Stride Tech team stands together after winning the hardware track

Stride Tech wins New Venture Challenge Hardware Track

March 25, 2019

After his grandmother sustained injuries from a fall and struggled back to health, Tim Visos-Ely, Stride Tech CEO and Engineering Plus senior, was inspired to come up with a solution for safer senior care.

Nimb.ly team celebrates its success at the IT track finals

Nimb.ly wins New Venture Challenge IT track

March 21, 2019

The team is creating a revolutionary software platform that helps catering companies keep their events efficiently staffed.

Andrew Dahir climbs on the climbing wall during his record attempt

PhD candidate wins Guinness World Records for climbing

March 19, 2019

PhD candidate Andrew Dahir of Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences is the proud record-holder of two new Guinness World Records for climbing. Here, he describes his successful attempts to break the records in September 2018—and how engineering and climbing have shown him the "ropes" for tackling any challenge.

Annika Rollock

Annika Rollock earns Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship

March 18, 2019

Rollock earned her bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering at MIT in 2018 and conducts research in entry, descent and landing technologies in CU Boulder’s Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences.

A Denver Water representative leads students on a tour of the existing treatment plant.

Civil engineering seniors designing new Denver water treatment plant

March 7, 2019

These design-build projects are being created by 13 multidisciplinary teams of 6 students who must design and and plan the project. At the end of the semester, they will present the projects as construction bids to Denver Water, with one group’s project being chosen.

Erin Connor working at a computer

PhD student Erin Connor wins graduate fellowship for work on the science of smell

Feb. 28, 2019

Connor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering studies transport mechanisms dictated by the physics of the environment, along with specialized biological mechanisms involved in odor perception.

Kelly Winn and Caleb Inglis prepare for competition.

CU students place 4th in Lockheed Martin ethics competition

Feb. 27, 2019

Engineering students Caleb Inglis and Kelly Winn represented CU Boulder earlier this month at the Lockheed Martin Ethics in Engineering Case Competition in Bethesda, Maryland. The two-day event required teams to prepare recommendations for a fictional but realistic scenario filled with ethical quandaries.

Students take the pledge at the Ring and Pin Ceremony

Hundreds pledge to serve as ethical engineers

Feb. 26, 2019

The annual ceremony, now in its second year, is a new tradition for the College of Engineering & Applied Science. Part solemn oath and part anticipatory celebration, the rite of passage acknowledges the duties and responsibilities that underpin the profession.

Power lines at sunset

New class is writing the book on emerging building and power grid interactions

Feb. 26, 2019

Assistant Professor Kyri Baker developed and teaches the new Grid Connected Systems class, a new course on buildings and power grids that is so unique, there isn’t even a textbook for it yet.

Male and female student work in mechanical lab

Apply to become a CU Boulder Engineer on the Western Slope

Feb. 25, 2019

Through partnerships with Western Colorado University in Gunnison and Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, students can graduate from CU Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science while enjoying a different flavor of Colorado—but with the same high-quality experience of Boulder Engineering.

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