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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.  

 

The 2008 CUSRS Recap

April 19th, 2008

                

NASA's 50th Anniversary Year

The Keynote Speaker was Bill Kelly, Deputy Chief Engineer on the Orion Program (CEV) from Lockheed Martin. 

Please go to the Papers page to view Symposium Results and find pictures taken during the day.

 

The 2009 Colorado Undergraduate Space Research Symposium will be Saturday April 18th, 2009

 

 

 

2009 Information

 

The Symposium will be Saturday April 18th, 2009 at the University of Colorado at Boulder. 
 

 

Submission Deadlines
 2/01/2009   Abstracts Due
3/24/2009     Papers Due 4pm via Email and last opportunity for Poster/Demonstration participation.
4/07/2008 (No later than)     Papers Selected and Presenters Notified
4/18/2009     Presentations Due at 8:30am
4/18/2009     Symposium official start 9:30am

 

Demonstration Session

After the conclusion of the paper sessions, there will be a 60 minute informal Demo 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

or Google Maps link 

Park in lot 436 to the east of the Discovery Learning Center

 

Preliminary April 18th, 2009 Schedule

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

Time               Event
8:30-9:00 AM        Arrival - Presenters Check-in
9:00 AM      Industry and Judges Check in
9:30 AM      Session A and B
11:55 AM    Lunch
12:15 PM     Keynote Speaker
1:10 PM       Session C and D
2:10 PM       Demo and Poster Session and Informal Career Fair and Networking
3:10 PM       Awards Ceremony
3:30 PM       Conclusion
 

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