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Explore. Achieve. Lead.
The Smead Program provides excellence in research, academic programming, and personal and professional enrichment for the brightest minds pursuing graduate- and faculty-level research in aerospace engineering.
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A unique community within the larger Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó, the Smead Program emphasizes ground-breaking interdisciplinary research and leadership through a multi-pronged approach:
- PhD Student Scholars
- Faculty Fellows
- Visiting Professorships
- Distinguished Post- Doctoral Associates
2025 Student Scholars
Madison Lin
91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó: Trajectory
design and optimization
Hasani Spann
91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó: Modeling and timing
of orbits and orbital transfers
2024 Student Scholars
Sarah Kinney
91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó: Fluid structure interactions
in hypersonic applications
Lisa Ventura
91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó: Decision-making for autonomous
aircraft, robot and human interactions
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2023 Student Scholar
Cate Leszcz
91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó: Characterizing
uncertainty in hypersonic
aerothermodynamic environments
2022 Student Scholars
David Dezell Turner
91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó: Astrodynamics
Evangelina Evans
91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó: Astrodynamics
for cislunar space applications
2021 Student Scholars
Sarah Luettgen
91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó: Dynamics of the
Earth’s upper atmosphere
Mitchell Wall
91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó: Hypersonics
and reentry vehicles
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About CU Engineering Magazine
CU Engineering is a magazine for alumni and friends of the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó. The magazine highlights the power of engineering to transform lives. Whether through engineering research, technologies and education the college is seeking solutions to the world’s significant problems.
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