Zoya Popovic

Zoya Popovic elected to the National Academy of Inventors

April 8, 2024

Distinguished Professor Zoya Popovic is among 162 inventors named 2023 fellows of the National Academy of Inventors. Election as a fellow in the academy is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors.

A laser system for detecting methane gas in the air sits on top of a tower at a oil and gas facility in Colorado. (Credit: Casey Cass/CU ذكذكتسئµ)

A real-life Eye of Sauron? New project to spot possible chemical threats in the air

April 2, 2024

Engineers at CU ذكذكتسئµ are developing an “all-seeing eyeâ€‌ based on laser technology that could one day detect harmful particles in the air around cities or in factories.

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Joints that could heal themselves? Researchers could get there in five years

March 26, 2024

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) granted $39 million to a CU ذكذكتسئµ-led team to pioneer a single-shot joint treatment that would stop cartilage and bone from erosion and promote regrowth.

A man holds a solar panel as it comes off a production line in a factory

Researchers take major step toward developing next-generation solar cells

March 20, 2024

In a new paper published in the journal Nature Energy, CU ذكذكتسئµ's Michael McGehee and his international collaborators unveiled an innovative method to manufacture new solar cells, known as perovskite cells, an achievement critical for the commercialization of what many consider the next generation of solar technology.

FRCC's president and CU ذكذكتسئµ's provost pose for a group photo with students in the CASE Chancellor's Hall

Colorado community college students now have more options to earn a CU ذكذكتسئµ engineering degree

Feb. 29, 2024

CU ذكذكتسئµ will soon offer six transfer pathways, allowing Colorado's community college students to earn a degree aligned with their academic and career interests.

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Engineers unveil new patch to help people control robotic exoskeletons

Jan. 31, 2024

In a new study, engineers from the United States and Korea — including Jianliang Xiao of Rady Mechanical Engineering — have developed a wearable, stretchy patch that could help to bridge the divide between people and machines, with benefits for the health of humans around the world.

Robyn Macdonald

CU ذكذكتسئµ researcher lands NASA grant to advance hypersonics modeling

Jan. 18, 2024

Robyn Macdonald Robyn Macdonald is pushing the limits of hypersonic research with a new NASA grant. Macdonald, an assistant professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the ذكذكتسئµ, has been awarded a $600,000 Early Career award from NASA to improve computational...

Logan Thompson

A winding path to Tesla engineer: Logan Thompson (MechEngr'17)

Jan. 16, 2024

Logan Thompson (MechEngr'17), took seven years to get through undergrad. He said he's grateful for the variety of experiences he's had.

Morris, Kurtz and Donado Quintero stand on a staircase inside the home

Engineering students help professor rebuild the home he lost in the Marshall Fire

Dec. 21, 2023

Teaching Professor Matt Morris asked his students to help pour concrete. Students came. Two came back again. And again. For more than a year.

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Meet our Fall 2023 Graduating Student Award Winners

Dec. 14, 2023

The following College of Engineering and Applied Science awards are presented to graduating students. Some may be awarded annually, others semi-annually, and not all awards are given every year. Students may be nominated by faculty, staff or students.

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