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Mechanical engineering juniors build drill-powered vehicles

May 31, 2024

Students partnered with the Idea Forge to design, build and test drill-powered vehicles as part of the capstone project in a component design class. The project culminated in a day of friendly competition to test their vehicles in a drag race, a maneuverability course, uphill challenges and an endurance race.

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Interning with NASA

May 8, 2024

Tyler Huebsch is a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering. He completed an internship with the Convergent Aeronautics Solutions team at NASA. Tyler Huebsch Where did you intern and what was exciting for you about that opportunity? I interned part-time for NASA during the spring of 2024. I worked on their...

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Six mechanical engineers earn Outstanding Undergraduate Awards from the college

May 3, 2024

Each semester, the College of Engineering and Applied Science recognizes graduating students with awards in eight categories that reflect the values of the college community. Students may be nominated by faculty, staff or their peers. Congratulations to all of our award winners, who will be celebrated at the department's recognition...

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Graduates & friends: Info on the department's spring graduation ceremony

May 1, 2024

Join us from 6-7 p.m. May 10 for a reception before the 8 p.m. recognition ceremony at the CU Events Center.

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Robots can’t outrun animals (yet). A new study explores why

April 29, 2024

Who would win in a foot race between a robot and an animal? In a new perspective article, a team of engineers from the United States and Canada, including CU Boulder roboticist Kaushik Jayaram, set out to answer that riddle.

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PhD students earn top National Science Foundation fellowships

April 24, 2024

The National Science Foundation has bestowed three prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards to University of Colorado Boulder mechanical engineering graduate students. The national awards recognize and support outstanding grad students from across the country in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral...

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CU Boulder team reaches finals in national Collegiate Wind Competition

April 17, 2024

The CU Boulder Wind Team was selected as one of 12 winning universities for Phase Two of the 2024 U.S. Department of Energy Collegiate Wind Competition. They will present at the American Clean Power Association’s CLEANPOWER Conference and Exhibition on May 6-9 in Minneapolis.

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Scientists advocate for policies regulating indoor air

March 28, 2024

A new paper in Science co-authored by mechanical engineer Shelly Miller lays out a blueprint for mandating indoor air quality standards for public buildings.

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Networking, job fair highlights of SASE student conference

March 13, 2024

The Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE) student chapter won a travel grant through the Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering. After they traveled to Atlanta for the national conference, we caught up with them about their takeaways. What was the SASE conference like? Attending the SASE National Conference 2023...

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Students use DEI travel grant to attend oSTEM national conference

March 11, 2024

CU Boulder's Out in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (oSTEM) student chapter won a travel grant through the Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering. After they traveled to Anaheim, California, for the national oSTEM conference, the DEI Working Group asked them about their experience: What was the oSTEM Conference like? It...

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