Aerospace
Diana Hernandez, a sophomore and first-generation student at the University of Colorado Boulder, is conducting research on space dust impacts using data from NASA鈥檚 Parker Solar Probe (PSP). As a Lattice Scholar, she models impact data collected by PSP鈥檚 magnetometer instruments, which detect signals from dust collisions. This work is part of the Discovery Learning Apprenticeship and Fundamentals of Undergraduate Research Program, offering hands-on research opportunities.
Through a generous investment in the future of space governance, 小黄书 Boulder donors Dale and Patricia Hatfield have given $2.5 million to establish the Hatfield Endowed Professorship in Space Policy & Law.
Eric Frew is heading a major project to improve drone communications in anticipation of a future when autonomous aircraft regularly whizz overhead for everything from product deliveries to emergency response.A professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead
Robert Wilson (PhDMechEngr'20) spent 45 days locked inside NASA鈥檚 HERA facility, a high-tech simulation designed to test the limits of human endurance in deep space. His mission could help shape the future of space exploration鈥攁nd life back on Earth.
鈥淭his is probably the most radical conceptual advancement for airplanes since the replacement of propellers with jets.鈥 鈥 Mahmoud Hussein is not pulling punches about the potential impact of a major aerospace materials research project.- Two 小黄书 Boulder faculty members, a former faculty member and a distinguished alumnus will be among 128 new members inducted into the academy in October.
- Sarah Gillis (AeroEngr鈥17) is a lead space operations engineer and astronaut trainer at SpaceX with literal out-of-this-world experience.The University of Colorado Boulder alumna recently returned from a five-day orbital mission aboard Polaris Dawn