Ensign Gemma Nowak

College graduates six new Navy officers

May 13, 2019

Six recent graduates in Engineering and Applied Science were commissioned into the United States Navy as brand new ensigns, and all of them will now enter into active duty in various capacities to serve the nation.

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Applied Math students are winning big

May 9, 2019

This year, the department organized and coached 12 teams comprising 35 students in the international Mathematical Contest in Modeling. This contest involves 99 hours of intensive mathematical modeling, which is the process of using visual mathematical aids like graphs, scatterplots, diagrams, equations, to represent real-world situations.

Female engineering students pose for a selfie at graduation

Congratulations, graduates of 2019!

May 8, 2019

This week we bid farewell to our #ForeverBuffs, including outstanding graduates like Sarah Withee, who switched careers in her 40s to join Gen Z engineers in the classroom, and Michael Anthony, who learned African dance as a form of cultural preparation for his trip this summer to Eswatini with Engineers in Action. Read their stories and share your own story on social by tagging @cuengineering and #ForeverBuffs.

open house participants watching a demonstration

Nanotechnology open house brings together researchers from across campus

May 7, 2019

The Materials Characterization Facility in the Colorado Shared Instrumentation in Nanofabrication and Characterization (COSINC) successfully hosted a focused ion beam (FIB) event in mid-April.

Representation of an atom

Initiative builds on quantum business experience in the college

May 7, 2019

CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ has a tradition of excellence in quantum science and technology. Work in the field continues on and off campus in the many companies that have been founded by CU engineering and physics faculty and former students.

Participants at ÐßÐßÊÓƵ Startup Week

CU Engineering faculty featured in ÐßÐßÊÓƵ Startup Week

May 7, 2019

CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ is participating as the University Track sponsor at ÐßÐßÊÓƵ Startup Week, showcasing the strong ties between the ÐßÐßÊÓƵ startup community and the world-class teaching and research happening on campus.

Stride Tech walker

Engineering grads’ high-tech walker could keep seniors from falling

May 6, 2019

Four undergraduate students studying mechanical engineering worked with senior residents to test out their new invention, an accessory for walkers that the team hopes to make widely available to seniors and others. They believe their device could help prevent debilitating falls. Stride Tech received the first place prize in the New Venture Challenge.

Shilo Brooks

Shilo Brooks explores relationship between democracy and technology

May 3, 2019

Although not an engineer, Brooks, a political scientist and student of political philosophy and the history of science, is uniquely qualified to direct the leadership program at the CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ College of Engineering and Applied Science. Designed for engineering students, the liberal arts leadership program introduces students to the complexities inherent in science and technology’s relationship to society.

Rendering of living space on a space craft

CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ part of new NASA institute on space habitat design

May 2, 2019

The College of Engineering and Applied Science at CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ is part of a new NASA funded Space Technology Research Institute that will advance space habitat designs using resilient and autonomous systems. The work is part of a larger effort to prepare for a time when astronauts will venture further into space, out of low-Earth orbit and on to the Moon, Mars and beyond.

A student demonstrates his healthcare-related project to a young Expo visitor.

Build, break and rebuild: Expo celebrates student perseverance

April 30, 2019

More than 140 student teams from six College of Engineering and Applied Science units ringed the Indoor Practice Field to show off their capstone and graduate projects, which Dean Bobby Braun hailed as “truly innovative.â€

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