Alex Lubar reads the anemometer measurements while Wilson Hughes flies a drone at CU Boulder South Campus.

Expo: Designing a UAV system that can outsmart a thunderstorm

April 26, 2018

Domino’s, UPS, Amazon, and the United States military are just a few examples of institutions interested in using drones as automated delivery systems for financial, logistical, and environmental reasons. Drones save on employee costs, and they utilize otherwise unused airspace. They are far greener than loading everything into a car...

A metal 3D printed object.

Expo: Next generation metal 3D printing

April 26, 2018

In the last several years, 3D printing has taken off as a convenient method to creating plastic parts. It has become a relatively cheap and quick way to rapidly prototype a design concept with potentially complex geometries before taking it to large scale production. If there was a way to...

The team with the project.

Expo: Senior design aims to boost wind turbine uptime

April 26, 2018

You don’t have to drive far on Colorado’s roads to notice a rapid growth in the renewable energy sector, resulting in wind farm and solar installations statewide. Since 2010, electricity from renewable sources has more than doubled in Colorado, growing to ~20% of the state’s power. As similar trends are...

Katherine Cummins and Andrea Ashley

Two CU engineers earn NDSEG fellowship

April 26, 2018

Paid for by the Department of Defense, the NDSEG fellowship is a grant to encourage doctoral students to pursue research that may assist our nation's defense efforts.

Two team members working on the helmet.

Expo: Seniors designing tech for pediatric brain imaging

April 23, 2018

Mechanical Engineering students at the University of Colorado Boulder are teaming up with research teams nationwide to develop a ground-breaking brain imaging system for pediatric patients. Centered around the incredible µOPM sensor technology developed by the Knappe Research Lab in the ME department at CU Boulder, a team of six...

Alyvia Hildebrand works in the lab

Student team competing in First Nations Launch

April 19, 2018

Junior Alyvia Hildebrand works on the CU Engineering team's entry into the Ninth Annual First Nations Launch. This week, five CU Engineering students will compete against 14 other teams at the Ninth Annual First Nations Launch in Wisconsin sponsored by the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium. The team, led by junior...

Philip Pearl

#CUEngineering125: Alumnus Philip Pearl

April 19, 2018

The following story was submitted by alumnus Philip Pearl, a retired professional engineer and ASCE fellow. He earned a BS in civil engineering and business in 1953 and served in the Air Force between years studying at CU Boulder.

Jared Leidich

"Don't get discouraged" - Jared Leidich - Ep. 9

April 13, 2018

Jared Leidich is a 2009 mechanical engineering graduate from the College of Engineering and Applied Science at CU Boulder. He led the design of the life support pack and parachute system for a spacesuit that carried Google executive Alan Eustace to the stratosphere three times in 2014. He wrote a...

Graduate celebration

Graduate Celebration event set for April 18

April 12, 2018

Did you know that the College of Engineering and Applied Science recently established an Office of Alumni Engagement ? With nearly 40,000 alumni of the college, there is lots of opportunity to re-connect and engage with our alumni who are doing transformative work around the globe. The office is focused...

William Pietenpol

#CUEngineering125: Dean William Pietenpol

April 12, 2018

This video is the first in a series of interviews with CU Engineering alumni, faculty and others who can shed light on and celebrate the history of engineering at Boulder.

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