Yao Zhai in research lab

Outstanding Dissertation Award: Yao Zhai

Dec. 18, 2018

Postdoctoral Associate Yao Zhai’s love for science began when he was young. He remembers looking up to his grandfather, who went from having nothing to establishing a manufacturing company all by himself. “I dreamed of inventing something and making it useful in the world,” Zhai said.

Darice Guittet on a climbing excursion outside Boulder.

Outstanding Graduate for Academic Achievement: Darice Guittet

Dec. 18, 2018

As a climber and a mathematician, Darice Guittet doesn’t shy away from a problem.

Levi Pearson, left, with students and professor working on artificial colon.

Outstanding Graduate for Research: Levi Pearson

Dec. 18, 2018

As he prepares to graduate, Pearson said his research has given him a strong base in control theory, has shown him how to uncover what he doesn’t know to find a solution, how to better communicate and how to have confidence in himself. It also earned him the distinction of being named the December 2018 Outstanding Graduate for Research.

Austin Riley at Machu Picchu

Outstanding Graduate for International Engagement: Austin Riley

Dec. 18, 2018

“We underestimate the power engineering has to help people,” Riley said. “We have this amazing almost superpower to help around the world, and many students don’t even know it. CU Boulder has shown me that potential."

Nikki van den Heever on Engineers Without Borders project

Outstanding Graduate of the College: Nicola van den Heever

Dec. 18, 2018

“It’s easy to forget that when you achieve something, it’s not just you all alone. A huge part is the people around you.”

Joss Gitlin, Andrew Shepherd and Julian Torres troubleshoot their safecracking robot in the BTU Lab

Safecracking class teaches engineering skills, ethical hacking

Dec. 17, 2018

Instructors Alicia Gibb and Nathan Seidle (ElEngr'04) are challenging their students to stretch their engineering and design skills to solve a real-world problem in an environment that lets them feel like secret agents for the semester.

Cameron Deverel-Rico

Recruiting alumni for Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) Board

Dec. 12, 2018

To strengthen connections between the College of Engineering & Applied Science and our recent alumni, the Office of Alumni Engagement is reestablishing the Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) Board.

Alan W. Weimer in his lab with a student

Chemical & biological engineering's Alan Weimer elected to National Academy of Inventors

Dec. 11, 2018

Weimer is the H.T. Sears Memorial professor of chemical and biological engineering and a world recognized expert in fluid-particle processing.

Mahmoud Hussein

$2.5 million ARPA-E grant awarded to Mahmoud Hussein for transformational energy technology

Dec. 6, 2018

Associate Professor and Alvah and Harriet Hovlid Professor Mahmoud Hussein has received a $2.5 million grant from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA‑E) latest open funding opportunity. The award is among $98 million in funding for 40 new projects across the country being provided by the agency. These funds will...

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Research here could speedup clinical trials around Type 1 diabetes

Dec. 6, 2018

Researchers at CU Boulder have developed virtual clinical trials for an artificial pancreas that could significantly improve treatments for those with Type 1 diabetes by tailoring medical devices and speeding up clinical trials.

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