A Denver Water representative leads students on a tour of the existing treatment plant.

Civil engineering seniors designing new Denver water treatment plant

March 7, 2019

These design-build projects are being created by 13 multidisciplinary teams of 6 students who must design and and plan the project. At the end of the semester, they will present the projects as construction bids to Denver Water, with one group’s project being chosen.

The Martian promotional photo

(Bad) Science Movie Night features "The Martian" on March 21

March 5, 2019

Join a free screening of “The Martian” (2015), then hear from experts about what it’s really like to be in space, what Hollywood did right and what they got so painfully wrong.

A view of the Earth from space, showing clusters of lights in cities.

Computer science researchers challenge decades-old 'scale free' network theory

March 5, 2019

In research published in the journal Nature Communications, Anna Broido and Aaron Clauset used computational tools to analyze a huge dataset of more than 900 networks, with examples from the realms of biology, transportation, technology and more.

The lobby at LASP with people on a tour

Scientists and dignitaries celebrate 7 decades of CU Boulder in space at LASP

March 5, 2019

Orion EM-1

CU Boulder lands a slot on first Orion flight around the moon

March 4, 2019

A little piece of Colorado is going to the moon. When NASA launches Orion EM-1 in 2020, its first mission to orbit the moon since 1972, experiments from the 鶹Ƶ will be aboard.

Erin Connor working at a computer

PhD student Erin Connor wins graduate fellowship for work on the science of smell

Feb. 28, 2019

Connor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering studies transport mechanisms dictated by the physics of the environment, along with specialized biological mechanisms involved in odor perception.

A pharaoh cuttlefish

Underwater creatures inspire shape-shifting, color-changing materials

Feb. 28, 2019

Research into how light can affect material shape goes deep—rather, into the depths—by drawing inspiration from cephalopods: marine animals including squids, octopuses and cuttlefish that can change their shape and color.

Kelly Winn and Caleb Inglis prepare for competition.

CU students place 4th in Lockheed Martin ethics competition

Feb. 27, 2019

Engineering students Caleb Inglis and Kelly Winn represented CU Boulder earlier this month at the Lockheed Martin Ethics in Engineering Case Competition in Bethesda, Maryland. The two-day event required teams to prepare recommendations for a fictional but realistic scenario filled with ethical quandaries.

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Racheal Rupprecht, MechEngr'20

Feb. 26, 2019

#ILookLikeAnEngineer Why did you choose engineering at CU Boulder? I chose to pursue engineering at CU Boulder not only because of the reputation it has among colleges across the United States, but also because of the environment. Boulder consists of all kinds of people with all kinds of backgrounds and...

Students take the pledge at the Ring and Pin Ceremony

Hundreds pledge to serve as ethical engineers

Feb. 26, 2019

The annual ceremony, now in its second year, is a new tradition for the College of Engineering & Applied Science. Part solemn oath and part anticipatory celebration, the rite of passage acknowledges the duties and responsibilities that underpin the profession.

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