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The Paris Olympic Games: behind the scenes from an electrical engineering student

Oct. 17, 2024

Noah Bernstein, a third-year electrical and computer engineering student, spent 11 exhilarating weeks at the 2024 Paris Olympics as a venue engineering intern with NBCUniversal.

 Cooper Thome, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, uses a new "acoustic pipette," which could someday be used to deliver swift test results at the bedside with only a finger-prick of blood.

New device could deliver bedside blood test results in an hour

Oct. 16, 2024

CU Boulder researchers are developing a handheld device that could transform blood testing. Instead of needles and long waits for lab results, this sound-based system delivers accurate results in an hour from just a finger prick.

Kian Lopez and Anthony Straub in the lab.

Using nanoscale membranes to clean water on the Moon

Oct. 16, 2024

Anthony Straub is making major advances in water purification technology for industry and human consumption on Earth and in space, with his work on a nanotechnology membrane process taking a major step toward commercialization...

A SPOT robot with a light enters a dark mine tunnel.

Robots can save us if they can see us: Computer scientist receives CAREER award

Oct. 15, 2024

Christoffer Heckman's radar breakthrough in robotic sensing to help systems see and act in smoke, darkness recognized by $600,000 National Science Foundation award.

RAAVEN drone in flight.

CU Boulder will share atmospheric science tech, expertise through new grant

Oct. 7, 2024

Drone technology and atmospheric science instruments developed by the University of Colorado Boulder will be available to researchers nationwide through a new grant. The National Science Foundation has awarded CU Boulder a three-year, $1 million grant to establish a Community Instruments and Facilities program titled Mobile Uncrewed Systems for Atmospheric...

Abbie Liel makes a point with her hands to a Maui resident who lost their home while a Notre Dame student researcher looks on.

CU Boulder partners with Notre Dame to improve housing resilience

Oct. 7, 2024

CU Boulder’s Abbie Liel and Notre Dame’s Susan Ostermann are leading a collaborative NSF-funded study on resilient housing in disaster-prone areas lincluding Maui, Alaska and Puerto Rico. Their research combines Liel’s expertise in structural engineering with Ostermann’s background in political science and law, aiming to find solutions for safer, more resilient housing.

An aerial view of Colorado Mountain College's campus in Glenwood Springs

CU Boulder and Colorado Mountain College launch guaranteed admission agreement for engineering students

Sept. 24, 2024

Colorado Mountain College students are now eligible for guaranteed admission to the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science if they complete four specific courses at CMC, thanks to a new partnership between the two institutions.

An aerial view of the Engineering Center, with the Flatirons in the distance

CU Engineering ranked as a top 5 aerospace program, top 20 overall

Sept. 23, 2024

CU Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science maintained a top 20 spot in U.S. News and World Report’s Best Undergraduate Engineering rankings, coming in at No. 17 among its public institution peers for the third year in a row.

Hispanic Heritage Month 2024

Celebrating our Hispanic community members

Sept. 23, 2024

Each year, from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, we observe National Hispanic Heritage Month by celebrating the cultures, contributions and honoring the histories of Hispanic and Latino Americans whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.

Michael Gooseff

Michael Gooseff elected as an AGU Fellow

Sept. 19, 2024

Michael Gooseff has been elected as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the union announced on Wednesday. AGU, the world's largest Earth and space science association, bestows the honor annually on a select number of individuals who have made exceptional contributions in their fields.

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