Company announcements and updates

Social Media Update

Friday, November 17, 2023 Announcements

CU Aerospace makes an update to their preferred social media platforms.

Phil Ansell Elected in the AIAA Class of 2024 Associate Fellows

Tuesday, October 3, 2023 Announcements

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce its newly elected Class of 2024 Associate Fellows, which include CUA's Phil Ansell.

CU Aerospace - SmallSat 2023

Saturday, August 5, 2023 Announcements

CU Aerospace is at SmallSat 2023 in Logan, Utah! Stop by to see our FPPT thruster demonstration at Table 209 in the Fieldhouse exhibit area.

Rod Burton Receives 2023 AIAA Wyld Propulsion Award

Wednesday, January 25, 2023 Announcements

The Wyld Propulsion Award is presented for outstanding achievement in the development or application of rocket propulsion systems.

David Carroll Receives the 2023 AIAA Sustained Service Award

Thursday, January 5, 2023 Announcements

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 Sustained Service Awards. The award recognizes “sustained, significant service and contributions to AIAA by members of the Institute.”

CUA Wins 2 NASA Phase 1 SBIR Awards

Thursday, May 26, 2022 Announcements

CUA Wins 2 NASA Phase 1 SBIR Awards

David Carroll Joins the IMEC's Board of Directors

Thursday, March 24, 2022 Announcements

David Carroll joins the Board of Directors of the Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center (IMEC).

CUA is Proud to be Certified by NSF-ISR

Monday, February 14, 2022 Announcements

CU Aerospace, L.L.C. has achieved AS9100 Aerospace Management Systems registration from NSF-ISR, an NSF International company.

CUA Announces A New L.L.C. Member

Saturday, January 1, 2022 Announcements

CU Aerospace is excited to announce Ms. Julia Laystrom-Woodard as a new L.L.C. Member of the company. She will serve as its Director of Operations.

CU Aerospace Announces New L.L.C. Member

Saturday, January 1, 2022 Announcements

CU Aerospace is happy to announce Mr. Curtis Woodruff as a new L.L.C. Member of the company. He will serve as its Director of Propulsion.

CUA Wins AFWERX Phase 2 Award

Monday, October 25, 2021 Announcements

CU Aerospace has been awarded an AFWERX Phase II STTR program entitled "Rotor Blade Designs for Quiet Performance."

CUA Announces New L.L.C. Member

Monday, October 18, 2021 Announcements

CU Aerospace is pleased to announce Dr. Phil Ansell as a new L.L.C. Member of the company. He will serve as its Director of Aerodynamics.

Joseph Zimmerman Elected 2022 AIAA Associate Fellow

Monday, September 27, 2021 Announcements

The grade of Associate Fellow recognizes individuals who have accomplished or been in charge of important engineering or scientific work, or who have done original work of outstanding merit, or who have otherwise made outstanding contributions to the arts, sciences, or technology of aeronautics or astronautics.

CU Aerospace joins the Illinois Small Satellite Consortium

Monday, May 17, 2021 Announcements

UIUC is developing relationships with a critical mass of Illinois aerospace companies seeking to establish a high-tech talent pipeline and job creation engine for the State of Illinois.

CubeSail Mission Update

Thursday, April 8, 2021 Announcements

It is with great regret that we are officially calling an early end to the CubeSail mission, notably before we were ever able to deploy the solar sail.

President of CUA Is Awarded AIAA Plasmadynamics & Lasers Award

Tuesday, February 2, 2021 News and Media Announcements

Dr. David L. Carroll, president of CUA, was selected to receive the 2021 AIAA Plasmadynamics & Lasers Award for his “scientific enhancement and innovation of high energy lasers and plasma-driven devices, entrepreneurial aerospace leadership, and education of scientist engineers.”

CBS News Features CU Aerospace

Thursday, November 26, 2020 News and Media Announcements

Enabling responsible space discovery for the final frontier.

CUA Becomes INN Innovation Partner

Wednesday, September 2, 2020 Announcements News and Media

Check us out on Innovation's partner page.

CUA SmallSat 2020 Overview Presentation

Wednesday, August 5, 2020 Announcements

The 2020 Small Sat Conference CUA exhibit booth Overview Presentation and Q&A Session are available to watch right now!

CUA Wins Department of Energy Phase I SBIR

Tuesday, July 21, 2020 Announcements News and Media

Practical Applications for Emerging Plasma-Assisted Combustion Technology

CUA Wins 3 NASA Phase I SBIR Awards

Tuesday, June 30, 2020 News and Media Announcements

CUA received 3 NASA Phase I SBIR Awards

CUA Wins NASA Phase 2 Award

Thursday, November 21, 2019 Announcements News and Media

CU Aerospace has been awarded a NASA Phase 2 STTR program entitled "Scalable and Distributed Inertial Navigation Systems."

CUA/UIUC Partnership Continues With DUPLEX Mission

Wednesday, October 30, 2019 Announcements News and Media

The CUA/UIUC team was recently awarded $1.7 million in new funding from NASA to work on another CubeSat project, the DUPLEX mission.

CUA Wins NASA Award to Launch Its 2nd Satellite

Monday, September 30, 2019 Announcements News and Media

CUA has been selected by NASA as one of 14 American companies as partners whose Tipping Point technologies will help enable the agency's Moon to Mars exploration approach.

CubeSail Has Its Own Twitter Feed!

Friday, December 14, 2018 Announcements

Follow CubeSail's "personal" Twitter feed!

CubeSail Described on WILL Radio

Wednesday, December 12, 2018 Announcements

Listen to a description of our CubeSail mission on WILL radio, Illinois Public Media.

CubeSail Is Highlighted on the 21st

Wednesday, December 12, 2018 Announcements

Listen to The 21st, Illinois's statewide news talk show to hear about the CubeSail mission from David Carroll and UIUC.

Follow Us On Twitter

Wednesday, December 5, 2018 Announcements

CUA Co-Founder Inducted to Academy of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineers at Missouri S&T

Thursday, October 11, 2018 Announcements

CUA co-founder Dr. Scott White was inducted posthumously to the Missouri S&T Academy of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineers on October 11, 2018.

CU Aerospace Moves Location

Thursday, August 16, 2018 Announcements

CUA has transitioned to our own combined office/laboratory space and has moved from our M2 location!

CUA Mourns the Loss of Co-Founder Scott White

Wednesday, June 6, 2018 Announcements

Read more about Professor Scott R. White.

CUA Purchases New Building for Main Operations

Thursday, May 24, 2018 Announcements

CUA has purchased its own 10,000 s.f. building for office and laboratory operations in northwest Champaign, IL. The big move is slated for later this summer.

CubeSail Satellite Bus Engineer Talks With News-Gazette

Sunday, December 24, 2017 Announcements

Dawn Haken, a junior in Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is the student team lead for the IlliniSat 2 bus which is being used for the CU Aerospace CubeSail mission.

CUA Announces New Junior Partner

Wednesday, February 15, 2017 Announcements

CU Aerospace is pleased to announce Joseph Zimmerman as a new junior partner of the company.

BLAZE Multiphysics Touted on HPC Wire

Tuesday, October 4, 2016 Announcements

BLAZE Multiphysics is simplifying complex physics problems for researchers.

Esteemed Colleague Passes Away

Tuesday, February 16, 2016 Announcements

CU Aerospace is deeply saddened by the loss of one of our esteemed mentors and colleagues, Dr. Joseph Verdeyen. Dr. Verdeyen had worked with CUA since 2001 and contributed significantly to the numerous gas laser programs. He will be greatly missed.

CUA Moves Offices

Monday, December 7, 2015 Announcements

CU Aerospace is moving up in the world and has moved from Suite 400 to Suite 502 in the M2 building, still in downtown Champaign. Stop on in to see our new office.

Dr. David Carroll Elected 2015 SPIE Fellow

Tuesday, January 13, 2015 Announcements

Dr. David Carroll was elected Fellow in the International Society for Optics and Photonics.

David Carroll Instructs Senior Design Teams to Win First, Second Place in AIAA Competition

Monday, September 8, 2014 Announcements

The senior design course at UIUC, instructed by David Carroll, won first and second place in the AIAA Undergraduate Team Space Transportation Design Contest.

CubeSail Hardware Tested on Zero G Flight

Sunday, November 17, 2013 Announcements

Senior Engineer, Julia Laystrom-Woodard, tests the CubeSail payload hardware on a Zero G research flight.

Dr. David Carroll Interviewed by WCIA

Thursday, September 12, 2013 Announcements

Dr. David Carroll, President of CU Aerospace, was interviewed on ciLiving Business Insider by Alex Ruggieri.

Dr. Michael Bragg Named Dean of UW College of Engineering

Monday, July 15, 2013 Announcements

Michael B. Bragg, emeritus professor and former interim dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, became the new dean of the University of Washington (UW) College of Engineering on July 15.

Dr. David Carroll Is Interviewed by Alex Ruggieri

Thursday, March 1, 2012 Announcements News and Media

David Carroll is interviewed on One on One with Alex Ruggeri to discuss the origin, technologies, and direction of CU Aerospace.

Dr. Rod Burton Featured on Early News

Friday, July 1, 2011 Announcements

Rod Burton was interviewed by News Channel 15 WICD on the Early News and NewsTalk 1400 WDWS on Penny for Your Thoughts to discuss the final shuttle launch and NASA's ties with CUA and UIUC.

CUA Offices Move

Monday, May 16, 2011 Announcements

CU Aerospace is excited to announce their move! The offices are now located at the Enclave at M2 in the heart of downtown Champaign.

CU Aerospace Co-Sponsors Self-Healing Materials Conference

Sunday, June 28, 2009 Announcements

CU Aerospace co-sponsors Second International Conference on Self-Healing Materials in Chicago, Illinois on June 28 - July 1, 2009.

CU Aerospace Moves

Tuesday, August 1, 2006 Announcements News and Media

CU Aerospace moves from the University of Illinois incubator at EnterpriseWorks into new office space in nearby iCyt building in the University of Illinois Research Park.