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The U.S. Navy seeks only the best and brightest for its Nuclear Propulsion Officer candidates—and two CU Engineers just made the cut. The competitive program, NUPOC for short, provides qualified students a direct pipeline into service as Navy officers, with salary and benefits for up to two-and-a-half years while they’re completing their degrees.

CU researchers Bob Marshall and Svenja Knappe are collaborating to bring down the cost with CubeSats and tiny sensors previously used to collect measurements of the brain.

For Dave Hunt (MTele’79), taking an early retirement meant the opportunity to pursue two of his passions — art and genealogy. Dave retired from Texaco Oil in the late 1990s after the company asked him move to Houston. He and his wife, Joyce, who had moved here from Montana in...

Recent Alumni Award Goldsmith has shown impressive career growth in his nearly 10 years at ConocoPhillips and Phillips 66, where he now serves as director of midstream business development. His organizational responsibilities include the origination and development of business for P66’s existing and potential assets in the Rockies. Throughout his...

Category: Research & Invention After graduating from CU, Kristin Thunhorst joined the 3M Corporation in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she has had a distinguished career full of exceptional professional achievements and recognition. Thunhorst has spent her time at 3M working across divisions and developing projects in numerous areas including optics,...

Category: Education Scott Palo received his MS and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from CU Boulder in 1990 and 1994, respectively. After a postdoc stint at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, he joined the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences as a research associate. From there,...

Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award Category: Industry & Commerce Steve Jolly is an extremely proud and accomplished graduate from CU Boulder, having received a BS and PhD in aerospace engineering. He also served as an adjunct professor before joining Lockheed Martin, where he is now the chief engineer for the Commercial...

CU Boulder researchers will fly drones this fall as part of a massive expedition to the Arctic to study climate at the top of the world.

Proud to announce our latest National Academy of Engineering inductees

By developing sensors to optimize inputs for greater crop yields, Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Gregory Whiting aims to mitigate environmental losses, decrease energy use and improve farm profitability for food, feed and fuel crops, a project funded by ARPA-E.