Micro-Indentation and Visualization system,

Soft material study could improve medical devices, other applications

Aug. 1, 2019

Researchers at CU Boulder have developed a new technique that can study friction between soft materials like those inside the body, paving the way for improvements to medical devices used by millions each year.

Brendan Heffernan adjusts optical components at a light table in the team's lab.

Sending doughnut-shaped beam through optical fiber may hold key to better brain imaging

July 31, 2019

PhD student demonstrates that the odd-shaped beam can be used to create a miniature stimulated emission depletion microscope capable of studying brain activity in freely behaving animals.

Computer screen showing code being written

Research examines impact of race, gender and ethnicity on community college students studying computer science

July 31, 2019

New research provides insights about computer and information sciences students in introductory courses at community colleges, including how best to retain students who have been historically underrepresented in the field.

Woman looks over Rome city view

CU Engineering offering grants for graduate global research

July 30, 2019

The new Graduate Student Global Enrichment Fund, launched in July, is intended to support graduate students collaborating with university partners around the world and responding to global research challenges.

combustion study in Greg Rieker's lab

A bright future for combustion research, Rieker receives Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Researcher Award

July 29, 2019

Associate Professor Greg Rieker has been awarded two of the top international awards in his field. After receiving the Peter Werle Early Career Scientist Award in September 2018, he was selected to receive the Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Researcher Award in April 2019.

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Pedal power: Bike ride benefits engineering scholarships

July 26, 2019

Get those Spandex shorts and bike jerseys ready! For the third year in a row, riders in the Buffalo Bicycle Classic can choose to participate in support of College of Engineering and Applied Science students who demonstrate merit and strong financial need. The fundraising ride has provided nearly $4 million...

Alex Hirst with a UAV.

Q&A with Smead Scholar Alex Hirst about his summer of severe storm research

July 24, 2019

Alex Hirst saw his first tornado recently, followed quickly by his second, third, fourth and fifth. As an aerospace PhD student and Smead Scholar at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ, he played an active role in the 2019 TORUS project – which took a team of...

A mock-up of what a LunaSat might look like on the moon.

Students to send hundreds of leaf-sized spacecraft to the moon

July 24, 2019

Fifty years ago today, the command module of the Apollo 11 spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, safely returning the first astronauts to set foot on the moon. Now, students from Colorado and across the world will continue that legacy of exploration via the Great Lunar Expedition for Everyone...

Kevin Gifford speaks during a Boulder City Council study session on 5G

Faculty member shares 5G expertise during Boulder City Council study session

July 23, 2019

Kevin Gifford, a researcher in the Technology, Cybersecurity and Policy Program, gave an engineer's perspective on concerns over health effects.

The exterior of the Lesser House, as viewed from Colorado Avenue.

Herbst Program celebrating name change and 30th anniversary

July 22, 2019

The updated name, the Herbst Program for Engineering, Ethics and Society, highlights how Herbst courses prepare students for the social complexities of being human and of being engineers.

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