Industry Collaboration News
The Material Characterization Facility—operated within Colorado Shared Instrumentation in Nanofabrication and Characterization (COSINC) service center—recently relocated to its permanent home in the Sustainability, Energy and Environment Laboratory building on east campus.
CU Boulder has partnered with Kiewit, one of the nation’s largest construction and engineering organizations, to launch the Kiewit Design-Build Program, designed to meet the nation's infrastructure challenges for years to come. Through the program, Kiewit makes a five-year commitment to support up to 40 students each year.
CU Boulder will be one of four national centers designed to advance the application of cryoelectron tomography (cryoET), which helps visualize in 3D the fine-structure of intact cells and tissues. CU Boulder scientists, who have been at the forefront of this technology, have won a six-year, $7M grant for the center.
Take a seat in the classroom of tomorrow—where intelligent computers work side-by-side with groups of students to support their engagement in meaningful and productive learning experiences designed by their teachers. That’s the vision of a new $20M research collaboration that will be led by CU Boulder.
The industry-focused research center supports the next big growth in Internet of Things systems that pushes Pervasive Personalized Intelligence to the edge of the network, where latency is critical, and mobility, privacy and context awareness are essential qualities. Explore events from Sept. 17—Oct. 14.
A new partnership among CU Boulder, the Jeffco Schools Foundation, The Ball Foundation and other industry and individual donors will leverage Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative (COSI) funding to provide more than $860,000 in scholarships to Jefferson County students who want to attend college.
Imagine a textile that cleaned itself, killing viruses and bacteria, and dissolving flecks of embedded organic material. Such a fabric could transform the safety and cleanliness of seating in planes, buses and other public spaces—a particularly appealing prospect given recent events.
CU Boulder has been selected to lead a new multi-university, industry-focused research Center on Pervasive Personalized Intelligence through the National Science Foundation. The new center, created in partnership with Oregon State University, already has support from several global corporations.
Lewis Groswald's project aims create strategic planning and business models for entrepreneurs in the commercial space industry, among other areas. The Project Team is currently constituting its advisory board and is soliciting nominations from inside and outside of the University.
FieldLine Inc., co-founded by Professor Svenja Knappe, is building sensors to better image the magnetic fields in the human body and brain. For the second consecutive year, capstone design students will help to advance the company's innovative concepts.