Sophie Woods

Think globally, act locally: Engineers adjust plans to support Colorado town

April 20, 2021

When the pandemic hit, the Engineers Without Borders team made the difficult decision to suspend its Puerto Rico project and began searching for creative opportunities to bring engineering solutions to under-resourced communities.

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Building planetary defenses for killer asteroids

April 19, 2021

Jay McMahon is joining a groundbreaking NASA mission to test asteroid deflection technology. McMahon, an assistant professor Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the ÐßÐßÊÓƵ, has been named a participating scientist in the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART). DART is the first flight...

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Visual clues aid autonomous medical robot in journey through human body

April 19, 2021

Researchers in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering are developing a robot that may one day change how millions of people across the U.S. get colonoscopies, making these common procedures easier for patients and more efficient for doctors.

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CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ takes first place in 2021 Solar Decathlon Build Challenge

April 19, 2021

The ÐßÐßÊÓƵ won first place in the 2021 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon Build Challenge, the third time CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ has placed first in the highly competitive event.

Evan Thomas

Podcast: Evan Thomas on how to tackle global poverty

April 16, 2021

Meet Dr. Evan Thomas, a professor of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering and Aerospace Engineering Sciences, and Director of the Mortenson Center in Global Engineering. In this episode, Dr. Thomas shares how his family’s interests in journalism, engineering and entrepreneurship, as well as his experiences with Engineering Without Borders, inspired him to tackle global poverty through his work and teaching.

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Quantum technology: Can the Denver, ÐßÐßÊÓƵ area be an epicenter for the next great tech boom?

April 16, 2021

The Denver Post article: ÐßÐßÊÓƵ has been the scene of Nobel Prize-winning breakthroughs in quantum technology, but commercialization presents a new challenge

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Drug development platform could provide flexible, rapid and targeted antimicrobials

April 16, 2021

Researchers at CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ have created a platform that that can develop effective and highly specific peptide nucleic acid therapies for use against any bacteria within just one week. The work could change the way we respond to pandemics and how we approach increasing cases of antibiotic resistance globally.

Sherri Cook

Finding sustainable solutions to wicked water problems

April 16, 2021

Sherri Cook's research focuses on resource recovery from wastewater, sustainable design, and anaerobic wastewater treatment. Her project is titled “An Integrated Research and Education Plan to Navigate Tradeoffs in the Design of Sustainable and Resilient Water Reuse Systems.â€

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How one restaurant’s experiment may help diners breathe safely

April 14, 2021

The Washington Post looks at how an air monitoring system designed by CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ's Mark Hernandez is helping a California restaurant keep its patrons safer during COVID.

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Six CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ Chemical and Biological Engineering students selected for NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

April 12, 2021

The GRFP is a five-year fellowship that honors graduate students working in science and engineering fields supported by the NSF. Students selected for the fellowship receive $34,000 in annual stipend funds.

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