NatashaÌýBosanac
- Associate Professor
- COLORADO CENTER FOR ASTRODYNAMICS RESEARCH
Ann & H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences
University of Colorado at Boulder
3775 Discovery Dr
Boulder, CO 80303
Office: AERO 459
Focus Area
Astrodynamics & Satellite Navigation
Education
Ph.D., Aeronautics & Astronautics, Purdue University, 2016
M.S.A.A., Aeronautics & Astronautics, Purdue University, 2012
S.B., Aerospace Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010
Professional Experience
2025 - Present, Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
2017 - 2025, Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado
2016, Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Purdue University
2011 - 2016, Graduate Assistant, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Purdue University
Awards (selected)
AIAA Associate Fellow (2025)
Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences Outstanding Junior Faculty (2024)
AIAA Rocky Mountain Section Young Professional Engineer of the Year (2023)
AFOSR Young Investigator Program Fellow (2023)
American Astronautical Society Emerging Astrodynamicist Award (2022)
Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences Outstanding Graduate Teaching and Mentoring Award (2020)
University of Colorado Boulder College of Engineering Dean’s Faculty Fellowship (2020)
Research Interests
Trajectory and behavioral prediction
Data mining
Path-planning for spacecraft
Spacecraft trajectory design and optimization
Celestial mechanics
Dynamical systems theory
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