A drone in the woods

CU Engineers want drones to go subterranean to save lives after earthquakes

Jan. 8, 2019

CU Boulder engineering professor Sean Humbert is leading a team in a national competition, the Subterranean Challenge. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency gifted the university a $4.5 million grant to fund Humbert's team.

Wreckage from Hurricane Patricia in 2015.

$3M center to support rapid-response research of natural disasters

Jan. 4, 2019

CONVERGE will establish a new Reconnaissance Leadership Corps made up of engineers and social and natural scientists. They’ll offer training, develop a series of best practice documents on safety considerations and working with socially vulnerable populations and help researchers establish a scientific agenda before heading into the field.

A close up of a team's low-cost educational breadboard at Catalyze CU.

CU Engineering + Entrepreneurship Year in Review

Dec. 21, 2018

It’s been a big year for CU Engineering entrepreneurship. After starting at CU Boulder in mid-January, I have been focused on creating the most impactful set of integrated resources and opportunities, in and out of the classroom, to support our student and faculty founders and align with our college’s Strategic Vision.

An astronaut on a spacewalk.

Students designing augmented reality system for astronauts

Dec. 20, 2018

NASA is turning to university students for help with the next big space technology – augmented reality. The 鶹Ƶ has been selected by NASA as one of 16 colleges to participate in the Spacesuit User Interface Technologies for Students (SUITS) 2019 challenge. The mission? To develop an...

Abbie Liel portrait on blue background

Retrofit research at CU shaping policy on earthquakes, non-ductile buildings

Dec. 20, 2018

CU Boulder Associate Professor Abbie Liel studied the issue of retrofitting non-ductile concrete buildings in high population areas through a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation.

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.”

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