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Department highlights include awards and honors of all kinds, department stories covered in the news, newly published papers, spinout company updates and more. To have your department news added to this list, please email casey.darmody@colorado.edu.
Spring 2022
May
- May 24: Colorado Daily: Aspero Medical awarded $250,000 in advanced-industries grants
- May 19: Colorado Daily: CU Boulder grads compete for first time at national Collegiate Wind Competition
- May 11: Sports Illustrated: 'Losing Control,' dystonia and the neuroscience of the yips
- May 9: Toronto Star: MLB ballpark factors: Baseball’s best and worst scoring environments
- May 5: TechXplore: Deployable antenna could provide more powerful communications on smaller space satellites
April
- Apr. 27: 3D Printing Industry: Researchers produce solid-liquid parts using new multi-material 3D printing technique
- Apr. 20: Scary Mommy Blog: Researchers are ripping the gas stoves out of their houses for their kids’ health
- Apr. 19: Medical Xpress: Designing a soft robot to improve lung examinations
- Apr. 19: TechXplore: Mechanical engineering students aim to make silicon wafer inspections more efficient
- Apr. 18: Science Daily: How to print a robot from scratch: Combining liquids, solids could lead to faster, more flexible 3D creations
- Apr. 13: Spot On Colorado: Mechanical engineering students build machine to automate scrap metal disposal
- Apr. 12: Colorado Buffaloes Wire: Mechanical engineering alumnus named among top 10 of the University of Colorado's most famous alumni
- Apr 6: Phys.org: Mechanical engineering students aim to sink purple sea urchin population with underwater vacuum
- Apr. 6: CSU College News: Breathe in, breathe out: Scientists continue probing chemistry of indoor-air
- Apr. 6: The ScienceBreaker: E-skin: the future of sustainable & recyclable wearable electronics
- Apr. 2: Denver Post: Big universities are reaching into rural Colorado, where shrinking share of high school grads go to college
March
- Mar. 30: PennState News: Ding recognized for early career achievements
- Mar. 30: Verve Times: Detailed Time-Lapse Images Of Brain Cells Could Lead To New Insights For Neurological Disorders
- Mar. 29: Science Daily: Head-mounted microscope reaches deeper into mouse brains
- Mar. 29: TechCrunch: This startup’s novel tech promises to boost battery capacity for EVs
- Mar. 28: Daily Camera: Colorado Community College System, CU Boulder streamline transfer system
- Mar. 21: Colorado Sun: The new standards for testing outdoor gear are being created by Colorado university students
- Mar. 10: Medical Xpress: Computer-simulated heart flow model could help treat pediatric heart disease patients
- Mar. 9: CPR: Outdoor ‘lab’ a testing ground for the best gear
- Mar. 8: Cosmos Magazine: How fire ants form a raft that can float on water
- Mar. 5: ARS Technica: A few simple rules determine how floating fire ant rafts change shape over time
February
- Feb. 14: E&E News: A devastating blaze picked a fight with scientists
- Feb. 14: Scientific American: A devastating blaze hit climate and fire scientists where they live
- Feb. 11: My San Antonio: Colorado firm installs methane monitoring network in Basin
- Feb. 10: Boulder Weekly: A recent partnership between CU, Western Colorado University and Blister takes outdoor gear testing to a technical new level
January
- Jan 31: CPR News: Researchers — and their drones — touch down in Boulder County to study the extent of the Marshall fire damage
- Jan. 24: Odessa American: CU Boulder Mechanical Engineering alumnus named executive director of the Office of Innovation and Commercialization at the University of Texas Permian Basin
- Jan. 19: NSF: Insights could advance artificial tissue engineering and ultimately lead to novel medical treatments
- Jan. 18: Daily Camera: The robots are coming: Boulder Valley emerges as center for burgeoning robotics industry
- Jan. 18: Introducing Blister Labs, a partnership between BLISTER, the University of Colorado Boulder, and the brand-new, state-of-the-art engineering facility at Western Colorado University
- Jan. 17: 9News: CU, NOAA researching air quality in Marshall Fire area
- Jan. 11: The Conversation: Here’s where (and how) you are most likely to catch COVID—new study
2020
December
- Dec. 26: Japan Today: Mechanical forces in a beating heart affect its cells' DNA, with implications for development and disease
- Dec. 24: Interesting Engineering: Researchers replicate exoplanet climates in lab to help look for life
- Dec. 23: Phys.org: Researchers replicate the climates of exoplanets to help find extraterrestrial life
- Dec. 22: Medical Xpress: Mechanical forces in a beating heart affect its cells' DNA, with implications for development and disease
- Dec. 21: The Conversation: Mechanical forces in a beating heart affect its cells’ DNA, with implications for development and disease
- Dec. 16: NIH Director's Blog: Capturing the Extracellular Matrix in 3D Color
- Dec. 16: Mirage News: Mechanical forces guide development of cells, could inspire advances in artificial tissue engineering
- Dec. 15: NewScientists: Scientists invent ways for pigs to breathe with oxygen microbubbles
- Dec. 13: Popular Mechanics: Solid-state batteries are here and they're going to change how we live
- Dec 9: CNBC: Shares of Ford- and BMW-backed battery supplier Solid Power surge in Nasdaq debut
- Dec. 8: Solid Power, an industry-leading developer of all-solid-state battery cells for electric vehicles, goes public
- Dec. 3: U.S. News & World Report: Pandemic data suggests cars spew more ammonia than suspected
- Dec. 2: Denver7: Microbubbles could help COVID-19 patients and others with ARDS
November
- Nov. 16: Daily Camera: Front Range Community College to offer new engineering degree that will enable students to transfer to the University of Colorado Boulder
- Nov. 15: KPAX: Music directors following COVID-19 transmission study suggestions
- Nov. 10: TIME: unspun named one of the 100 best inventions of 2021
- Nov. 10: Washington Post: Inside the Pentagon's $82 million Super Bowl of robots
- Nov. 9: Aspero Medical awarded $1M grant from the National Science Foundation
- Nov. 8: Puget Sound Business Journal: LeoStella Chief Technology Officer and ME alumnus says BlackSky IPO provides 'anchor' as company shifts focus to satellite production
- Nov. 2: Marketplace: Stepping up the technology to find methane leaks
October
- Oct. 29: Daily Camera: Boulder startup moves toward human trials for potentially life-saving oxygen therapy
- Oct. 26: Phys.org: A new model could help stall shifting sand dunes, protecting infrastructure and ecosystems
- Oct. 20: PBS Terra: What makes these dunes sing?
- Oct. 19: Patch: CU Boulder mechanical engineering PhD student earns prestigious NSF grant research fellowship
- Oct. 15: LongPath Technologies is named the 2021 Colorado Photonics Company of the Year
- Oct. 8: VAntage Point: Next generation prosthetics for Veterans of all eras
September
August
- Aug. 27: Science Daily: Simple safety measures reduce musical COVID-19 transmission
- Aug. 18: The Conversation: How fish fins can teach us about flexible robots
- Aug. 17: Daily Camera: Boulder medical device startup receives patent for new balloon catheter
- Aug. 11: CBS4: The Best Methods To Filter Indoor Air, According To A Pollution Expert At CU Boulder
- Aug. 9: Smithsonian Magazine: 4 Ways to Protect Yourself From Harmful Air Pollution Caused By Wildfires
July
June
- June 21: Two students win Best Paper Awards at the Summer Bioengineering Conference
- June 15: ME spinoff Solid Power announces merger, NASDAQ listing
- June 4: Medical Device Developments: At Your Fingertips
May
- May 26: Denver Business Journal: Boulder food startup Meati puts down roots
- May 13: CU Venture Partners: Rieker lab explores new technology for measuring angular velocity in fluid flows
- May 13: ME spinoff LongPath Technologies earns $5M for methane leak detection work
- May 3: BMW, Ford lead Solid Power's $130M Series B
April
- April 23: Kat McConnell earns Marinus Smith Award
March
- March 18: ScienceDaily: Combined energy sources return a burst of photons from plasmonic gold nanogaps
- March 4: STEM Routes earns CU system President's Diversity Award
February
- Feb. 23: Popular Mechanics: Scientists Just Figured Out How to Turn Your Body Into a Battery
- Feb. 1: Denver7: Mechanical Engineering PhD student Kristen Genter manages Denver men's baseball team
January
2020
December
November
October
September
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Sept. 9: ABC 12: A new kind of prosthetics
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Sept. 4: Congratulations to 2019-20 Outstanding Graduate Educator, Sean Humbert
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Sept. 4: Congratulations to 2019-20 Outstanding Undergraduate Educator, Derek Reamon
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Sept. 4: Congratulations to Daria Kotys-Schwartz, recipient of the 2019-20 Outstanding Service Award
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Sept. 4: Congratulations to 2019-20 Outstanding Researcher, Shelly Miller
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Sept. 4: Congratulations to Rong Long, recipient of the 2019-20 Woodward Outstanding Faculty Award
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Sept. 4: Congratulations to George Carter, recipient of the 2019-20 Outstanding Staff Award
August
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Aug. 26: Congratulations to Debbie Yeh for winning the College's 2020 Outstanding Undergraduate Staff Advisor Award
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Aug. 26: Congratulations to Undergraduate Academic Advisor Andres Schemel, nominated and selected to be a new member of staff council
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Aug. 26: Congratulations to Rong Long and Xiaobo Yin for being awarded Provost's Faculty Achievement Awards
July
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July 15: Daniel Knight and Daria Kotys-Schwartz received the Engineering Leadership Development (LEAD) Division Best Paper Award for “Using Competing Values Framework to Map the Development of Leadership Skills as Capstone Design Students Transition to the Workplace”
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July 1: Congratulations to Lauren Wheeler, Finance and Project Manager for earning the Employee Recognition Award for outstanding staff contributions in the Idea Forge/Design Center Colorado
June
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June 17: Congratulations to Julie Steinbrenner for receiving the Sullivan-Carlson Innovation in Teaching Award
May
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March
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January
2019
- Dec. 26: Times-Call: CU Boulder class inspired by da Vinci
- Dec. 9: GreenBiz: Can a new wave of laser and aerial imagery technologies slash methane emissions?
- Nov. 27: Forbes: Detection of methane leak from space could herald a revolution
- Nov. 21: Choose Colorado: $5.2 million advanced industries awards in fall 2019 will fuel 24 Colorado start-ups
- Nov. 13: 2019 CO-LABS Governor's Awards for High Impact Research winning video: Dual comb spectroscopy methane detection
- Nov. 11: Colorado Daily: CU Boulder, Anschutz launch new research partnership
- Oct. 31: Yale Environment: Methane detectives: Can a wave of new technology slash natural gas leaks?
- Oct. 18: CGTN: High-tech methods deployed to stop methane gas emissions
- Oct. 4: Kotys-Schwartz elevated to Teaching Professor, highest appointment for instructional faculty
- Oct. 4: USA Today: Air pollution inside my house could kill me. What are you breathing in at your home?
- Sept. 23: Congratulations to 2018-19 Outstanding Graduate Educator, Debanjan Mukherjee
- Sept. 23: Congratulations to 2018-19 Outstanding Undergraduate Educator, Jeff Knutsen and Mike Walker
- Sept. 23: Congratulations to Mark Borden and Peter Hamlington, recipients of the 2018-19 Outstanding Service Award
- Sept. 23: Congratulations to 2018-19 Outstanding Researcher, Greg Rieker
- Sept. 23: Congratulations to Jana Milford, recipient of the 2018-19 Distinguished Achievement Award
- Sept. 23: Congratulations to Corey Neu, recipient of the 2018-19 Woodward Outstanding Faculty Award
- Sept. 23: Congratulations to Debbie Yeh, recipient of the 2018-19 Outstanding Staff Award
- Sept. 21: Shelly Miller published a paper titled, Impact of Outdoor Air Pollution on Indoor Air Quality in Low-Income Homes during Wildfire Seasons
- Sept. 18: Washington Times: Environmental scientists express concern about indoor air pollution
- Feb. 11: Alumnus Jon Goldsmith selected for the college's Recent Alumni Award
- Jan. 7: George Carter awarded the 2018 Outstanding Staff Award
- Jan. 2: Jeff Knutsen awarded the Charles A. Hutchinson Memorial Teaching Award