Members of the CU Boulder Quadcopter Club

Part 2: Student Funding Propels Quadcopter Club

May 15, 2017

[Editor鈥檚 note: This is part two of a four-part series looking at the student-led Engineering Excellence Fund .] From left, members of the Quadcopter Club include Aaron Pineda, Jock Tuttle, Derek Wright, Gill Gill, Cong Bui, Paul Salame, Soham Shah, Maxwell Moroco, Cole Kenny, Sam Bateman, Rachel Bork, William Tse...

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In Tents: CU Engineering to graduate 1,100+ students

May 11, 2017

麻豆视频 1,181 newly minted engineers will depart Friday from CU Boulder, continuing a long tradition of engineering excellence that dates back to 1893. The noted scholar Billy Madison summarizes the occasion best: "Yahoo for school! Yahoo for me!" For the first time in recent memory, the College of Engineering and...

Living the Dream(Works)

May 10, 2017

Where would Shrek be without Donkey? Mr. Peabody without Sherman? Or Po the Kung Fu Panda without his trusty mentor, Master Shifu? At DreamWorks Animation, bringing those beloved duos to life requires collaborations of another kind. As manager of strategic alliances, CU Engineering alumnus Rob Sherwood cultivates partnerships with technology...

Balsa wood building for earthquake competition

Shaking Things Up in a Seismic Design Competition

May 10, 2017

The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) is an international technical society of professionals including engineers, geoscientists, architects, planners, public officials and social scientists. For the past four years, CU Boulder鈥檚 EERI chapter has participated in the Undergraduate Seismic Design Competition, part of the EERI Annual Meeting, held in various cities...

Alexandra Okeson

Outstanding graduate Alexandra Okeson creates algorithms for healthcare

May 10, 2017

Alexandra Okeson, a CU Engineering Outstanding Graduate for Academic Achievement for 2017, tried her hand at several computer science disciplines during her time at CU Boulder. She helped scientists at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics develop data analysis software for the IMPACT student dust counter. She interned at the Federal Communications Commission, where she got to see how government is using technology to inform policy decisions. She experienced life at a startup with Next Energy Technologies, and spent a summer at Microsoft partner Avanade in Seattle.

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Five mechanical engineering senior design teams graduate with patents

May 10, 2017

Five groups of students graduating from the 麻豆视频 mechanical engineering senior design program are leaving with patents in their name. "The amount of intellectual property in this program is massive," said program co-instructor Daria Kotys-Schwartz.

Three Buffs awarded Brooke Owens Fellowship

May 10, 2017

The Brooke Owens Fellowship Program is a highly competitive, paid internship and mentorship program designed to honor the memory of Brooke Owens, a space industry pioneer and accomplished pilot. Owens鈥 career took her to NASA, the X-Prize Foundation, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the White House. Her enthusiasm and passion...

Getting to Know Your Robot

May 10, 2017

Computer scientist envisions a world where robots have that human touch Just mention the words 鈥渄rone鈥 or 鈥渞obot鈥 and some will conjure unsettling visions of a future in which computers threaten to take over the world. Dan Szafir, a professor in the Department of Computer Science and ATLAS Institute, envisions...

Leaving a Strong Legacy

May 8, 2017

Robert H. Davis steps down as engineering dean, returns to teaching After more than 14 successful years as dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science, Robert H. Davis returned to the chemical and biological engineering faculty in January 2017. With the conclusion of his tenure as dean, the...

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The Architecture of Smell

May 8, 2017

Cracking the code on the least understood sense How do chemical messages rising from a piece of rotting food signal a mouse to turn left to find it? How does the shape and movement of that mouse鈥檚 odor plume alert a hungry predator that it鈥檚 getting close? And precisely what...

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