Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research (CCAR)
Who are our new faculty?
They are researchers, educators, and business leaders.
Bring the department new research opportunities and partnerships.
Have diverse backgrounds and come to Boulder from near and far.
Are proud additions to the Smead Aerospace and CU Buffs family.
Mark Sirangelo, who just concluded his career as the head of aerospace giant Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Space Systems, is joining the ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ as an entrepreneur-in-residence beginning this month. Bobby Braun, dean of the
ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ team led by Xinzhao Chu finds link between gravity waves in the upper and lower Antarctic atmosphere, helping create a clearer picture of global air circulation. Two years after a CIRES and ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ team discovered a previously unknown
Construction of the new ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ aerospace engineering building is hitting a major milestone with the installation of the final steel beam. A formal topping-out ceremony was held Wednesday at the building site on campus. The
The ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ is proud to host the 15th International Planetary Probe Workshop (IPPW-2018) June 11-15, 2018.Short Course June 9-10, 2018 Small Satellites: An Emerging Paradigm for Bold Planetary Exploration
Saturday, March 17, 2018 • 1–3 p.m. Daniel Scheeres, Distinguished Professor, Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences Asteroids frequently pass close to or impact the Earth, very occasionally with devastating
A new building is taking shape on the ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ’s East Campus, and it’s getting an extra boost thanks to expanding student enrollment.Construction of a 144,000-square-foot dedicated facility for the Ann and H.J. Smead Aerospace
Hanspeter Schaub receiving the J. Leland Atwood Award. ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ Smead Aerospace Professor Hanspeter Schaub has received not one, but two awards from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Schaub
The MAXWELL cubesat, a ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ Smead Aerospace graduate project, has been selected as a winner in the Air Force University Nanosatellite Program Flight Selection Review. Ten university teams were competing for two
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