Julian Hammerl makes adjustments to a metal cube representing a derelict spacecraft inside the ECLIPS facility.

Space tractor beams may not be the stuff of sci-fi for long

June 2, 2023

On Feb. 10, 2009, disaster struck hundreds of miles above the Siberian Peninsula. That evening, a defunct Russian satellite orbiting Earth crashed into a communications satellite called Iridium 33 moving at a speed of thousands of miles per hour. Both spacecraft erupted into a rain of shrapnel, sending more than...

Hanspeter Schaub

Hanspeter Schaub earns CU Boulder’s highest award for teaching and research

May 30, 2023

Schaub, a professor and chair of the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at CU Boulder, was recently honored with the Hazel Barnes Prize. The award recognizes outstanding teachers who also have distinguished records in research and scholarship.

CU Boulder quantum leaders Greg Rieker, Jun Ye, Massimo Ruzzene, Keith Molenaar and Scott Diddams and others gathered to celebrate the official launch of the Quantum Engineering Initiative Lab space.

Leadership highlights investment, new projects at quantum engineering lab ribbon cutting

May 30, 2023

Leaders from across the CU Boulder campus and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) gathered last week to celebrate the official launch of the Quantum Engineering Initiative Lab space within the College of Engineering and Applied Science.

Remote sensor interface showing details from the pump activity

Building a better bionic pancreas

May 30, 2023

Learn how smart watches and mobile apps could transform life for Type 1 diabetics.

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New seed grants from the Engineering Education and AI-Augmented Learning research theme will support range of topics

May 24, 2023

The Engineering Education and AI-Augmented Learning Interdisciplinary Research Theme awarded multiple seed grants this spring to help spur research teaming in the college and boost early projects with the high potential for societal impact.

Multiple electrci cars charging

CU Boulder postdoc leads research into decarbonization of transportation sector through EV ride-shares

May 24, 2023

A paper recently submitted to Nature Scientific Reports from researchers in the Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering explores a scenario in which a 100%-electrified fleet of vehicles must attend to both ride requests submitted by customers and charging requests sent by a utility company during a period of high renewable energy generation.

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New seed grants from Resilient Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity theme will support range of topics

May 19, 2023

The Interdisciplinary Research Theme is awarding multiple seed grants to spur research teaming in the college and boost early projects with a high potential for societal impact.

Brad Wham with three members of his Lifelines team in front of broken pipes.

Brad Wham shares key findings from post-earthquake reconnaissance in Turkey

May 5, 2023

Brad Wham, assistant research professor in CU Boulder’s Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, was a member of one of the three Learning From Earthquakes (LFE) reconnaissance teams that traveled to Turkey in March to assess the impacts of the Feb. 6 Kahramanmaraş earthquake.

CU Boulder campus seen from the air

Core Facility Open House and Local Industry Fair

May 3, 2023

The Research and Innovation Office will host an event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 6 on East Campus to showcase CU Boulder's Core Facilities. Refreshments will be provided and registration is requested by May 29.

Rendering of a brain.

Researchers at CU Boulder advancing more trustworthy autonomous systems with U.S Air Force

May 3, 2023

Allie Anderson and Torin Clark at CU Boulder are conducting research into how humans and artificial intelligence systems work together. The pair are part of a multi-university research team commissioned by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to study trust in autonomous systems. It is an important and complex...

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