Orit Peleg in a beekeeping suit, holding a section of beehive

How many bees can you fit in an X-ray machine? That's not a joke

Oct. 27, 2022

Researchers at CU Boulder have, for the first time, used X-ray computed tomography (also known as a CT scan) to peer inside swarms of honeybees.

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CU Boulder lands $750k research grant for 5G communications security

Oct. 24, 2022

Keith Gremban, aerospace research professor at CU Boulder Keith Gremban is leading a unique military-oriented research project to enable secure use of 5G networks that may be controlled by an adversary. Gremban, an aerospace research professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, has secured a $749,000 phase one grant from...

Scott Diddams, left, and Greg Rieker in the lab

QEI Collaboration Lab opening to foster high-impact research in quantum engineering

Oct. 10, 2022

Researchers from CU Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will be better able to coordinate their efforts with the opening of the Quantum Engineering Initiative (QEI) Collaboration Lab on Sept. 26.

Kaitlin Mccreery in the lab.

Advancing regenerative medicine as a CU Boulder biomedical engineer

Sept. 7, 2022

Kaitlin Mccreery (MechEngr MS’20, BioEngr PhD’22) is pushing the frontiers of human cartilage research as a biomedical engineering PhD graduate from the University of Colorado Boulder. Mccreery is one of the first students to earn a PhD from the program, which began at CU Boulder in 2020 to bridge the...

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CU Boulder receives $1 million grant to fund minority PhD STEM students 

Aug. 23, 2022

Fellowship to provide tuition support, stipend for two years and unique support system for 12 students to advance their PhD studies and research

 The waning gibbous Moon above the Earth's horizon over the Atlantic Ocean.

CU Boulder lands $5.5 million Air Force project to advance orbital and space AI research

Aug. 23, 2022

A team of University of Colorado Boulder researchers is embarking on a major research project that will advance our understanding of orbital mechanics and monitoring, artificial intelligence, and hypersonics. Led by Marcus Holzinger, an associate professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, the group has...

Emily Bedell collecting a sample from a river

CU Boulder researchers develop highly accurate sensor for E. coli risk detection

Aug. 12, 2022

Researchers at CU Boulder have developed and validated a new sensor for E. coli risk detection that features an impressive 83% accuracy rate when detecting contamination in surface waters.

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Alumni Volunteer Spotlight: Arthur Antoine, PhdCivEngr'17

Aug. 10, 2022

Arthur Antoine (PhdCivEngr’17), senior project manager with Shrewsberry & Associates, stays involved as a CU Engineering Front Range Regional Network Ambassador.

Doug speaks at the 2019 DEAA banquet

'Double Buff' leaving lasting impact on College of Engineering and Applied Science

Aug. 9, 2022

True to the University of Colorado Boulder motto, "Let Your Light Shine," Doug Smith (MCivEngr’75) has led construction projects that quite literally brought in the light to nearly every building of the college.

Keith Molenaar

Molenaar highlights progress, community and relationship building as cornerstones of his early tenure as dean

Aug. 1, 2022

Provost Russ Moore appointed Molenaar as the college’s permanent dean in late June. Molenaar said he has already started discussions with leadership about updating the college’s strategic vision and plans to move into an inclusive and encompassing feedback phase for that work in the near future.

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