Elijah Gonzales, a sophomore studying civil engineering, discusses his tactile diagram of an eye with Shalini Menon at a design workshop offered through the Build a Better Book project.

Blind researcher brings magic touch to book project

Dec. 6, 2017

As a research assistant with the Build a Better Book Project, run by computer science Assistant Professor Tom Yeh, Shalini Menon is drawing on her personal experience to teach others how to make books and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) learning materials more accessible to children who are visually impaired.

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CU 羞羞视频 spinout Stateless raises $1.4 million in seed stage funding

Dec. 5, 2017

Founded by electrical and computer engineers Eric Keller and Murad Kablan, Stateless is revolutionizing software-defined networks by building virtual network functions, such as firewalls and load balancers, that are easy to offer and consume through the 鈥渁s-a-service鈥 model.

Mechanical engineering Associate Professor Mark Rentschler (far right) with graduate students (left to right) Levi Pearson, Greg Formosa and Micah Prendergast with an oversized version of a synthetic colon created as a senior design project.

A robotic small intestine? Researchers are making one

Dec. 4, 2017

Mechanical engineering Associate Professor Mark Rentschler is leading the effort to develop an artificial, robotic small intestine for use in medical laboratories. The research is supported by a $1.25 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

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StAR Symposium Highlights Graduate Research

Nov. 30, 2017

The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering is pleased to present this year鈥檚 Student Annual Research Symposium from 9 a.m. 鈥 5 p.m. Dec. 8 in the Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building. StARS is a longstanding tradition going back at least 15 years that facilitates graduate student networking with industry...

Jenny Michael

Jenny Michael

Nov. 29, 2017

#ILookLikeAnEngineer What does the #ILookLikeAnEngineer hashtag mean to you? It's always bothered me when people ask what my major is or where I work and seem really surprised. There are so many stigmas surrounding programmers (for example, Doritos and Mountain Dew) that are just outdated and untrue. In my personal...

Gregor Henze

Senators announce $2M grant to help reduce energy usage in Colorado homes

Nov. 28, 2017

Gregor Henze of civil, environmental & architectural engineering will lead project to develop an occupancy detection system that relies on cameras to detect human presence and monitor patterns of activity in electricity use throughout homes.

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Giving Tuesday: CU Engineering Edition

Nov. 28, 2017

Every May, nearly 1,000 engineering Buffs graduate. Every October, thousands of Buffs come back to campus for Homecoming. And this November, we鈥檙e asking the Forever Buff family to give back for Giving Tuesday. We鈥檙e excited to join the global movement that is Giving Tuesday , an initiative that follows the...

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Former Obama science advisor John Holdren kicks off Dean's Speaker Series

Nov. 17, 2017

An agricultural tractor spreading fertilizer.

PhD Spotlight: Finding a 'Recipe' for a Cleaner Ammonia

Nov. 17, 2017

Ammonia production is helping to nourish the world 鈥 and simultaneously threatening it. A critical component of nitrogen-based fertilizers, ammonia also releases carbon dioxide, a harmful greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere through its production process. PhD student Chris Bartel is seeking a way to eliminate those harmful gas emissions while...

Jennifer Kracha

Jennifer Kracha

Nov. 17, 2017

#ILookLikeAnEngineer Why did you choose engineering at CU 羞羞视频? I chose Engineering Plus at CU 羞羞视频 because I wanted to be in a program that was inclusive of all different students and had hands on engineering courses. I wanted to be in a community of people who were collaborative rather...

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