See the latest happenings in research, programming and education at Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering. Learn how students, alumni, faculty, and staff are redefining what it means to be a mechanical engineer. 

Vance

Vance wins Fulbright Scholar Award to do year-long research project in Indonesia

June 20, 2023

Assistant Professor Marina Vance of the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar Award for research that will investigate the use of fixed-location and mobile low-cost air quality monitors in Indonesia.

Nikhar Abbas

PhD alum earns international Excellent Young Wind Doctor award

June 20, 2023

Nikhar Abbas (PhDMechEngr’22) is taking his research on wind turbine control systems to the international stage.

Nick Bottenus

Bottenus lands prestigious research award from Boettcher Foundation

June 20, 2023

Assistant Professor Nick Bottenus of the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering has been awarded a Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Award for research advancing the state of ultrasound molecular imaging.

MacCurdy, Whiting, 6/19/2023

MacCurdy, Whiting advance research on soft robotics

June 19, 2023

Thanks to research carried out by Professor MacCurdy and Professor Whiting, the development of robots with human-like muscles that produce autonomous movement are one step closer to becoming a reality.

Christine Wiedinmyer

Mechanical's Christine Wiedinmyer discusses the dangers of wildfire smoke

June 12, 2023

Wiedinmyer discusses with the Scientific American how smoke from record-setting wildfires in Canada has blanketed parts of the eastern U.S.

Research in real time

Campus COVID-19 team was a ‘call to service’ for three CU engineers

June 12, 2023

As the COVID-19 virus began to sweep across the U.S. in March 2020, the university convened a group of experts who would help shape the campus response. The priority of “the Team,” as the committee came to be known, quickly became the safety of the CU Boulder community.

CU Boulder Wind Team at Collegiate Wind Competition 2023

CU Boulder Wind Team secures legacy at 10th annual Collegiate Wind Competition

June 6, 2023

The CU Boulder Wind Team recently competed in the 10th annual Collegiate Wind Competition, rising above 30 other university teams from across the country to come in second place overall.

Bottenus

Medical 'microrobots' could one day treat bladder disease, according to study coauthored by Nick Bottenus

May 30, 2023

Engineers have designed a new class of 'microrobots' several times smaller than the width of a human hair that may be able to treat human illnesses like interstitial cystitis.

Cubit

New seed grants bring quantum out of the lab, into the marketplace

May 22, 2023

New seed grants available for Colorado research institutions and industry partners aim to incentivize innovation and develop the quantum workforce of the future.

Conard

Mechanical's Megan Conard wins prestigious Silver Medal Award

May 22, 2023

There is a photo of Megan Conard that goes a long way in explaining why she won the prestigious Colorado Engineering Council Silver Medal Award. In the photo, it is blizzarding in Boulder, and Conard is helping cart a stack of pizza boxes across campus to an event for other...

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