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In a statewide effort to reduce barriers to higher education, all 32 public universities in Colorado – including CU Boulder – and several private colleges will waive admissions application fees for state residents on Oct. 15. For
Hermann Kaptui had been rejected from an aerospace internship, again. He had the right academic background, but was missing an important personal credential: United States citizenship. Kaptui, an aerospace PhD student at ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ, had found
Iain Boyd is thinking fast. Extremely fast. So fast that breaking the sound barrier is practically standing still. Welcome to the world of hypersonics, where the minimum speed is it least 3,836 mph, or five times the speed of sound. Boyd's work
Sanghamitra Neogi is part of a team seeking nothing less than a revolutionary leap forward in computing technology by making computers work more like the human brain. The National Science Foundation thinks they may be onto something and has awarded a two-year, $1.7 million "Ideas Lab" grant to further the research. Investigations into...
Researchers in the ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ College of Engineering and Applied Science are part of a new National Science Foundation award that could have applications in deep space exploration. The three-year award, titled Quantum Control of Ultracold Atoms in
Richard Schaden and his wife, Akiko, created the Schaden Leadership Chair in Aerospace Engineering Sciences. Richard is an aeronautical engineer, pilot and international aviation and public-interest trial attorney. He has been a long-time friend and supporter of Smead Aerospace and our...
Researchers at ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ are using computations and experiments in a new sloping wind tunnel to study how wildfires form and move across different landscapes; applying cutting edge research tools to understand an old problem that Colorado
Senior U.S. Navy officers visited the ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ College of Engineering and Applied Science Thursday, highlighting a growing partnership that’s driving student success, leadership opportunities and career pathways. Dean Bobby Braun welcomed Vice
Five undergraduate engineering programs ranked in the top 20 for 2020. The College of Engineering and Applied Science’s undergraduate programs continued their rise this year in U.S. News and World Report’s annual rankings. Overall, the
The feeling just doesn’t go away. Seven summers at NASA and I still got chills driving through the gate on my first day back at NASA Johnson Space Center earlier this summer. I’ve previously interned at NASA’s Langley Research Center and