Shane Frazier

MSE Student Profile: Shane Frazier

March 30, 2021

Shane Frazier is a graduate student in the Materials Science and Engineering Program, working in the Living Materials Lab under Associate Professor Wil Srubar. He is preparing to defend his PhD thesis in late May. Frazier earned his BS in Mechanical Engineering and his BA in Chemistry from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. He is originally from Greenfield, Indiana.

Dani Beatty

MSE Student Profile: Danielle Beatty

March 17, 2021

Danielle Beatty is a first-year graduate student studying under Professor Wil Srubar in the Living Materials Laboratory. Beatty completed a bachelor鈥檚-master鈥檚 degree in materials science and engineering at the University of Utah in May 2020. Beatty hails from the Salt Lake City area.

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Lab Venture Challenge awards record-breaking $1.35 million to promising CU Boulder ventures

March 10, 2021

Fourteen university innovators pitched their technologies at Lab Venture Challenge (LVC), a funding competition hosted by Venture Partners at CU Boulder that helps commercially-promising technologies accelerate into impactful business ventures. Judges from the local entrepreneurial ecosystem awarded a record total of 12 grants鈥攗p to $125,000 each鈥攆or the top physical science, engineering and bioscience innovations demonstrating high commercial potential, a clear path to a compelling market and strong scientific support.

Emmanuel Bamidele in the Engineering Center

MSE Student Profile: Emmanuel Bamidele

March 8, 2021

Emmanuel Bamidele is a third-year graduate student in the Materials Science and Engineering Program, studying under Professor Rishi Raj of the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering. Bamidele was recently nominated to join the Sigma Xi Scientific AV名湿 Honor Society and joined the Materials AV名湿 Society. He earned his undergraduate degree in metallurgical and materials engineering at the Federal University of Technology in Akure, Nigeria.

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Snakeskin inspires new, friction-reducing material

March 2, 2021

A research team led by CU Boulder has designed a new kind of synthetic 鈥渟kin鈥 as slippery as the scales of a snake.

Gypsum crystal

New kinds of liquid crystals resemble solid crystals, could improve computer and TV displays

Feb. 26, 2021

A team at the University of Colorado Boulder has designed new kinds of liquid crystals that mirror the complex structures of some solid crystals鈥攁 major step forward in building flowing materials that can match the colorful diversity of forms seen in minerals and gems, from lazulite to topaz.

Chrstopher Bowman

Bowman elected to National Academy of Engineering

Feb. 17, 2021

Christopher Bowman Distinguished Professor Christopher Bowman has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering , one of the highest professional distinctions accorded to engineers. He was elected in an elite group of 106 new members and 23 international members of the class of 2021, announced on February 9. 鈥淚...

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