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STEM Routes earns President's Diversity Award

April 16, 2021

The full-time graduate students of STEM Routes – a student organization founded in 2018 and run by traditionally low-income, under-represented and first-generation graduate students – provide invaluable mentorship to the next generation of first-generation and underrepresented graduate students in STEM.

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Combined energy sources return a burst of photons from plasmonic gold nanogaps

April 16, 2021

Longji Cui is the first author on a new paper that describes a phenomenon which drastically boosts light emissions from a nanoscale device.

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Alumnus examines role of HVAC in COVID-19 transmission

April 9, 2021

As scientists continue exploring how the virus is transmitted through airborne particles, Mike Scofield is among the engineers looking for ways to address public health concerns inherent in our built environment. He is particularly interested in the role that humidity plays in the spread of illness – and in promoting HVAC systems that can keep buildings in the moisture “sweet spot.”

Victor Bright

Bright to receive 2020 Distinguished Research Lectureship

April 5, 2021

The Lectureship is among the most esteemed honors bestowed by the faculty upon a faculty member at the University of Colorado Boulder. Each year, the Research & Innovation Office (RIO) requests nominations from faculty for the Distinguished Research Lectureship, and a faculty review panel recommends one faculty member as a recipient.

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COSINC calls for proposals on material characterization projects

March 31, 2021

The Colorado Shared Instrumentation in Nanofabrication and Characterization (COSINC) research facility is calling for new proposals that would be enabled by their equipment and staff now through April 30.

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Students invent device for delivering COVID-19 vaccines to rural areas

March 30, 2021

Senior design team solving problems to aid public health

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Labbe to host CU Engineering Alumni Webinar on April 15

March 30, 2021

Assistant Professor Nicole Labbe will discuss her work around the chemistry of combustion on April 15 as part of the CU Engineering Alumni Webinar series.

Mechanical Engineering Projects Showcase 2021

Mechanical Engineering Projects Showcase Week 2021

You are invited to our online projects showcase, celebrating the achievements of over 200 engineering capstone design students. Learn about their projects, leave a comment, and see how these talented engineers are already making an impact.

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Snakeskin inspires new, friction-reducing material

March 2, 2021

A research team led by CU Boulder has designed a new kind of synthetic “skin” as slippery as the scales of a snake. The research, published recently in the American Chemical Society journal Applied Materials & Interfaces, addresses an under-appreciated problem in engineering: Friction.

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New wave technique allows for better understanding of the skull

March 1, 2021

Matteo Mazzotti is the first author on two new studies that measure the dynamic response of the human skull, potentially providing a new and non-invasive way to monitor the cranial bone and brain. Mazzotti is a research associate in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering as part of Professor Massimo Ruzzene’s lab.

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