Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles (RECUV)

  • A UAV mounted to a car.
    Researchers from ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ are flying drones into severe storms in one of the largest and most ambitious drone-based investigations of meteorological phenomena ever.  Project TORUS – or Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells
  • A UAV flying in stormy weather
    Atmospheric scientists will soon get an unprecedented view of the conditions that trigger some of the United States’ most devastating tornadoes. Last week, a team of researchers set out across the Great Plains with a fleet of drones to monitor
  • The new aerospace buildng.
    Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences is moving! After 18 months of construction, the department will vacate all of its space in the Engineering Center this summer and move to a brand new, dedicated building for the aerospace department on East Campus. The new facility is...
  • A UAV flying
    Project TORUS – or Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells – is a partnership between ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (which is leading the work), Texas Tech University, the University of Oklahoma and the National Severe
  • ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ campus.
    The College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado Boulder remains a powerhouse institution for graduate engineering education, ranking No. 17 in the nation among public universities and No. 31 overall, according to data
  • Brian Argrow
    Brian Argrow is a professor and chair of Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder. He was the founding director of the Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles (RECUV) and is a former associate dean for
  • Rendering of a robot using a keyboard.
    The U.S. Department of Defense recently announced it will invest up to $2 billion over the next five years toward research programs advancing artificial intelligence, and the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ College of Engineering and Applied Science is well-
  • Campus aerial photo.
    Who are our new faculty?

    They are researchers, educators, and business leaders.
    Bring the department new research opportunities and partnerships.
    Have diverse backgrounds and come to Boulder from near and far.
    Are proud additions to the Smead Aerospace and CU Buffs family.
  • Eric Frew
    What set ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ Engineering apart from other universities for Associate Professor Eric Frew? Autonomous drone technology. Learn more about Frew and his groundbreaking work that's advancing our understanding of tornadoes and the weather around us
  • Mark Sirangelo
    Mark Sirangelo, who just concluded his career as the head of aerospace giant Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Space Systems, is joining the University of Colorado Boulder as an entrepreneur-in-residence beginning this month. Bobby Braun, dean of the
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