Technology

Max Kiefer serves as the sustainability director at Wynd, an air monitoring and purification technology company dedicated to giving consumers access to better indoor air quality.

NIST’s Callie Higgins was recognized for her invention of a technology that detects and fixes microscopic flaws affecting the reliability of 3D-printed products.

Jennifer Ho, a CU Boulder ethnic studies professor, is a passionate voice in anti-racism conversations at CU and around the world.

A PhD student and Microsoft research fellow, Morgan Klaus Scheuerman has worked with companies like Facebook and Google to spot social issues within technology design.

CU research finds technology use in children and teens may not be as dire as many assume. Kids growing up in the mobile internet era have heard it all, often uttered by well-meaning parents fearing too much screen time could spur lasting problems. But a series of studies by CU Boulder sociology professor Stefanie Mollborn suggests such fears may be overblown.

Stefanie K. Johnson is an associate professor at Leeds and director of the CU Boulder Center for Leadership. She is an expert on leadership, inclusion and mitigating bias in the workplace. Her book Inclusify, released by HarperCollins in June, hit the Wall Street Journal National Bestseller List in its first week on the market.

CU is full of innovators, who have changed the world in ways both big and small. Here are 10 inventions and discoveries made by CU faculty and alumni.

Could Laura Devendorf’s high-tech fabrics change the way we express ourselves?

Chuck Hull and the invention of 3D printing.

At CU-Boulder’s Idea Forge, students imagine the future. Then they build it.