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In amusement park-like experiments on campus, aerospace engineers at CU Boulder are spinning, shaking and rocking people to study the disorientation and nausea that come from traveling from Earth to space and back again.

With more than $630 million in new research funding last year, our faculty are on the forefront of technological advancements with the potential to solve some of today’s most pressing challenges. Here’s a brief look at just a few of their projects. Health monitoring in an ‘earable’ package Tam Vu...

Drones get inside look at supercell storms ​ Professor Eric Frew talks drone-based storm research and the movie Twister . Podcast Researchers from CU Boulder flew drones into severe storms this spring for project TORUS, one of the largest and most ambitious drone-based investigations of meteorological phenomena ever, with students...

Generous commitment from SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, supports future growth for CU Boulder's Quantum Scholars Program.

The College of Engineering and Applied Science recognizes alumni achievements with annual awards. We are pleased to announce our 2024 recipients representing the BOLD Center!

March 7: Women in Engineering Panel & Networking Event – Join alumni, students, faculty, and prospective students as we come together to discuss ways to support each other, make meaningful connections, and hear from a panel of outstanding CU Engineering alumnae leaders.

Thad Sauvain, 2024 Alumni Engagement Medal Award recipient Engineering Alumni Awards 2024 Alumni Engagement Medal Award recipient Current job and employer: Chief Operations Officer, Chevron Lummus Global Current city: San Rafael, California Professional background Upon receiving a BS in chemical engineering from CU in 1991, Thad Sauvain embarked on a...

Mike McCue, 2024 Alumni Engagement Medal Award recipient Engineering Alumni Awards 2024 Alumni Engagement Medal Award recipient Current Employer: Accu-Precision Current city: Boulder, CO Professional background Michael ("Mike") McCue is president of Accu-Precision, a contract manufacturing company that he owns and operates. Early in his career, he worked at Chevron...

Briana Santa Ana, 2024 Alumni Engagement Medal Award recipient Engineering Alumni Awards 2024 Alumni Engagement Medal Award recipient Current job and employer: Graduate Engineer, Development Review for the City of Mesquite Current city: Dallas, TX Professional background Briana Santa Ana earned her BS degree in civil engineering at CU Boulder,...

Jonathan Haines, 2024 Alumni Engagement Medal Award recipient Engineering Alumni Awards 2024 Alumni Engagement Medal Award recipient Title and employer: Director, Embedded Software, Western Digital Current city: Boulder, Colorado Professional background Jonathan Haines earned his BS in electrical and computer engineering at the State University of New York at Buffalo...