A student working in the lab with lasers

Another record year for CU Boulder Engineering research

Oct. 3, 2019

CU Engineering had another record-breaking year for research funding in the college with $108 million in fiscal year 2019. This is the highest total ever for the college and the second year in a row when awards were above $100M.

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Plenty to see and do during research week

Oct. 2, 2019

Tours of engineering鈥檚 out-of-this-world facilities. In-depth panel discussions with leaders from across campus. Hands-on exploration of student-led research. Online giveaways for undergrads. These are just a few of the ways CU Engineering is leading Research and Innovation Week on campus this year. Research and Innovation Week 2019 will be held Oct. 14-18 and is hosted by the Research and Innovation Office. The goal is to showcase and demonstrate the broad impact of CU Boulder research, scholarship and creative works. This is the second year of the program and should be bigger and better than the last.

A student adjusts hoses on the rain machine in the lab

Video: The hidden impact of wildfire from rain

Oct. 1, 2019

The costs of wildfires extend far beyond the burn zone. Wildfires can heat soil to temperatures up to 1,000潞 F (550潞 C), releasing higher concentrations of carbon, nitrogen and other organic materials from the soil. When rain falls, those contaminants can be carried into nearby watersheds, increasing concentrations by up to 700%.

The ocean with waves as seen from the sky

CU Boulder brings expertise to new, interdisciplinary Energy-Water Desalination Hub

Sept. 24, 2019

CU Boulder is part of a new, $100 million interdisciplinary partnership to address critical water security issues in the United States over the next five years.

ESPOL and CU Engineering faculty and staff gather in conference room

College launches new research effort, global course in Ecuador

Sept. 23, 2019

The College of Engineering and Applied Science is establishing new research collaborations and launching an international engineering course in Ecuador, continuing the college鈥檚 efforts to expand its global reach and impact.

A Satellite in orbit around earth

New NSF quantum award has applications for space exploration

Sept. 18, 2019

The three-year award, titled Quantum Control of Ultracold Atoms in Optical Lattices for Inertial Sensing for Space Applications, totals $1.9 million.

Rat cardiac fibroblasts鈥攚hich happen to be in the shape of a heart鈥攇rown on hydrogels mimicking cardiac tissue and treated with human serum

Mimicking the heart's microenvironment

Sept. 11, 2019

CU Boulder engineers and faculty from the Consortium for Fibrosis Research & Translation (CFReT) at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus have teamed up to develop biomaterial-based 鈥渕imics鈥 of heart tissues to measure patients鈥 responses to an aortic valve replacement procedure, offering new insight into the ways that cardiac tissue re-shapes itself post-surgery.

A student looking at the windcline in operation

Burning up: CU researchers use unique tunnel to study wildfires

Sept. 11, 2019

Researchers at CU Boulder are using experiments and computations in a new sloping wind tunnel to study how wildfires form and move across different landscapes; applying cutting edge research tools to understand an old problem that Colorado has become quite familiar with in recent years.

Subekshya Bidari

PhD candidate Subekshya Bidari earns $20,000 fellowship

Sept. 10, 2019

Her research examines how honeybee swarms interact through communication mechanisms such as 鈥渨aggle dancing鈥 and other types of signaling to make decisions that maximize their foraging yield.

The CU Boulder campus as seen from above

CU Hosts Rocky Mountain Fluid Mechanics Research Symposium

Sept. 10, 2019

The fifth annual Rocky Mountain Fluid Mechanics Research Symposium was held on July 29 at CU Boulder.

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