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Colorado Undergraduate Space Research Symposium 

 

Welcome

The Colorado Undergraduate Space Research Symposium is an opportunity for students to present their current research and ideas in the Space Industry.  This paper and presentation competition allows students to be published in an official conference proceedings as well as compete for cash prizes.  Students will also be able to compete for prizes in a poster and demonstration session.  College students are encouraged to interact with Colorado Aerospace companies during an informal Career Fair and during the demonstration session.  The CUSRS is organized by the Colorado Space Grant Consortium and we are growing this event every year to include more schools, more students and more industry.

       

Students can:

  • • Get published and bulk up your resume
  • • Interact with Industry during an informal Career Fair
  •  Show off your research
  • • Individuals or teams can submit
  • • Any undergraduate engineering or science research applicable to the space community will be accepted.  Topics could include DemoSat, Robotics Challenge, Astronomy, Space Physics and many more.
  • •Or be part of the Poster and Hardware Demonstration Sessions.  

     

     

2009 CUSRS Recap April 18th, 2009

2009 Colorado Space Research Symposium Photos

The Keynote Speaker was Mr. Joe Tanner who served in the Navy as an A-7E pilot and advanced jet instructor for 11 years before joining NASA in 1984 as an aerospace engineer and research pilot.  In 1992 he was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA.  A veteran of four space flights Tanner has logged over 1069 hours in space, including over 46 EVA hours in 7 space walks.  He served as a mission specialist on STS-66 in 1994, STS-82 in 1997, STS-97 in 2000, and STS-115 in 2006. 
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/tanner.html

Symposium Overview and Opening Remarks

Please go to the Papers page to view Symposium Papers, Presentations and Results.

 

 

2010 Planning 

The Symposium will be Saturday April 17th, 2010 at the University of Colorado at Boulder.  We are seeking a Keynote speaker for 2010.  If you would like to nominate or suggest a speaker please contact brian.sanders@colorado.edu .
 

 

Submission Deadlines
2/26/2010 Abstracts Due
4/02/2010     Papers Due 4pm via Email and last opportunity for Poster/Demonstration participation.
4/07/2010 (No later than)     Papers Selected and Presenters Notified
4/17/2010     Presentations Due at 8:30am
4/17/2010     Symposium official start 9:00am

 

Demonstration Session

After the conclusion of the paper sessions, there will be a 90 minute informal Demonstration Session and informal career fair for students to interact with the Judges (from Industry and Academia) and have hardware or posters or their current work and research.  Please contact Brian.Sanders@colorado.edu if you are interested.

 

Map to the Symposium

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Preliminary April 17th, 2010 Schedule

Location: Discovery Learning Center, ground floor, on the University of Colorado Boulder Campus in the Bactel Collaboratory

Time               Event

8:30 AM          Symposium Check-in and Registration
9:00                 Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:15                 Session A (Front Room) and B (Back Room)
10:35               Intermission
10:45               Session C (Front Room) and D (Back Room)
12:05 PM        Lunch
12:20               Keynote Speaker
1:30                 Demonstration, Poster Session and Informal Career Fair
3:00                 Awards Ceremony
3:30                 Conclusion


 

To see examples of previous papers and presentations check out previous Symposia.