Industry Collaboration News
The Department of Mechanical Engineering has launched Student Experiential Education (SEE), designed to enhance connections between students and industry by empowering students to think and act like the professionals they want to become.
CU Boulder has announced the consolidation of several different groups into a single streamlined, campus-wide team responsible for developing and maximizing the university’s relationships with industry and philanthropic partners.
The Ball Corporation and its foundation provided a $1 million gift to support the new Aerospace Engineering Sciences building, and a $104,000 grant for scholarships to grow the pool of diverse talent in CU engineering and the Leeds School of Business.
As part of the 2019 AeroSpace Ventures Day: Research Blitz, university researchers presented their work in short "lightning round" sessions focused on aerospace and defense research topics ranging from cybersecurity, space weather and quantum to hypersonics, autonomy and robotics.
While the CUbit Quantum Initiative is only five months old, Associate Director Juliet Gopinath has been energized by the potential of the cross-campus project. Gopinath said engineering’s role is to come up with scientifically interesting devices that can help make quantum systems practical.
Last month, the first Human Performance Summit drew nearly 250 participants from the military, athletic, investment, scientific, academic and entrepreneurial communities to CU Boulder’s Champions Center.
The University of Colorado Boulder has joined the IBM Q Network with the intent to seek collaborations with IBM Q scientists and engineers through the CUbit Quantum Initiative.
CU Boulder has a tradition of excellence in quantum science and technology. Work in the field continues on and off campus in the many companies that have been founded by CU engineering and physics faculty and former students.
Abigail Posner, head of strategy for Google’s Brand Unit, shared her top tips for unlocking creativity in a talk at Macky Auditorium. Posner was the third speaker in the university’s annual Leo Hill Leadership Speaker Series. Other speakers include former Secretary of Defense and Central Intelligence Agency Director Robert Gates and the first woman of color in space, astronaut Mae Jemison.
Researchers at CU Boulder are starting work on a new collaborative grant from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that will improve solar wind modeling.