Sirangelo

Aerospace leader Sirangelo to join CU Boulder Engineering

August 7, 2018— Mark Sirangelo, who just concluded his career as the head of aerospace giant Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Space Systems, is joining the Â鶹ÊÓƵ as an entrepreneur-in-residence beginning this month. Bobby Braun, dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science, announced today that Sirangelo will...

ASEE's Wall of Fame banner, with CU Boulder listed in the lower left.

Students and faculty recognized at ASEE Annual Conference

Aug. 3, 2018

More than 20 faculty, staff and students from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ attended the 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition this summer. Founded in 1893, the American Society for Engineering Education is a nonprofit organization committed to furthering education in engineering and engineering technology. CU Boulder was recognized on...

Alexandra Jaros

Undergraduate students share their summer research work at capstone CU SPUR event

Aug. 1, 2018

Alexandra Jaros Students in the CU Summer Program for Undergraduate Research shared their findings with faculty, family and fellow students during presentations Monday and Tuesday in the Gallogly Â鶹ÊÓƵy Learning Center. This is the third year of the program, and 40 students from a variety of fields participated. This year’s...

Children ask questions about EdBoard during the Demo Days "petting zoo."

Community support is strong for fifth Catalyze cohort

July 31, 2018

Seven teams of entrepreneurs from across campus pitched their innovative startups to a packed house at the Dairy Arts Center on Thursday. And we do mean packed. Even after opening up an additional 100 tickets the week of the event, we still had to turn people away at the door...

A rendering of a brain.

Deciphering the Parkinson’s disease puzzle

July 26, 2018

Alaa Ahmed is working to unlock the secrets of Parkinson’s disease and make life better for its sufferers. The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering has earned a multi-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the illness and a potential treatment for it. Parkinson’s...

Two Girls Inc. Eureka! students in the midst of testing their water filters

Girls Inc. Eureka! students design small scale water filters

July 26, 2018

Earlier this summer, the BOLD Center hosted 30 female high school students from the Denver-Metro area in partnership with the Girls Inc. Eureka! Program. Through their participation in this program, these girls had been exposed to the prospect of higher education and STEM careers—meaning they came well-prepared with questions regarding...

Mike McGehee

McGehee hopes to create energy and sustainability ecosystem in Colorado

July 25, 2018

New chemical and biological engineering faculty member Michael McGehee is eager to continue the work he started in clean energy at Stanford University.

Gaussian colorized microtubules

CU Engineering startup garners $1 million in investment funding

July 19, 2018

Double Helix Optics was founded based on technology from the lab of company co-founder Rafael Piestun, professor of electrical, computer and energy engineering.

Emilie Aries

Aries shares tools for powerful communication to CU women in STEM

July 16, 2018

Being a woman in today’s scientific community isn’t easy. CU Boulder’s Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) group invited Emilie Aries , Founder and CEO of Bossed Up, to teach us the tools to improve our communication skills in a sold-out event last week. Aries is a nationally recognized speaker,...

Members of the team at the 2018 Engineering Design Expo at Coors Events Center.

Bike drivetrain design wins 2018 Eurobike Innovation Award

July 11, 2018

A senior design project for a new type of bicycle drivetrain is getting major attention in the cycling press. The project, developed with sponsor CeramicSpeed, does away with the traditional bicycle chain and gearbox in favor of a shaft drive assembly. The invention has earned a 2018 Eurobike Innovation Award...

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