Ben Shapiro with students

Award recognizes ATLAS professor for engaging teaching, making a difference

June 13, 2018

"His teaching methods are innovative, iterative and easy to understand, and he cares about his students." This is just one of the comments used to nominate Ben Shapiro for the 2018 Sullivan-Carlson Innovation in Education Award.

Laura Devendorf stands in her Unstable Design Lab.

Weaving smart textiles

June 12, 2018

Assistant Professor Laura Devendorf researches smart textiles, one of the most promising and least explored frontiers for information technology.

Ellen Yi-Luen Do

The serious business of gaming

June 11, 2018

ATLAS Professor Ellen Yi-Luen Do offers expert advice for gamers on WalletHub, a website dedicated to helping people obtain "wallet fitness."

Computer generated design  interactive sculpture that visualizes Colorado air quality data

Freshmen tackle data and art in first hands-on engineering project

June 6, 2018

Two TAM students helped create prototype sculpture that visualizes Colorado's air quality data.

Hooman Hedayati

IRON Lab researcher wins Outstanding Research Excellence award

May 18, 2018

Hooman Hedayati, a computer science PhD student in the ATLAS Institute’s IRON Lab, was awarded an Outstanding Research Award by CU Boulder’s Department of Computer Science.

Justin Chin and Cade Haley

ATLAS club an innovation hub for AR/VR community

May 18, 2018

An ATLAS club has led to prestigious internships, a national hackathon win and permanent employment for some of its members.

Emma Wu displays website she designed and built.

Triple major Emma Wu is ready for a little down time

May 10, 2018

Emma Wu is graduating on time, having completed three majors in three different colleges, a minor and working two jobs. She built her academic program around her TAM major.

BS TAM grads prepare for graduation ceremony

Spring graduation numbers multiply eightfold as BS CTD popularity soars

May 9, 2018

The third class to graduate with the ATLAS Institute's Bachelor of Science degree in Technology, Arts & Media includes 24 students, eight times the number of students to walk the aisle just one year ago.

Mushroom

Wearable technology brings high-tech to mushroom hunting

May 9, 2018

Assistant Professor Laura Devendorf and Jen Liu, ATLAS doctoral student, co-authored a new study that brings wearable technology to one of humanity's oldest pursuits.

Emily Daub performs a modern dance while wearing LED-lighted outfits that she designed and constructed herself.

"The Show" explores relationships through dance and digital technology

May 1, 2018

TAM senior Emily Daub is fascinated by how people are changed by their relationships. In her ambitious dance performance, she explores these ideas, featuring a wide range of dance styles and dance costumes that she designed with embedded wearable technology.

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