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Ryan Schmad (BSME '23) is the recipient of the 2022 Best Undergradute Podium Award from the Rocky Mountain American Society of Biomechanics. His research mentor is Rachel Marbaker, a current PhD student in Alaa Ahmed's Neuromechanics Laboratory.

The project aims to shift some of the most time-consuming tasks done in laboratory work to robots by developing new, open-source robot software and innovative hardware designs.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, researchers took advantage of the disappearance of LA's traffic by investigating how different human activities, especially driving, affected air quality. Professor Daven Henze focused on a compound that’s frequently ignored in cities: ammonia.

The College of Engineering and Applied Science, the College of Arts and Sciences and the Leeds School of Business are teaming up to highlight CU Boulder-led research to address climate change from 3-5 p.m. on Nov. 30 in the Olson Atrium of the Rustandy Building. The event comes ahead of the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit on campus and acts as a kickoff to several days of panels, workshops and activities.

Group of researchers release study that examines how fruit flies can quickly compensate for catastrophic wing injuries, maintaining the same stability after losing up to 40% of a wing. This finding could inform the design of versatile robots.

Skyler Kern , a PhD student in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering , spent a lot of his childhood fishing on the rivers and inlets around Anchorage, Alaska. In fact, Kern’s first word as a child was “boat.” “My family and I were in our car pulling...

This article is part of a series that explores the stories of ME first-generation students and the faculty and staff who also began their academic journeys as the first in their families Human Resources and Operations Manager Kassie Van Pelt grew up with a working mom and two brothers in...

ME Alumni Connect Day enjoyed another great turnout this year, with over 40 alumni and nearly 400 students participating. The event provides an opportunity for students to connect with alumni, build their network and gain insight into what it's like to be an practicing engineer. Participants connected over lunch, mock...

The challenges of wildfires, industrial pollution and vehicle emissions have centered the issue of outdoor air quality in the public consciousness. With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and the realization that the pathogen primarily transmits indoors, there has been growing awareness of the importance of indoor air quality, as...