News Highlights

Distinguished Professor Kristi Anseth was selected by the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs as the 2023 Outstanding Postdoc Mentor of the Year Award recipient.

If you need a science elective for Spring 2024, here's exciting news: the ChBE Department has brought back a highly popular course that is open to all CU Boulder students! CHEN 1000 (3) Creative Technology Explore cutting-edge topics such as decarbonization, biotechnology, nanomaterials, renewable energy and environmental sustainability! This course...

Current and former members of the Heinz Research Group have earned prestigious NASA Group Achievement Awards for their research centered on designing lightweight, high-strength materials aimed at reducing the costs of spaceflights.

Keala Gapin, a chemical and biological engineering senior, received a 2023 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, an organization founded by the Mercury 7 astronauts.

The Weimer Lab has introduced an efficient and economical method to use renewable energy to produce fuel, opening doors to clean and sustainable energy sources for transportation, steelmaking and ammonia production.

In a new study published in Nature Materials, the Hayward Research Group unveiled a resilient photomechanical material that can convert light energy into mechanical work without heat or electricity. Its potential applications include powering a drone with a laser beam, bypassing the need for a bulky on-board battery.

As the CEO of Forge Nano, Paul Lichty (MechEngr BS‘06, ChemEngr PhD‘11) now spearheads the advancement of the company’s cutting-edge nano coating technology.

Chemical and Biological Engineering PhD student Elizabeth Allan-Cole contributes to CU Boulder’s Elementary Arts Lab, a team aiding elementary school teachers with a multidisciplinary approach to traditional science education.

The dean’s office of CU Boulder's College of Engineering and Applied Science has chosen PhD student Emily Rhodes as the recipient of The Teets Family Endowment in Nano-Technology Graduate Fellowship for the 2022-2023 academic year. Established in 2002 with a generous donation from Peter Teets, The Teets Fellowship aims to...

Nicole Day, a rising fifth-year chemical and biological engineering PhD student in the Shields Lab, concentrates on advancing particle-based systems to enhance the delivery of cancer immunotherapies.