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Welcome to the 15th Annual Graduate Engineering Annual Research & Recruitiment Symposium (GEARRS) at the University of Colorado Boulder. The symposium provides an overview of current research within the department. In addition, it offers a platform for the exchange and development of new ideas among members of the department, industry,...

JT Abate, a junior mechanical engineering student, was invited to serve as forerunner for the ski events at the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang. He's spending 21 days in South Korea forerunning the downhill, super-G and super combined for both the men and women's events. Read our Q&A with JT about...

In 1892, University of Colorado President James H. Baker approached the university regents with a proposal for a science and technological school, which he believed would become “an important department for the University.” One year later, in the fall of 1893, the School of Applied Science was established with one...

ME student Carlye Lauff to compete Mechanical engineering PhD student Carlye Lauff has qualified to compete in the final round of the Three-Minute Thesis Competition. She will be presenting on the topic “What is a Prototype? Emergent Roles of Prototypes from Empirical Work in Three Diverse Companies.” Lauff's advisors are...

CU Boulder researchers have developed a new type of malleable, self-healing and fully recyclable “electronic skin” that has applications ranging from robotics and prosthetic development to better biomedical devices. Electronic skin, known as e-skin, is a thin, translucent material that can mimic the function and mechanical properties of human skin...

As a CU engineering student and a veteran, I’ve met many students like myself who are hoping to expand their scope of knowledge about real engineering issues. So this week we’re having our first meeting of the CU chapter of the Society of American Military Engineers ! SAME is a...

Wanted: college students to help NASA get to Mars. No prior Martian experience necessary. The space agency is turning to an unlikely resource in its quest to conquer the red planet, and University of Colorado Boulder students are answering the call. It is all part of the NASA BIG Idea...

The part of engineering that I enjoy the most is the creativity. I've been on several projects where we get to go through the entire design process–brainstorming, prototyping, testing, and iterating–and I always learn so much from the experience. Engineering is all about thinking outside the box in order to...

CU Boulder engineers have received a $2.45 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to develop a scalable, cost-effective greenhouse material that splits sunlight into photosynthetically efficient light and repurposes inefficient infrared light to aid in water purification. The four-year research program could yield next-gen technology capable of...

Dr. Frank Kreith, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder, has died. He was 95.