2022 CU Engineering Magazine

Engineers examine effects on land and water after wildfires are extinguished

Farmers know how much fertilizer they spread over their fields each year and how much water they use every day. But fine-tuning those amounts can be a challenge because the results from the field either are not available or are hard to analyze.

Alumnus hopes new startup at CU Boulder will inspire climate action.

Longtime alumni friendship inspires new engineering student scholarship.

CU engineers bring technical expertise and skills to policymaking From air quality improvements to aerospace innovation, the underlying goal of any engineering project is to solve real problems and enhance lives. Top: Ben Capeloto, left, holds a meeting with his cabinet. Above: Tri-Executive Ben Capeloto outside the CU Student Government...

Award-winning Solar Decathlon team tackles new Boulder project Call it the ultimate hands-on student project. A team of students is gearing up to build an entire zero-energy house, an initiative that will test their technical skills and creativity. The University of Colorado Boulder Solar Decathlon team is taking part in...

Researchers take steps toward radical transformation in sustainable transportation Transportation remains one of the key challenges in the push toward broad adoption of renewable and sustainable energy infrastructure. Research into sustainable transportation — from fuel sources to infrastructure to the societal and ethical impacts — can be found across the...

New centers, spaces and projects to watch

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