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"I'm A Better Engineer as a Woman." - Connie Childs

Nov. 15, 2018

On CUE sits down with Connie Childs. Connie is a fourth-year aerospace engineer studying at CU Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Science. After years of contemplating life as a woman Connie began to transition from her assigned at birth male identity to the woman she is today. Today we'll...

Connor Brooks, a graduate student in computer science, demonstrates a robotic system that responds to spoken commands. (Credit: Glenn Asakawa/CU Boulder)

Robotic helping hand: A look inside the IRON Lab

Nov. 14, 2018

Dan Szafir and his colleagues belong to a rapidly-growing area of study called human-robot interaction. The field addresses the huge gulf that seems to exist between people and their robot helpers: Robots don’t always understand people, and people often don’t want to be around moving, learning machines.

The BREK team: Bob Erickson, Kala Majeti and Roger Bell

Electrical engineering startup awarded $250,000 grant to develop more efficient solar power technology

Nov. 13, 2018

Co-founded by Robert Erickson of electrical, computer and energy engineering and Kala Majeti of CU Boulder’s Technology Transfer Office, BREK will use the grant funds to develop the world’s first compact 250 kilowatt (kW) solar string inverter.

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Veterans to benefit from new fingertip sensors for prosthetic limbs

Nov. 13, 2018

Engineers at CU Boulder are working on prosthetic fingertip sensors that allow patients to actually feel tactile and sensory sensations through nerve interfaces.

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Grants up to $2,500 available through Sustainable CU

Nov. 13, 2018

Small grants of up to $2,500 are available from the 2018-19 Sustainable CU program through April.

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To infinity and beyond: New global aerospace + co-op degree track offered

Nov. 11, 2018

Graduate with a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering, minor in computer science, study abroad experience and co-op work experience in just five years.

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Brooke Lynn Elzweig, EnvEngr'20

Nov. 5, 2018

#ILookLikeAnEngineer Why did you choose engineering at CU Boulder? As an environmental engineer, I desired to earn my degree at the hub of innovation and environmental conservation. Boulder is an amazing community that fosters a passion for new ideas and sustainability - two things I love very deeply. Also, I...

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Work on fire ant colonies at CU could inspire molecular machines

Nov. 5, 2018

AVÃûʪers at CU Boulder have uncovered the statistical rules that govern how gigantic colonies of fire ants form bridges, ladders and floating rafts.

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College celebrates Navy Day with visit from admiral

Nov. 5, 2018

Rear Adm. Brendan McLane is visiting CU Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science today to talk with Dean Bobby Braun and other staff about the need for talented engineers in the modern U.S. Navy.

Alec Thomas standing next to a sign at Oxford

CU Boulder alumni continues work in biomedical imaging at Oxford

Nov. 2, 2018

Alec Thomas is hoping the research he conducted as a PhD student at CU Boulder will help him solve one of the big problems in the targeted delivery of therapeutics at his new position with the University of Oxford in England.

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