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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.

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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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Ellen Do presenting on stage at TaiCHI 2023

Ellen Yi-Luen Do Presents Keynote on Fun with Creative Technology & Design at TaiCHI 2023

ATLAS Professor Ellen Yi-Luen Do presented on Fun with Creative Technology & Design as keynote speaker at TaiCHI 2023.

Flower pots 3D printed from spent coffee grounds

3D Printing with Coffee: Turning Used Grounds into Caffeinated Creations

Utility Research Lab director Michael Rivera uses surprising materials to fabricate useful objects.

Fingertip haptics prototype

ATLAS PhD Student Purnendu Presents at World Haptics Conference

Purnendu presented research on wearable electrohydraulic fingertip interfaces at the IEEE World Haptics Conference in Delft, Netherlands.

3D printed touch sensing network node close up

Sandra Bae, ATLAS PhD Student, Awarded at VIS 2023

Sandra Bae, PhD student and member of the Utility Research Lab and ACME Lab at ATLAS, has been honored with a Best Paper Honorable Mention at VIS 2023 for her research on network physicalizations. 

Carson Bruns in the lab

Marketplace: A Nanoengineer Teamed Up with Rihanna’s Tattoo Artist to Make Smarter Ink

Marketplace has featured Carson Bruns in a piece on his smart tattoos work.

Pinter with i3 team

Anthony Pinter Named i3 Outstanding Mentor

Congratulations to ATLAS teaching assistant professor Anthony Pinter, who was recently honored with the i3 Outstanding Mentor Award for the 2022-2023 cohort. 

SMART students working on a project

SMART Students Join ATLAS for Summer Research Projects

2 undergraduate engineering students joined the ACME Lab this summer to conduct fascinating research as part of the SMART program. 

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Bruns Featured in CNN Piece on Smart Tattoos for Health Care

ATLAS assistant professor and director of the Laboratory for Emergent Nanomaterials, Carson Bruns, is featured in a CNN piece for his research on smart tattoos for biomedical applications.

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