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CU Boulder part of $160M NSF-funded effort to promote climate resilience

Feb. 1, 2024

The National Science Foundation today announced the Colorado-Wyoming Climate Resilience Engine (CO-WY Engine) as a recipient of its inaugural Regional Innovation Engines program.

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Semiconductor forum highlights CU Boulder’s leadership in advancing technology and building workforce

Feb. 1, 2024

A broad coalition of stakeholders gathered at CU Boulder on January 25 to celebrate the state and university’s key roles in sustaining a vibrant semiconductor ecosystem and to discuss how to shape its future.

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Celebrating Black History Month

Feb. 1, 2024

In February, we celebrate Black History Month and recognize the cultural history, triumphs and adversities that are deeply rooted in our country's history.

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Electrical and computer engineer gets real-world experience with aerospace internship

Feb. 1, 2024

Kofi Asare, a second-year electrical and computer engineering student, is taking his interest in avionics to greater heights by interning at Stoke Space, a space launch company.

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Engineers unveil new patch to help people control robotic exoskeletons

Jan. 31, 2024

In a new study, engineers from the United States and Korea — including Jianliang Xiao of Rady Mechanical Engineering — have developed a wearable, stretchy patch that could help to bridge the divide between people and machines, with benefits for the health of humans around the world.

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Remembering Kaspar Willam (1940-2024)

Jan. 26, 2024

“A great scientist. A beloved colleague. A dear friend.” These are just a few of the heartfelt sentiments that were shared in emails from across the globe in remembrance of structural engineering Professor Emeritus Kaspar Willam. Willam passed away on Jan. 7 in his home country of Austria. He was 83 years old.

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Quantum seed grants awarded to advance industry and university innovation projects in Colorado

Jan. 21, 2024

CU Boulder today announced seven winners of the 2023-2024 translational quantum research seed grants incentivizing quantum science and technology innovations launched from the lab to accelerate them along the development path to new programs and businesses.

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CU Boulder researcher lands NASA grant to advance hypersonics modeling

Jan. 18, 2024

Robyn Macdonald Robyn Macdonald is pushing the limits of hypersonic research with a new NASA grant. Macdonald, an assistant professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder, has been awarded a $600,000 Early Career award from NASA to improve computational...

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A winding path to Tesla engineer: Logan Thompson (MechEngr'17)

Jan. 16, 2024

Logan Thompson (MechEngr'17), took seven years to get through undergrad. He said he's grateful for the variety of experiences he's had.

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John Zhai wins CEAS Textbook Recognition Award

Jan. 12, 2024

Some architectural engineering text books were too general. Some were overly specific. However, Professor John Zhai has struck the perfect balance with his book, earning him the College of Engineering and Applied Science Textbook Recognition Award for "Energy Efficient Buildings: Fundamentals of Building Science and Thermal Systems."

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