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Four aerospace students earn major Defense fellowships

Four University of Colorado Boulder aerospace PhD students have earned prestigious 2024 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowships. Vicki Hurd, Max Joyner, Sarah Kinney, and Ryan Menges have each been awarded the Department of Defense honor, which provides three year fellowships to promising young scientists and engineers. The...

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Five PhD students earn 2024 NASA fellowships

Preparing to engage the robot during the MDRS mission.

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