ATLAS Institute

ATLAS Building with Flatirons

ATLAS is an interdisciplinary institute for radical creativity and invention. We transform ingenious ideas into reality through research, experimentation and critical thinking.

With research labs and academic programs that inspire creative exploration and novel ideas, our vibrant community of technology visionaries and virtuosos reaches beyond convention and takes risks to invent the future.

Engineering Degrees Remixed

ATLAS offers rigorous undergraduate, master’s and PhD degrees in Creative Technology and Design granted by the College of Engineering and Applied Science. Our project-based teaching equips the next generation of strategic problem solvers, designers and makers with cross-functional expertise valued in leading industries.

U ndergraduate Programs

M aster's Program

PhD Program

Research Across Boundaries

One of 12 institutes at CU Boulder, ATLAS is home to researchers who transcend traditional disciplinary structures of engineering, design, science and art to inspire new realms of invention. We make tangible and digital tools and methods that shape how people interact with the world for a more inclusive, inspired and sustainable society.

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ATLAS PhD student Larissa Schwartz shows off AI-generated art created by students

How will AI shape the next generation?

The Center for the Brain, A.I., and Child researches how ChatGPT influences parenting, how students use AI for creative expression and what culturally sensitive AI development means.

ATLAS PhD Shanel Wu completes Open Hardware Creators fellowship

ATLAS PhD S Wu recently concluded their participation in the Open Hardware Creators in Academia Fellowship, an initiative run by the Open Source Hardware Organization.

Hopkins, Vanukuru and Weng standing beside Sydney Harbor

ATLAS PhD Students Present at ISMAR 2023

ATLAS PhD students Rishi Vanukuru, Torin Hopkins and Suibi Che-Chuan Weng attended ISMAR 2023 in Sydney in October to present research on AR, VR and MR.

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Radically Interdisciplinary Research on Display at ATLAS Open House

Some of the most valuable research takes place in the overlaps, intersections and margins. At ATLAS, we aim to find and explore more of these often-overlooked areas to uncover surprising discoveries.

A detail view of the interface used to control the cloth.

Unstable Design Lab 2023 Residency in Review

The 2023 Experimental Weaving Residency, featuring Elizabeth Meiklejohn, has left us with new understandings about electromagnetics and cloth movement.