce barriers to higher education, all 32 public universities in Colorado – including CU 91É«°É – and several private colleges will waive admissions application fees for state residents on Oct. 15.  For
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