Meetings/Events
Upcoming Events
Past Events
Halloween Trivia Night
Monday 10/31/2022 - 5:30pm - AERO 120
AIAA, WoAA, SRL, AMSRO, and SEDS are joining forces to bring students an Aerospace/Halloween themed trivia night! There will be pizza, candy, drinks, and prizes!!
Gather your friends and assemble in teams of up to 4 and brush up on your aerospace knowledge! The top 3 trivia teams will be given prizes and the best costume will also receive a prize. We can't wait to see you there!
AIAA Annual Technical Symposium
Wednesday 9/28/2022 - 8am-6pm - University Memorial Center (UMC)
Come join us for ATS on Wednesday and get connected with the Aerospace industry. There are over 90 professional speakers including the keynote speakers in the flyer below. There will also be food and presentations of research. See you there!
https://www.aiaa-rm.org/ats - Tickets, Agenda, and Speakers can be found here!
AIAA Kickoff Social Thursday 9/22/2022 - 5:30pm-7:30pm
Join us for our first event of the school year! We will be holding a social in either AERO 120 or outside behing the Aerospace Building. We will be serving pizza and drinks, so come hungry and have fun chatting with other like-minded aerospace students and faculty!
Immersion Fair Thursday 9/01/2022 - 3pm-6pm
Come find us at the Immersion Fair in the Herbst Plaza outside the Engineering Center! We will be meeting students interested in joining AIAA and all the benefits that go along with it!
3/31/2021 - 5pm-6pm
AIAA is hosting guest speaker Cheryl O'Keefe CU Boulder aerospace engineering alumni. Cheryl serves on the AIAA Board of Trustees and is currently a technical staff member in the Advanced Capabilities and Systems group at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. She will be talking about her background and experience at CU, lending her advice to students going into the aerospace workforce, and answering any questions students might have.
Zoom Information
https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/93418413924
Meeting ID: 934 1841 3924
3/24/2021
AIAA at CU Boulder is proud to host a movie technical breakdown of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey! Bobby Hodgkinson along with Dr. Johnson will be talking with our special guest Prof. Sunberg.
2/25/2021
AIAA at CU Boulder is hosting a guest speaker panel where we will be talking with three CU Aerospace Engineering Alumni about their journey from college into the professional world.
This event is a great opportunity to meet young professionals working at some amazing aerospace companies and learn about what they do, what it takes to land a job in the industry, and gain some tips on how to apply and interview for jobs. The panel discussion will be followed by a Q&A from the audience.
Below is more information on the event and I hope to see you there!
Zoom link: https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/95391878908 (Meeting ID: 953 9187 8908)
2/15/2021
AIAA is proud to invite you to our second Movie Night. This month Smead Aerospace Engineering Instructors Dr. Johnson and Bobby Hodgkinson along with featured guests, Prof. Anderson and Prof. Holzinger, will be discussing the Movie Gravity! The event will be centered around a technical discussion of the movie and is a great opportunity to learn more about astronautics.
Zoom Meeting: https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/94830823163
Meeting ID: 948 3082 3163
11/5/2020
The CU Boulder chapter of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) along with the Engineering Social Club will feature a discussion on the movie Top Gun next week! On Thursday, November 5th, at 5:30 PM join Smead Aerospace Engineering Instructors Dr. Aaron Johnson and Bobby Hodgkinson as they converse with fellow Aerospace Instructor, John Mah, who spent 20 years in military intelligence and dabbles in aircraft design.
The discussion will center around a technical dissection with hints of humor (or humor with hints of technical discussion) on what is arguably Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise’s best appearances. Please consider watching the film ahead of time as there will be spoilers.
Please log in using your @colorado.edu address to the zoom meeting: https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/92781598557
1/28/2020
AIAA and Flying Club at CU are having a joint meeting where our very own Dr. Gerren is giving a presentation on Valujet Airlines flight 592 and the aircraft accident investigation. The talk will be held in DUANE G125 at 5:30 pm.
9/25/2019
The AIAA CU Student Branch will be holding an intern mixer in the lobby of the new Aerospace building on East Campus! Come meet students who have had internship experience in the aerospace industry and beyond.
1/29/2019
The AIAA CU Student Branch and ASEM will host distinguished guest speaker Kathy Tobey!
9/18/2018
The AIAA CU Student Branch will host The Annual Student Society Informational Meeting!
4/26/2018
The AIAA CU Student Branch will host Tucker Hamilton speaking on his time in the Air Force as an experimental fighter test pilot!
4/3/2018
The AIAA CU Student Branch will host Robert Zimmerman speaking on the topic of mass properties and how errors in weight balance can cause accidents!
2/18-2/24 E Week
The AIAA CU Student Branch will be staffing a booth in the Engineering Center Engineering Week Event.
1/18/2018
The AIAA CU Student Branch is co-hosting our first distinguised speaker event with the Flying Club!
11/1/2017
The AIAA CU Student Branch is hosting their first movie night with the Flying Club! Come by for free pizza, drink, popcorn and candy!
9/13/2017
The AIAA CU Student Branch is hosting a number of aero/space/engineering clubs on campus! Please join us for our annual intro clubs meeting.
4/22/2017
Hello AIAA,
The AIAA CU Student Branch, sponsored by a generous donation from Lockheed Martin, is able to offer FREE admission to the Wings over the Rockies Museum this Saturday, April 22nd, to the first 40 students who sign up. General admission is ordinarily $12.50.
Dr. G will be at the museum admission desk from 1-3pm to pay admission for those students who signed up. For hours and driections, the museum website is:
http://wingsmuseum.org/
Note that a special exhibit is begin featured, the DaVinci Machines Exhibitions, which cost $20, including museum admission. AIAA will cover up to $12.50 of that cost should you choose that ticket option. (You pay $7.50!)
-CU later!
Your CU AIAA Officers
4/13/2017
CU AIAA is hosting Raytheon!
3/14/2017
CU AIAA is hosting Saber Astronautics!
3/1/2017
CU AIAA is teaming with Flying Club!
1/19/2017
CU AIAA is hosting our first meeting of 2017!
10/30/2016
CU AIAA is ready to bring in the end of the term with a club Internship Mixer.
10/17/2016
CU AIAA is excited to host Planetary Resources for an informational meeting.
10/ 3&4 /2016
CU AIAA is excited to present both Aurora Flight Sciences for a Q & A session on Monday at 5:30pm in the Engineering Center room 200 as well as Tuesday the Sierra Nevada Corporation in the DLC Collaboratory at 4:30 pm.
8/29/2016
CU AIAA is excited to be partnering with Flying club, CU SEDS, MiS, COBRA, and DBF to host our intro meeting this term. Come out to learn about our clubs, grab some pizza and drink, and meet others interested in air and space!
8/18/2016
CU AIAA will be at the Engineering Student Society Fair and Ice Cream Social in the Engineering Center Lobby. Come visit our booth to meet your officers and get some info about our upcoming events.
3/16/16
2/23/16
Joe Tanner
12/9/2015
10/29/2015
Guest Speaker - Dmitriy Tseliakhovick
To sCome learn about ESCAPE DYNAMICS and External Propulsions with Escape Dynamic's CEO and CTO, Dr. Tseliakhovick. He will be speaking on the future of space access through space planes! As always free pizza and soda are provided. ECCR 245 at 5:30 PM.
9/10/2015
Welcome Back!
To start of another great year here with CU AIAA we invite you to join us for our first meeting. We are presenting ourselves alongside other Air and Space clubs here on campus to provide opportunities for students to get involved here on campus.
4/7/2015
Jeff Osterkamp - Guest speaker
Directions: When looking at the main entrance to the Engineering Center from West there is a side entrance on the right next to bicycle racks. Immediately inside the entrance on the left is a staircase, go down it and the room will be after the landing.
3/10/2015
Jay Lindell - Guest Speaker
Directions: When looking at the main entrance to the Engineering Center from West there is a side entrance on the right next to bicycle racks. Immediately inside the entrance on the left is a staircase, go down it and the room will be after the landing.
1/3/2015
Welcome to the new year everyone!
Jon Pineau from Stellar solutions will be here to give a presentation on Rosetta - Europe's Comet Chaser at 5:30pm in ECCR 245. There will be pizza and drinks!
12/4
Internship Mixer/ Holiday Party!
On Thursday, December 4th at 5:30 pm CU AIAA will be hosting a mixer to relax and meet others in the community before finals! Come share your intern experiences or meet people who have already had internships to see what you can do to snag one yourself! Of course there will be food and drinks.
11/18
On Tuesday, November 18th at 5:30 pm in ECCR 265, We will be hosting several engineers from the Lockheed Martin Orion Program. There will be a presentation on the EFT-1 flight coming in early December followed by a Q&A session with the engineers. This presentation will provide perspective on what engineering is like in the industry! There will be talk from a systems engineer, analyst and designer. The presentation will be wrapped up by recruiting. As always there will be pizza and soda provided.
10/21
