Women in Engineering  Panel & Networking Event March 7

Celebrate Women's History Month with CU Engineering

Feb. 19, 2024

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.

Alex Meyer

Asteroid named for CU Boulder aerospace grad student

Feb. 15, 2024

PhD student played key role on NASA’s DART Mission Alex Meyer is an astrodynamics expert, engineer, PhD student, and now, a part of the night sky. The International Astronomical Union has officially named an asteroid after him. Asteroid 2000 ND17 is now (33974) Alexmeyer. “It’s pretty cool and quite an...

Joseph Kaspryzk and Edith Zagona of the Center for Advanced Decision Support for Water and Environmental Systems (CADSWES), pose in front of colorful graphics depictingtheir research.

Inside the race to grasp the fate of the Colorado River

Feb. 14, 2024

Professors Edith Zagona and Joseph Kasprzyk were interviewed by the Washington Post for an article which explores how the federal government is utilizing innovative, web-based tools developed by academics at CU Boulder to forecast the river’s future flows.

Side-by-side view of two kinds of yellow foam, one with a traditional design and the other with the team's new "honeycomb" design

New kinds of padding could make football gear, bike helmets safer than ever

Feb. 5, 2024

In recent research, engineers at the University of Colorado of Boulder and Sandia National Laboratories have developed a new design for padding that can withstand big impacts. The team’s innovations, which can be printed on commercially available 3D printers, could one day wind up in everything from shipping crates to football pads—anything that helps to protect fragile objects, or bodies, from the bumps of life.

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CU Boulder part of $160M NSF-funded effort to promote climate resilience

Feb. 1, 2024

The National Science Foundation today announced the Colorado-Wyoming Climate Resilience Engine (CO-WY Engine) as a recipient of its inaugural Regional Innovation Engines program.

Jared Polis at the Colorado Semiconductor Workforce and Innovation Forum

Semiconductor forum highlights CU Boulder’s leadership in advancing technology and building workforce

Feb. 1, 2024

A broad coalition of stakeholders gathered at CU Boulder on January 25 to celebrate the state and university’s key roles in sustaining a vibrant semiconductor ecosystem and to discuss how to shape its future.

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Celebrating Black History Month

Feb. 1, 2024

In February, we celebrate Black History Month and recognize the cultural history, triumphs and adversities that are deeply rooted in our country's history.

Kofi at Stoke Space

Electrical and computer engineer gets real-world experience with aerospace internship

Feb. 1, 2024

Kofi Asare, a second-year electrical and computer engineering student, is taking his interest in avionics to greater heights by interning at Stoke Space, a space launch company.

Image of patch that connects to human skin to capture electrical impulses

Engineers unveil new patch to help people control robotic exoskeletons

Jan. 31, 2024

In a new study, engineers from the United States and Korea — including Jianliang Xiao of Rady Mechanical Engineering — have developed a wearable, stretchy patch that could help to bridge the divide between people and machines, with benefits for the health of humans around the world.

 Kaspar Willam, Kurt Gerstle, Stein Sture and JoAnn Silverstein rest on top of Mount Audubon in Colorado, Sept.1984.

Remembering Kaspar Willam (1940-2024)

Jan. 26, 2024

“A great scientist. A beloved colleague. A dear friend.” These are just a few of the heartfelt sentiments that were shared in emails from across the globe in remembrance of structural engineering Professor Emeritus Kaspar Willam. Willam passed away on Jan. 7 in his home country of Austria. He was 83 years old.

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