Rocky Mountains

2020-21 Rocky Mountain Mechanics Seminar Series

The Rocky Mountain Seminar Series provides CU Boulder faculty, staff and students with the opportunity to hear from researchers across disciplines from various institutions.

Noah Gilsdorf with homemade bass

How I built an electric bass from scratch

Jan. 13, 2021

Noah Gilsdorf is a double-degree student at the University of Colorado Boulder working toward a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering and a bachelor of music in jazz studies.

Emily and the CU EWB Nepal Team pose with the completed tapstand at the Balodaya Secondary School.

An inside look: Engineers Without Borders

Jan. 13, 2021

Emily Zuetell is a current student in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering. She was the president of CU’s student chapter of Engineers Without Borders and has been a member of the organization for over three years.

Airplane in the sky

Labbe will explore high-altitude ignition in CAREER award

Jan. 8, 2021

Nicole Labbe views her work as a much-needed bridge between high-end theoretical chemistry and its actual application. It’s a space she said she loves to occupy, as too often theorists and fundamental researchers do not spend enough time talking to engineers and developers.

A cell

Mechanical researchers featured in Biomaterials Science

Jan. 7, 2021

Yu Gao, a postdoctoral associate in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, is the lead author of a new paper in Biomaterials Science that is highlighted on the back cover.

emboli in arterial-brain network

Researchers develop patient-specific models to prevent repeat strokes

Dec. 19, 2020

With diagnostic technologies being developed by Assistant Professor Debanjan Mukherjee of the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering at CU Boulder, engineers and clinicians are hopeful some strokes may soon be prevented.

virtual graduation

Congratulations December 2020 Mechanical Engineering Graduates

Dec. 14, 2020

CU Boulder’s Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering honors our December graduating Class of 2020 with a message from Department Chair Mike Hannigan and a virtual graduation ceremony organized by the College of Engineering and Applied Science.

Cells on a blue background

Research shows potential universal and efficient way to explore cell mechanics

Dec. 9, 2020

Apresio Kefin Fajrial, a PhD candidate in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, is the first author on a new paper in Analytical Chemistry that could have implications for how we detect diseased cells.

corey neu in lab

New healthcare-related grants enable research into pandemics, rheumatoid arthritis

Dec. 3, 2020

The AB Nexus Research Collaboration Grant program announced its inaugural round of grants totaling $625,000 for novel research projects integrating expertise from the CU Anschutz and CU Boulder campuses. Three of these projects were born out of the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Shankar Lalitha Sridhar

Outstanding Student Q&A: Shankar Lalitha Sridhar, Outstanding Dissertation Award

Dec. 1, 2020

Shankar Lalitha Sridhar is being awarded an Outstanding Dissertation Award from the College of Engineering and Applied Science. Check out his Q&A to learn more.

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