A cloud-covered Earth as seen from space

New $15M NASA grant will support quantum sensors in space

March 16, 2023

A multi-university research team, including engineers and physicists from °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼, will build technology and tools to improve measurement of important climate factors by observing atoms in outer space.

Connor Winter

Alumni Spotlight: ShoeSense is off and running, with help from °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼ entrepreneurial ecosystem

March 14, 2023

When Connor Winter (MechEngr’16) decided to pursue a Certificate in Engineering Management in conjunction with his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering, it put him on a path that would lead to the founding of his own startup company, ShoeSense.

Chris Sherry

Alumnus and CEO to give keynote at first-ever student-led Leadership Summit

March 13, 2023

Chris Sherry’s dedication to hard work, ethical business practices and leadership led students to invite him back to campus to act as the keynote speaker at the first-ever CU Engineering Student Leadership Summit this weekend.

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Faculty encouraged to apply for a 2023-24 °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼ Outreach Award

March 6, 2023

Proposals for the 2023-24 faculty led °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼ Outreach Awards are due by 5 p.m. on April 14.

Madhur

Biodegradable soil sensors could change farming, conservation approaches

March 2, 2023

New research from the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering into biodegradable senors may change the way farmers track, measure, and respond in real time to their soil’s microbial activity with big implications for addressing global greenhouse gas emissions.

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Podcast: AI experts on how access to ChatGPT-style tech is about to change our world

March 2, 2023

Daniel Acuña, an associate professor of computer science at the University of Colorado, was recently featured on a podcast from The Conversation.

Soy beans in the lab.

New ‘magic beans’ produce ingredients for cancer treatments, vaccines and more

March 2, 2023

°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼ researchers and students have engineered soybeans that produce cancer drugs, vaccine ingredients and nutritional compounds more sustainably.

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Celebrating Women's History Month

March 2, 2023

March is Women's History Month, a celebration of the vital role of women in American history.

Scott Diddams in his lab with students

Diddams receives prestigious Mees Medal for ground-breaking optics research that transcends boundaries

March 1, 2023

Professor Scott Diddams has been selected for the 2023 C.E.K. Mees Medal from Optica (formerly OSA) for his pioneering innovations leading to the wide-ranging application of optical frequency combs to ultrafast lasers, optical clocks, spectroscopy, microwave synthesis, and astronomy.

Worms in a dish swimming around

New 'gym-on-a-chip' for worms may lead to new Parkinson’s treatments

Feb. 28, 2023

A team of biologists and engineers at °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼ recently led an exercise class for tiny worms—and their findings could one day help doctors treat humans with Parkinson’s disease and similar illnesses.

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