The students' device makes the disposal of scrap metal safer and more efficient. They completed the design as part of their Senior Design project sponsored by Accu-Precision, a Littleton-based manufacturer of custom parts for customers in aerospace and industrial sectors.
The vacuum, designed and built by the student team Urchin Merchants, could help save California’s underwater kelp forests by making it easier for divers to collect the purple sea urchins that are destroying the bull kelp population.
Riley McGill is a sophomore in the Department of Mechanical Engineering who has been helping build a small, six-legged robot in Professor Kaushik Jayaram’s Animal Inspired Motion and Robotics Lab (AIMRL).
The group of mechanical engineering seniors is the first University of Colorado Boulder team to compete in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Collegiate Wind Competition (CWC) – an event in which future engineers are challenged to find a unique solution to a wind energy project.
Andrew Brown and Evan Mossel are undergraduates in Mechanical Engineering. They interned with Artimus Robotics during summer 2021 through the department's Internship-for-Credit Program. Learn more about the program and how to get involved.
Ella McQuaid is an undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering. She interned with unspun during summer 2021 through the department's Internship-for-Credit Program. Learn more about the program and how to get involved.
David Betz and Abby Browne are undergraduates in Mechanical Engineering. They interned with CleanRobotics during summer 2021 through the department's Internship-for-Credit Program. Learn more about the program and how to get involved.
Julia Beattie and Bennett Verderame are undergraduates in Mechanical Engineering who interned with FieldLine Inc. through the department's Internship-for-Credit Program. Learn more about the program and how to get involved.
Ahmed Ashmaig is a junior majoring in mechanical engineering and co-president of the National Society of Black Engineers Boulder Chapter. He spent the fall semester participating in a co-op at Tesla in Fremont, California.
