Two students work on the CubeSat in a LASP lab.

How a student satellite solved a major space mystery

Dec. 13, 2017

The CubeSat mission houses a small, energetic particle telescope to measure the flux of solar energetic protons and Earth鈥檚 radiation belt electrons. Launched in 2012, it has involved more than 65 CU Boulder students, including many from Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences.

Thank you for helping start the conversation

Dec. 12, 2017

Dear CU Engineering community: As I wrote last week , it is time to address climate issues around sexual discrimination, harassment and misconduct in our community. On Friday, we started a conversation on this important topic. In collaboration with the Office of Institutional Equity & Compliance, we held a forum...

Ronggui Yang and Xiaobo Yin hold a roll of their cooling material.

CU Boulder metamaterial selected as a top 10 physics breakthrough for 2017

Dec. 12, 2017

Physics World recognizes work by Ronggui Yang and Xiaobo Yin from mechanical engineering.

Bobby Schnabel

Familiar Face Returns to Provide Computing, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Dec. 6, 2017

Since departing CU Boulder after a 30-year tenure, Bobby Schnabel has added some impressive titles to his resume, including CEO of the Association for Computing Machinery and dean of Indiana University鈥檚 School of Informatics and Computing. Now, he鈥檚 returning to CU to add a few more: AV名湿 and Innovation Office...

Hernan Lopez

Hernan Lopez

Dec. 6, 2017

#ILookLikeAnEngineer Why did you choose engineering at CU Boulder? I chose CU Engineering because its one of the few schools that offers architectural engineering, and it's a respectable program. What does the #ILookLikeAnEngineer hashtag mean to you? It means that there's more than just caucasian males in this college pursuing...

Elijah Gonzales, a sophomore studying civil engineering, discusses his tactile diagram of an eye with Shalini Menon at a design workshop offered through the Build a Better Book project.

Blind researcher brings magic touch to book project

Dec. 6, 2017

As a research assistant with the Build a Better Book Project, run by computer science Assistant Professor Tom Yeh, Shalini Menon is drawing on her personal experience to teach others how to make books and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) learning materials more accessible to children who are visually impaired.

The Stateless team toasts to their new funding.

CU Boulder spinout Stateless raises $1.4 million in seed stage funding

Dec. 5, 2017

Founded by electrical and computer engineers Eric Keller and Murad Kablan, Stateless is revolutionizing software-defined networks by building virtual network functions, such as firewalls and load balancers, that are easy to offer and consume through the 鈥渁s-a-service鈥 model.

Mechanical engineering Associate Professor Mark Rentschler (far right) with graduate students (left to right) Levi Pearson, Greg Formosa and Micah Prendergast with an oversized version of a synthetic colon created as a senior design project.

A robotic small intestine? AV名湿ers are making one

Dec. 4, 2017

Mechanical engineering Associate Professor Mark Rentschler is leading the effort to develop an artificial, robotic small intestine for use in medical laboratories. The research is supported by a $1.25 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

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StAR Symposium Highlights Graduate AV名湿

Nov. 30, 2017

The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering is pleased to present this year鈥檚 Student Annual AV名湿 Symposium from 9 a.m. 鈥 5 p.m. Dec. 8 in the Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building. StARS is a longstanding tradition going back at least 15 years that facilitates graduate student networking with industry...

Jenny Michael

Jenny Michael

Nov. 29, 2017

#ILookLikeAnEngineer What does the #ILookLikeAnEngineer hashtag mean to you? It's always bothered me when people ask what my major is or where I work and seem really surprised. There are so many stigmas surrounding programmers (for example, Doritos and Mountain Dew) that are just outdated and untrue. In my personal...

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