2022 DLA Projects

Project Description We are looking for a highly motivated student with a strong background in electrical engineering to develop integrated circuits for measuring and recording electronic signals that are directly correlated to bio-signals. Our lab is developing novel sensors in the form of novel organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) to determine...

Project Description We are looking for a highly motivated student with a strong background in electrical engineering. Our lab is developing biodegradable soil moisture and nitrate sensors using novel materials including those often overlooked in electronics such as waxes and woods. For this project, the student will design and fabricate...

Project Description This research project aims to study thermal energy transport and conversion at the nanoscale, which is critical to the development of new thermal management and renewable energy technologies with high performance. The DLA student will team with a PhD graduate student and work on both the theoretical and...

Project Description The Center for Infrastructure, Energy and Space Testing (CIEST) houses 3 centrifuges, the largest of which, a 400 g-ton centrifuge, is the 2nd largest in the US. An automatic robotic sand pourer is currently used to prepare geotechnical laboratory and centrifuge models for teaching and research purposes. However,...

Project Description This project focuses on developing and offering a Digital Wellness Summer Program (DWSP) that addresses the negative impacts of smartphones and social media on adolescent females’ psychological well-being. This program takes a novel approach to guiding young people toward developing healthier relationships with smartphones and social media. Rather...

Project Description The Social Justice and Environmental Quality - Denver (SJEQ-D) is a multidisciplinary environmental justice research project aiming to reduce air and noise pollution caused by major construction projects in North Denver, as well as understand the impact of construction on community members' well-being and ability to move around...

Project Description For almost a decade, the Rieker group has been transitioning Nobel Prize winning laser technology from carefully controlled optics labs to the outside world. In partnership with NIST, a mid-infrared laser is being developed that can measure the absorption of almost any hydrocarbon molecule, such as volatile organic...

Project Description The Bioastronautics Laboratory in the Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences is conducting experiments to explore how humans and autonomous systems can best team up to address the challenges of deep space missions. As part of these experiments, we have developed a computer interface that simulates what remote...

Project Description SBOLCanvas is a web-based application that can create and edit genetic constructs using the SBOL data and visual standards. SBOLCanvas allows a user to create a genetic design visually and structurally from start to finish. It also allows users to incorporate existing SBOL data from a SynBioHub repository...

Project Description My lab is exploring a variety of techniques for rapid prototyping of electronic circuits that assure first time success, quickly and at low cost. Some of these leverage commercial vendors and some of these leverage methods fully contained in-house. Each of four students will select a specific circuit...