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Mechanical engineering associate professor Franck Vernerey has been awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest U.S. government honor awarded to promising scientists and researchers beginning their careers. In a statement, President Barack Obama congratulated the 102 newest award recipients . “These innovators are working to...

Today, we think of robots as rigid, clunky and metallic. But imagine a day in the future when robots are soft and human-like, with skin-like material covering muscles that move just like ours. That future may be closer than you realize, thanks to new joint research from University of Colorado...

Congratulations to CU Boulder mechanical engineering PhD student Masoud Aghajani for being awarded a 2016 Fellowship for Membrane Technology by the American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) and US Bureau of Reclamation! The joint AMTA-Reclamation award provides funding to graduate students researching innovations for water treatment in membrane related areas. Aghajani...

"We can rebuild him. We have the technology," began every episode of the television show The Six Million Dollar Man. Unfortunately, in the real world, medicine has not been able to create flawless substitutes for human body parts. The devices we have, like replacement knees and hips, are imperfect and often wear out and must be swapped out again. Associate Professor Corey Neu would like to change that, using material from...

An inner-tube water polo match doesn't sound like the kind of place you’d find a mechanical engineering student. This very real, but equally silly sport is a popular intramural at CU Boulder, and not just for students with light academic loads. Floating in one of the inner-tubes is Simon Hafner...

Successful businesses often have humble beginnings. Mattel Toys began in a garage. Dell Computer started in a dorm room. Steve Neely’s company, VSI Parylene , had its genesis in his father-in-law's basement. "It's called precision parylene coating. I came across an opportunity for a niche service with a growing demand...

Mechanical engineering professor emeritus Frank Kreith is closing out the year by claiming what the American Association of Engineering Societies bills as the highest award in the engineering profession. Kreith, 94, is the recipient of the AAES 2017 John Fritz Medal , a distinction previously earned by the likes of...

Congratulations to Dongliang Zhao for winning an Outstanding Reviewer Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Journal of Heat Transfer! Zhao is a postdoctoral researcher working in professor Ronggui Yang 's lab. The award was presented to him by the Chair of the ASME Heat Transfer Division at...

Mechanical Engineering students took part in the Fall 2016 Component Design Competition runoff this week, facing off their battery-operated-drill-driven bicycles and tricycles against other teams of students. Component Design is a required junior level course that applies mechanics and materials science to the detailed design of various machine elements including...

My name is Kahlia Hogg and I am graduating this month from the Mechanical Engineering program. I am a student-athlete and captain of the CU Women's Soccer Team. I plan to return home to Australia after graduation, to pursue a career in Sports Engineering and follow my dreams to play...