Representatives from each of the three finalist teams. CU Boulder professor Ivan Smalyukh and PhD student Andrew Hess are on the far left.

CU Boulder team wins 2018 NASA iTech Energy Cycle competition

June 25, 2018

Congratulations to Team iFeather for winning the 2018 NASA iTech Cycle II Energy competition! CU Boulder professor Ivan Smalyukh and PhD student Andrew Hess discuss iFeather. Watch the entire awards announcement livestream NASA iTech has selected CU Boulder as one of the top three teams from a group of 10...

Two children chat with the MindScribe stuffed zebra.

Computer science startup earns early childhood innovation prize

June 21, 2018

The prize provides $80,000 for the MindScribe team to keep working on their robotics technology, which includes a smartphone app that can be placed inside a friendly looking toy and prompts children to tell it about their project, like a drawing or Lego creation.

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Abraham Lincoln High School students undertake water filtration challenge

June 18, 2018

Last week, the BOLD Center hosted a group of Abraham Lincoln High School students who were participants of the College Track Program . Introduced to the school in 2016, College Track supports students from underserved communities in several states and remains involved until they complete their college degrees. As an...

Preview images of the app, showing makeup tutorials.

Â鶹ÒùԺ’ makeup app competes in New Venture Challenge finals

April 3, 2018

To help aspiring makeup artists, senior computer science majors Deekshitha Thumma and Rachel Platt have designed an app for sharing, organizing and discovering new makeup looks.

The team interacts with a real dog as part of their research.

Â鶹ÒùÔº building autonomous companion dog for people with dementia

March 23, 2018

Electrical and computer engineering undergraduate capstone team hopes to relieve the confusion, fear and isolation people with dementia feel by designing a robotic animal that will provide a companionable presence.

The University of Colorado Boulder NASA BIG Idea Challenge Team.

CU Boulder earns 2nd place in NASA BIG Idea Mars competition

March 19, 2018

The engineering design competition enlists university teams from across the nation to develop creative solutions to some of the agency’s most relevant challenges.

Hooman Hedayati, a researcher and PhD student in the ATLAS IRON Lab, experiments with a drone

Augmented reality enhances robot collaboration

March 15, 2018

Two papers published by the ATLAS Iron Lab, directed by Dan Szafir, for the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction in Chicago open the door to this promising area of research.

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CU Engineering students honored with Brooke Owens and Matt Isakowitz Fellowships

March 8, 2018

Two national fellowship programs are honoring CU Engineering students. The Brooke Owens Fellowship Program and Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship Program each provide industry internships and mentoring opportunities to promising engineering students and both are recognizing CU Boulder students as 2018 fellows. Aerospace junior Carson Brumley has been selected as a 2018...

Student work on laptops during the hackathon.

Hackathon brings out about 600 students for 'invention marathon'

Feb. 25, 2018

The Daily Camera covers the fourth annual Hack CU, organized by several computer science undergrads.

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Natasha Ouellette: Study abroad in Madrid

Feb. 5, 2018

What is study abroad? Six months ago, study abroad seemed to me like a huge commitment that I couldn’t afford and that would certainly delay my graduation. Then I talked to the study abroad office on a whim, and found out that almost all of my financial aid went abroad...

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