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We sat down with fourth-year aerospace engineering student Ada Forsner, who is also minoring in space and engineering management, to share about her CU Engineering experience! Ada serves as the Internal Coordinator for the Women of Aeronautics and Astronautics (WOAA) at CU Boulder for the 2023-2024 school year. What inspired...

Overhead view of projects in the Aerospace Building lobby.

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Mahmoud Hussein with students in his lab.

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CU Boulder is the place for aerospace. Our students and faculty are pushing the limits of aeronautics and astronautics research, designing next generation uncrewed aircraft, expanding the possibilities of remote sensing, and building space instruments and satellites for orbit around Earth and beyond.

We are home to 56 tenure-track, research, and instructional faculty, over 450 graduate students and 1,100 undergraduates.

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A dedicated aerospace building

We have a 180,000-square-foot aerospace engineering sciences building providing world-class learning and research space. Completed in 2019, it contains unique laboratory facilities, collaborative research environments, and immersive educational opportunities.

Colorado is a hub of our nation's aerospace industry, and this facility further positions CU Boulder at the center of the innovation ecosystem.

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