Keplinger soft robotics scorpion

Toolkit allows broad audience to make artificial muscles

July 15, 2019

Researchers in Assistant Professor Christoph Keplinger’s lab released a toolkit to show scientists, hobbyists and entrepreneurs how to create their own artificial muscles. They hope this will bring researchers one step closer to developing wearable, surgical and collaborative robots that safely and effectively help humans.

Molenaar with ESPOL's president and four °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼ graduate students

Visit aims to expand research collaborations between CU Engineering, Ecuadorian university

July 9, 2019

Keith Molenaar, associate dean for research in the College of Engineering and Applied Science, recently visited the Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL) in Guayaquil, Ecuador, to discuss expanding the collaboration between the two universities.

Student getting ready to deploy a drone

The air up there: CU team deploys multiple drones in tornado study

July 1, 2019

Researchers from °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼ flew drones into severe storms this spring in one of the largest and most ambitious drone-based investigations of meteorological phenomena ever.

Eric Frew talking in his lab before deployment

Podcast: AES Professor Frew on drone based storm research, airborne scientists and the movie "Twister"

July 1, 2019

OnCue talked to Professor Eric Frew about how drones are contributing to cutting edge storm research, long travel days with the project, and expectation versus reality in the '90s classic tornado movie "Twister."

The hurricane hunter airplane at media day

Meet the other teams involved in TORUS 2019

July 1, 2019

°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼ worked with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Texas Tech University, the University of Oklahoma and the National Severe Storms Laboratory on the project.

RAAVEN info graphic with specifications

Meet the RAAVEN drone that gathers data from the storms

°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼ engineering has a long history of using drones to study severe storms and tornadoes. See the technical specs for the RAAVEN, the most flexible and sophisticated tool ever used for this kind of work here.

Diane McKnight during a fieldwork visit to the McMurdo Dry Valleys

'Science Friday' highlights Antarctic hydrology work by two °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼ engineers

June 26, 2019

Michael Gooseff and Diane McKnight of civil, environmental and architectural engineering have spent years documenting the dramatic changes in the continent's McMurdo Dry Valleys.

students collaborating around computers

°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼ is top producer in national cybersecurity competition

June 25, 2019

Sponsored by governors in 25 states, the program trains students in critical skills while they compete for scholarships

A group of water experts gather around the seismic testing equipment in the CIEST lab.

Water industry leaders from across U.S. visit °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼ lab for seismic test demonstration

June 25, 2019

The Center for Infrastructure, Energy and Space Testing recently hosted a full-scale experimental demonstration designed to evaluate how hazard-resistant pipelines respond to earthquakes. Water agency representatives, consultants and manufacturers, many of whom were attendees at American Water Works Association’s Annual Conference and Exposition in Denver, were invited to campus to...

Engineering Center

New biomedical engineering degrees to launch

June 21, 2019

Undergraduate and graduate students at °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼ will soon get new opportunities to pursue careers in the biomedical industry. Through these bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees, students will have the chance to pursue classes from across the university, across engineering, biology and mathematics. The new programs could launch as early as fall 2020.

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