2018 College News

On a sunny Colorado day, workers in fluorescent hard hats zip across a crowded job site, their breath visible in the cold air. As the Flatirons tower in the background, concrete is being poured, arc welder sparks pulse against steel, and a 100-foot crane lifts supplies into position. Construction of...

What does a CU engineer look like? Let us show you! The College of Engineering and Applied Science, in collaboration with the BOLD Center , has joined the #ILookLikeAnEngineer campaign to showcase the diverse range of people who pursue engineering.

CU Engineering isn’t just breaking new ground in our research efforts. We’re also developing new ways to educate students, with two exciting new degrees launched in the past year. MOOC Master’s Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MS-EE) Launching Fall 2018 The Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering is...

JT Abate, a junior mechanical engineering student, was invited to serve as forerunner for the ski events at the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang. He's spending 21 days in South Korea forerunning the downhill, super-G and super combined for both the men and women's events. Q: What does an Olympic forerunner...

Building on a $3 million partnership announced in 2016 to establish new academic programs focused on radio frequency (RF) systems, Lockheed Martin and CU Boulder announced a follow-on Master Research Agreement in August 2017. The agreement structures future research and academic programs aimed at creating the technologies, industries and workforce...

When an infectious airborne illness strikes, some hospitals use negative pressure rooms to isolate and treat patients. These rooms use ventilation controls to keep germ-filled air contained rather than letting it circulate throughout the hospital. But in the event of an epidemic, these rooms can quickly fill up. Now, a...

Former Obama science and technology advisor John P. Holdren stopped by in November for the first edition of the Dean’s Speaker Series , sitting down for a chat with Bobby Braun in front of a packed house of more than 500 people in the Glenn Miller Ballroom. Holdren, a vocal...

Did you know that your smart refrigerator could be hijacked to carry out a denial-of-service attack on a bank? Or that your car’s emergency alert system could be used to flood the 911 system with calls? Professor Dan Massey has seen it happen firsthand, and it’s why he is on...

Take a video tour of newly remodeled spaces in the Engineering Center.