2016-17

A thin, low-cost metamaterial keeps buildings cool with zero energy consumption.

Two CU Boulder engineers have pioneered an ingenious way to turn Colorado’s booming craft beer economy into renewable power.

In 1997, Professor Al Weimer of chemical and biological engineering and Professor Steven George of chemistry began collaborating on a novel process of coating surfaces with the thinnest of materials possible, known as atomic layer deposition (ALD).

It may be tiny, but it’s mighty. A soft, wearable acoustic sensor that weighs less than a paper clip has been developed by CU Boulder and Northwestern University.

Robots could someday be found making beds at understaffed nursing homes, helping homeowners with DIY projects or handling mundane chores on the International Space Station.

Technology could save lives on battlefield, home front.

Fading language lives on through CU Boulder website.

How to prepare young scientists to tackle the problems of our 21st-century world?

It would be tough to find another community-based research project that involves as many partners as the $5.9 million youth violence prevention initiative focused on two Denver neighborhoods.

Jamie Principato wants to ensure that blind students can excel in science and engineering careers. So the CU undergraduate is parlaying her own experience in designing and building space instruments to help them get the training they’ll need.