Engineering Homecoming Tailgate, Sept. 21, 2024, CU vs. Baylor - Register today!

Join us at the Engineering Homecoming Tailgate

Sept. 17, 2024

The College of Engineering and Applied Science invites you to the sixth annual Engineering Homecoming Tailgate. Join us as we continue to build this annual tradition of welcoming our alumni back to campus and showing our Buffs spirit! Saturday, September 21, 2024 Tailgate: 3:30 - 6 p.m. CU vs. Baylor: 6 p.m.

CU Boulder aerospace engineers Torin Clark, left, and Allie Hayman, right, sit with the crew of Polaris Dawn during an event on campus in 2022.

With Polaris Dawn’s launch, Colorado scientists will study vision changes in space

Sept. 17, 2024

During SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn's multi-day high-altitude mission, which rocketed to space on Sept. 10, the crew will conduct health impact research to better understand spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome (SANS). Researchers from CU Boulder and the CU Anschutz Medical Campus are right there with them. Or at least their equipment and expertise will be. The research is a collaboration between Allie Hayman, associate professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at CU Boulder, and Prem Subramanian, chief of neuro-ophthalmology at the CU School of Medicine.

A Black man and two children work on an electrical engineering project

Leeker will use NSF grant to promote participation of Black families in STEM

Sept. 9, 2024

Her project is focused on creating informal learning resources, including video workshops for caregivers, easy-to-use engineering activities, public dissemination of research results, and professional networks of STEM educators.

Zach Sunberg

Professor earns two major grants to advance AI for autonomous systems

Sept. 6, 2024

Zach Sunberg’s research developing better artificial intelligence systems is getting a major boost from two federal grant awards. Sunberg is receiving a $599,000, five-year CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation and is a partner on a related $4 million multi-university initiative from the U.S. Office of Naval Research. Both...

Closeup of blooming sunflowers

Why do plants wiggle? New study provides answers

Aug. 15, 2024

In a new study, researchers from the United States and Israel — including CU Boulder computer scientist Orit Peleg — may have gotten to the bottom of a quirky behavior of growing plants and a mystery that intrigued Charles Darwin during the later decades of his life.

Theodora Chaspari

AI for mental health screening may carry biases based on gender, race

Aug. 5, 2024

Some artificial intelligence tools for health care may get confused by the ways people of different genders and races talk, according to a new study led by CU Boulder computer scientist Theodora Chaspari.

Matt Davidson, a research associate in the Burdick Lab, shows off a 3D-printed material that could be used for a variety of medical applications.

A Band-Aid for the heart? New 3D printing method makes this, and much more, possible

Aug. 2, 2024

A CU Boulder-led team, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, has developed a new 3D printing method for creating material that is elastic enough to withstand a heart’s persistent beating, tough enough to endure the crushing load placed on joints and easily shapable to fit a patient’s unique defects.

Marsha Ivins (AeroEngr'73)

Retired astronaut Marsha Ivins reflects on her time in space

July 16, 2024

Marsha Ivins (AeroEngr’73) is a retired astronaut who has participated in five missions to space. Over the course of her career, Ivins spent a total of 55 days in space handling various responsibilities, from monitoring systems as a flight engineer to managing photography.

Large group of CU Engineering Kiewit scholars standing in front of engineering building holding a yellow hard hat.

Kiewit Design-Build Scholars program bridges students to the infrastructure workforceÌý

July 11, 2024

Zoe Kresek (CivEng’23) had a passion for design and construction from an early age. She would sit for hours building marble runs and Lego creations. As she advanced in her education, she knew engineering was the best path to match her interests. However, determining a specific area of focus and...

Researcher Scott Diddams in his laboratory with students

CU Boulder, Elevate Quantum partners ready for $127M regional quantum boost

July 2, 2024

Elevate Quantum, of which CU Boulder is a key partner, announced today that it has received a Tech Hub Phase 2 implementation award from the Department of Commerce, unlocking more than $127 million in new federal and state funding. The award is expected to drive more than $2 billion in additional private capital and cement the Mountain West as a global leader for quantum innovation.

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