Karl Gustafson

Honoree hopes new endowment will lead to quantum breakthrough

Feb. 1, 2022

Recently created by an anonymous donor, the Karl Gustafson Endowed Chair of Quantum Engineering will be embedded in the Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering. It is intended for a faculty member with multidisciplinary research and teaching interests, who is focused on the hardware side of quantum computing and devices.

Damage from the Marshall fire.

What the Marshall Fire can teach us about future climate catastrophes

Jan. 27, 2022

Nearly one month after the Marshall Fire became the most destructive and one of the most unique wildfires in Colorado history, CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ researchers from across campus—many of them personally affected by the fire—have pivoted and applied their expertise to the aftermath, hoping to learn from a tragedy in their...

Karl Linden

Linden one of three CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ researchers named as AAAS Fellows

Jan. 26, 2022

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society, today announced that three CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ researchers will join the ranks of its newest class of AAAS Fellows.

Dog nose

From odor to action – how smells are processed in the brain and influence behavior

Jan. 25, 2022

CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ is leading an international network of over 50 scientists and students using olfaction to study brain function in animals known as Odor2Action. In a new story published in The Conversation, network members trace the interconnections between smells and behaviors – highlighting what we know about olfaction, the challenges we face, and what's on the horizon. Learn more about their work and potential applications in engineering, neuroscience and public health.

Tran and Warren pose for a photo near equipment in a lab

Weimer Group identifies material and scheme that may enable efficient solar-driven production of H2 and CO

Jan. 25, 2022

Hydrogen has long been seen as a possible renewable fuel source, held out of reach for full-scale adoption by production costs and inefficiencies. Researchers in the Weimer Group are working to address this by using solar thermal processing to drive high-temperature chemical reactions that produce hydrogen and carbon monoxide, which can be used to synthesize liquid hydrocarbon fuels.

Kiewit Design-Build Scholars at a job site with video play button graphic

Video: Mentorship in the Kiewit Design-Build Scholars Program

Jan. 24, 2022

In the Kiewit Design-Build Scholars Program, students have an abundance of mentorship opportunities: from visiting job sites, networking with industry, participating in discussion forums, working on service-learning projects, obtaining hands-on experiences to much more.

Members of the Solar Decathlong team.

Students are designing and building the green home of the future

Jan. 20, 2022

An interdisciplinary team of students are building a super energy-efficient home for a national competition, and they need your help to be successful...

Katie Melbourne

CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ aerospace PhD student working on James Webb Space Telescope

Jan. 18, 2022

Katie Melbourne is up close and personal with the James Webb Space Telescope. As a systems engineer at Ball Aerospace in ÐßÐßÊÓƵ, Melbourne is involved in commissioning for NASA's new flagship space telescope. At the same time, she is also earning her PhD in aerospace engineering sciences at the University...

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New speakers announced for the Rocky Mountain Mechanics Seminar Series

Jan. 18, 2022

The Rocky Mountain Mechanics Seminar Series provides CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ faculty, staff and students with the opportunity to hear from researchers across disciplines from various institutions.

Darren Osborne, flight director for IXPE, oversees the mission operations center at LASP

Students operate $214 million spacecraft. 'It’s like what you see in the movies.'

Jan. 18, 2022

CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ undergraduate students work in the mission operations center for IXPE.

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