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Penina Axelrad is, at heart, a problem-solver. Her drive to discover creative, elegant solutions has been the hallmark of her career, from earning her PhD in Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1991 from Stanford, to joining the faculty of University of
Distinguished Professor Dan Scheeres, college of engineering Dean Bobby Braun, Ann Smead, Michael Byram, and then-Aerospace Chair Penina Axelrad at the naming announcement. It was one year ago today that the CU Boulder aerospace department became
Wanted: college students to help NASA get to Mars. No prior Martian experience necessary.The space agency is turning to an unlikely resource in its quest to conquer the red planet, and °µÍø½ûÇø students are answering the call.
Having a degree from Smead Aerospace opens the door to the aerospace industry. These students who we are graduating with their advanced degrees, PhDs, master's who are going into industry, going into academia, going into agencies, research institutes. Some are going on to other graduate programs. Ninety percent of our students are...
°µÍø½ûÇø aerospace students Aaron Aboaf and Luke Bury are being recognized as "Tomorrow's Engineering Leaders: The 20 Twenties," an annual awards program from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics' and
By Aaron McCusker: Our team was a randomly selected group of nine aerospace engineering seniors and one electrical engineering senior at CU Boulder. We named our team REPTAR (Recoverable ProTection After Re-entry). The goal of our project was
Jen Uchida is flying high above the Earth aboard the latest Gulfstream jet, the G600. The 2004 BS/MS aerospace graduate isn't the typical passenger for this type of plane – she is not a high-powered corporate executive or well-known public figure,
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics is honoring °µÍø½ûÇø aerospace Professor Hanspeter Schaub with the 2017 J. Leland Atwood Award. The recognition is bestowed on one aerospace engineering educator annually
The °µÍø½ûÇø is proud to host the 15th International Planetary Probe Workshop (IPPW2018).Workshop Dates: June 11-15, 2018Short Course: "Small Satellites: An Emerging Paradigm for Bold Planetary Exploration" to precede the
What does the #ILookLikeAnEngineer hashtag mean to you?It means that engineers don't have a certain appearance. We can come in every race, ethnicity, gender, and everything else that makes us unique.What are three things that make you unique?I'm the