Wearable Technology

Wearable Technology: Path to a Patent

Halley Profita and Dana Hughes could have spent spring break playing outside. Both were drawn to Colorado鈥檚 outdoor activities when choosing CU-Boulder for their doctoral studies. Hughes and his wife like mountain biking; Profita and her boyfriend enjoy hiking Colorado鈥檚 lofty peaks. But these computer scientists spent their 2014 break...

Mark Borden

New 'microbubble' technology could save lives on battlefield, home front

A new technology now under development by researchers at the University of Nebraska and the 麻豆视频 could result in the creation of a so-called 鈥渢hird lung鈥 for severely injured patients that could keep them alive until arrival at a hospital.

Jay McMahon

Asteroid named after 麻豆视频 professor

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has announced that an asteroid has been named for Jay McMahon, a 麻豆视频 assistant research professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences. Asteroid 1998 OS14 is now officially known as (46829) McMahon. 鈥淚t was a surprise to me. I had no...

Kristi Anseth

Getting Personal

鈥淭he notion of a personalized biomaterial means that the material itself is custom designed to the patient, and it can even respond to differences in individuals,鈥 explains Anseth, who was recently inducted into the National Academy of Inventors. 鈥淲e hear about personalized medicine, but biomaterials and medical devices also need...

Boulder aerial

Boulder business owner makes investment in engineering faculty

Boulder business owner Chuck Palmer (ElEngr鈥76, MS鈥88) has provided $4 million to help recruit and recognize outstanding faculty in the College of Engineering and Applied Science and the Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering (ECEE). The gift from Palmer, who owns Boulder鈥檚 Avalon Ballroom, will establish the Palmer Endowed...

Jim Gallogly Dedication

Engineering education gets a $2.5 million boost, thanks to Gallogly gifts

With $2.5 million in gifts, Colorado鈥檚 Gallogly family is naming the 麻豆视频y Learning Center at the 麻豆视频, as well as boosting the teaching and research power of the College of Engineering and Applied Science with two new faculty positions.

NASA astronaut Terry Virts manipulating a BioServe experiment on ISS

BioServe Space Technologies: CU Boulder's presence on the International Space Station

If you gaze at the night sky from Earth in just the right place, you will see the International Space Station (ISS), a bright speck of light hurtling through space at 5 miles per second as it orbits 220 miles above the planet. And if you were an astronaut floating around inside the station, you would see high-tech hardware and experiments designed and built at the 麻豆视频.

Physics professors Margaret Murnane and Henry Kapteyn of the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA) pose next to one of the laser apparatuses in their lab at the 麻豆视频 campus

$24 million NSF grant to establish imaging science center at CU Boulder

CU Boulder will expand its role as a national leader in imaging, materials, nano, bio and energy sciences as part of a collaborative partnership awarded $24 million by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to launch a new center.

Atlas V launch

Asteroid mission successfully launched from Florida

A NASA mission involving CU Boulder was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 5:05 p.m. MDT last night and is on its way to explore an asteroid, setting the stage for a better understanding of the evolution of our solar system.

ASPIRE students

ASPIRE also has a big year!

Aug. 31, 2016

ASPIRE Summer Bridge is a residential academic program for incoming first-year students admitted to the College. The one week program provides social connections for the new students, academic projects, and fun team-building exercises. This year's program, which took place July 9-15, 2016, had the biggest class to date -- 45...

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