Tim Whitehead in his laboratory with equipment in the background

New faculty member Timothy Whitehead eager to collaborate

Jan. 22, 2019

New Associate Professor Timothy Whitehead said he is eager to continue research into proteins and collaborate with faculty at CU Boulder in the growing area of biological engineering.

Shelly Miller

Professor Shelly Miller takes on new campus faculty development role

Jan. 18, 2019

鈥淔aculty aren鈥檛 typically trained to be leaders,鈥 Miller said. 鈥滶ach person may have a natural ability or an interest or work hard at it, but offering some skill training and some professional development in that field can really help.鈥

Representation of an atom

CUbit Quantum Initiative launch fueled by seed funding, faculty expertise

Jan. 16, 2019

The University of Colorado Boulder today announced the establishment of the CUbit (pronounced Q-bit) Quantum Initiative, a cross-campus initiative for quantum science and technology.

Team photo for the 2018 CU hyperloop team.

Announcing the first-ever Colorado Hyperloop Workshop

Jan. 15, 2019

Last year, members of the CU Hyperloop team traveled to SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA for the Hyperloop Pod Competition. Hyperloop is a conceptual transportation technology first proposed by Elon Musk in 2012. Potentially capable of speeds up to 760 mph, the concept could enable traveling across the United States 鈥...

James Rosenblum outside next to a truck.

Former postdoc heading new sustainable water center in Denver

Jan. 15, 2019

A former CU Boulder postdoctoral researcher has been hired to run the new Colorado Center for a Sustainable Water-Energy Education, Science and Technology (WE2ST) - Water Technology Hub at the Colorado School of Mines.

Andrew Kramer outside in a canyon

PhD student鈥檚 work could map caves on moon and Mars听

Jan. 8, 2019

Andrew Kramer is working on his PhD Assistant Professor Christoffer Heckman. His thesis is in computational modeling of complex systems and is funded through the NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship.

Kristyn Sample

From there to here: a nontraditional path to an aerospace career

Jan. 8, 2019

Kristyn Sample struggled to find her place after high school. The Columbia, Missouri native was getting by working waitressing jobs around Kansas City, but knew she wanted more. Now 27, Sample has graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder as an aerospace engineer, is newly married, has left a legacy...

A drone in the woods

CU Engineers want drones to go subterranean to save lives after earthquakes

Jan. 8, 2019

CU Boulder engineering professor Sean Humbert is leading a team in a national competition, the Subterranean Challenge. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency gifted the university a $4.5 million grant to fund Humbert's team.

A close up of a team's low-cost educational breadboard at Catalyze CU.

CU Engineering + Entrepreneurship Year in Review

Dec. 21, 2018

It鈥檚 been a big year for CU Engineering entrepreneurship. After starting at CU Boulder in mid-January, I have been focused on creating the most impactful set of integrated resources and opportunities, in and out of the classroom, to support our student and faculty founders and align with our college鈥檚 Strategic Vision.

An astronaut on a spacewalk.

Students designing augmented reality system for astronauts

Dec. 20, 2018

NASA is turning to university students for help with the next big space technology 鈥 augmented reality. The University of Colorado Boulder has been selected by NASA as one of 16 colleges to participate in the Spacesuit User Interface Technologies for Students (SUITS) 2019 challenge. The mission? To develop an...

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