Assistant Professor Ryan Starkey, left, with a team of students and one graduate, looks over = engine model nozzles for a first-of-its-kind supersonic unmanned aircraft vehicle, visible in the simulation on the computer screen, that’s expected to fly farther and faster â using less fuel â than anything remotely similar to date. From left: Starkey, Sibylle Walter, doctoral student; Joah Deomm, master’s graduate; and Greg Rancourt, master’s student. (Photo by Glenn Asakawa/University of Colorado)