Communications satellite in orbit.

CU Boulder alumna working on revolutionary emergency communications tech for the iPhone 14

Nov. 9, 2022

Ashley Williams is advancing a lifelong passion for aerospace and making backcountry excursions safer through new iPhone technology. Williams, a 2006 CU Boulder graduate with dual degrees in aerospace engineering sciences and applied math, is a leader on the modeling and simulation team within the Satellite Connectivity Group at Apple,...

Students from the CU Boulder American Indian Science and Engineering Society

Celebrating our Native American and Indigenous Community

Nov. 7, 2022

In November, we recognize and celebrate Native American and Indigenous community members in our college. This is a time to celebrate cultures, traditions, and histories, as well as to acknowledge the important contributions of the original inhabitants of North America.

EIA attendees with hard hats on during a site visit

Engineers in Action host conference on CU Boulder campus

Nov. 4, 2022

Nearly 100 students, faculty members and professionals from across the US and Canada attended the fifth annual Engineers in Action (EIA) Bridge Builder Conference on the CU Boulder campus. The conference connected students and professionals interested in global engineering with EIA staff from Bolivia and Eswantini.

Leading with Impact: Engineering Solutions to Climate Change Challenges

Nov. 9: Engineering Solutions to Climate Change Challenges

Nov. 4, 2022

CU Engineering leads innovative research to better understand the causes and impacts of climate change, one of the world's most pressing societal and economic issues. Join us to hear from alumni and faculty leaders who are currently engaged in federally-supported research and technological innovations to address key challenges in climate change.

Kate MacKeigan in a hard hat under a full rainbow in Hawaii

Kate MacKeigan: Architectural engineering student spotlight

Nov. 2, 2022

Now a senior in architectural engineering (AREN) focusing on construction, Kate MacKeigan will move to Hawaii after she graduates in May, having secured a full-time position as a field engineer for Hensel Phelps, the same large contractor she interned with in O‘ahu in the summer of 2022.

Forrest seen from the air

Cross-campus open house will feature interdisciplinary climate change research, kick off U.N. Summit events

Nov. 1, 2022

The College of Engineering and Applied Science, the College of Arts and Sciences and the Leeds School of Business are teaming up to highlight CU Boulder-led research to address climate change from 3-5 p.m. on Nov. 30 in the Olson Atrium of the Rustandy Building.

Chip with attendees at the 2022 Engineering Alumni Homecoming Tailgate

Photos: 2022 Engineering Homecoming Tailgate

Nov. 1, 2022

CU Engineering Forever Buffs, friends of the college and even some potential future Buffs came to campus for the 2022 Homecoming Tailgate, featuring food, drinks, lawn games and live music from the band Old's Cool Rock outside the Engineering Center.

CU Boulder campus seen from the air

Gopinath group advances quantum sensing with a new model in optical fibers

Oct. 31, 2022

The Optics and Photonics AVÃûʪ Group at CU Boulder have demonstrated meaningful advances in fiber-based, quantum-enhanced remote sensing and probing of photosensitive materials.

Image left to right: Brittany Nez, Reign Pagaran, Jadon Shortman, Alexa Martinez, Kaylan Madrid, Annalise Hildebrand and Evie Clarke.

Flying Before Walking: The CU Trailblazers

Oct. 27, 2022

The CU Trailblazers are Native students in the College of Engineering and Applied Science who, over the course of nine months, built and launched an eight-foot high-powered rocket for the First Nations Launch competition. They bonded over the project and the intertribal community they fostered as they became rocketry experts.

Orit Peleg in a beekeeping suit, holding a section of beehive

How many bees can you fit in an X-ray machine? That's not a joke

Oct. 27, 2022

AVÃûʪers at CU Boulder have, for the first time, used X-ray computed tomography (also known as a CT scan) to peer inside swarms of honeybees.

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