Cover of Biomaterials

New paper in Biomaterials explores microgel scaffolds for wound regeneration

Sept. 8, 2020

Alexander Caldwell, who recently earned his PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering, is the co-first author with graduate student Varsha Rao on a new paper in Biomaterials.

An intestinal organoid

New paper explores organoid growth and development, illustrates new route for control

Sept. 8, 2020

Max Yavitt, a graduate student in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, is the first author on a new paper in Advanced Materials focusing on organoid development.

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What To Expect: ProReady 2020

Sept. 8, 2020

Although COVID-19 has made a significant impact on our world, the college remains fully committed to your career success through the ProReady initiative. Here’s what you can expect with ProReady activities as you start the year.

Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer

Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer available to college in fall

Sept. 4, 2020

Researchers in the college will soon have access to a Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer testing platform. With it, they can perform mechanical load and displacement tests of materials, devices and components that were not possible previously.

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Open source tool aims to improve electric grid efficiency, resiliency

Sept. 3, 2020

New research at CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ funded by the U.S. Department of Energy will create an open source tool to optimize how large and small energy systems interact with each other, potentially improving efficiency and resiliency of the power grid dramatically.

dam turbines

An inside look: Interning with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Sept. 3, 2020

Before his internship with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, mechanical engineering student Kyle McDonnell didn't know cost engineering was an engineering career path. He said his internship gave him a taste of what working at the Corp would be like and a taste of the construction field as well.

Human lipid bilayer rendering

Lipids prevent and reduce Alzheimer’s amyloid fibrils

Sept. 3, 2020

Research into preventing and reversing the creation of misfolded protein aggregates known as fibrils could provide new therapeutic opportunities in the fight against neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s.

CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ NDSEG Fellowship recipients

Seven engineering students earn prestigious NDSEG Fellowships

Aug. 28, 2020

Seven CU Engineering graduate students, plus an eighth CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ student studying physics, have earned prestigious National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships in fall 2020. The fellowship program, established by Congress in 1989 and sponsored by the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force, promotes education in science...

Duane Chesley at Engineering Scholarship Dinner 2012

Honoring Duane Chesley as students receive gift of education

Aug. 28, 2020

Duane Chesley (MechEngr’58) valued education because of how it impacted his life, taking him from humble beginnings on a farm in Nebraska to full colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves. At CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ, he endowed a scholarship and established an earn-learn apprenticeship to support mechanical engineering students.

Quantum illustration

Engineers helped lay foundation for campus quantum research efforts, new center

Aug. 27, 2020

A new $25 million center to advance quantum science on CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ’s campus has deep roots in CU Engineering’s interdisciplinary research efforts.

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