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NSF honors students with Graduate Research Fellowships in 2018

The National Science Foundation is honoring six current or incoming University of Colorado Boulder mechanical engineering students with Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) awards and five students with honorable mentions.

Ronggui Yang and Xiaobo Yin with students in a greenhouse.

Greenhouse technology grant could be the future of food

Jan. 17, 2018

CU Boulder engineers have received a $2.45 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to develop a scalable, cost-effective greenhouse material that splits sunlight into photosynthetically efficient light and repurposes inefficient infrared light to aid in water purification. The four-year research program could yield next-gen technology capable of...

Ronggui Yang and Xiaobo Yin holding the metamaterial.

Cooling Metamaterial a Physics World Top 10 Breakthrough of 2017

Dec. 11, 2017

Physics World has recognized a metamaterial film that provides cooling without the need for a power source, invented by CU Boulder mechanical engineering professors Ronggui Yang and Xiaobo Yin, as one of the Top 10 Breakthroughs of 2017. Made out of glass microspheres, polymer and silver, the material uses passive...

Sehee Lee and Conrad Stoldt.

Battery company co-founded by professors Sehee Lee and Conrad Stoldt makes Top 10 start-ups list

Nov. 13, 2017

Chemical and Engineering News has chosen CU Boulder spin-off company Solid Power as one of the Top 10 start-ups of 2017. The business grew out of research conducted by professors Sehee Lee and Conrad Stoldt on solid electrolyte batteries. Automakers have their pedals to the metal when it comes to...

Xiaobo Yin

Xiaobo Yin named 2017 Moore Inventor Fellow

Nov. 7, 2017

University of Colorado Boulder mechanical engineering professor Xiaobo Yin has been named a 2017 Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Moore Inventor Fellow , an award bestowed on scientist-inventors for their inventions in scientific research, environmental conservation and patient care. Yin, an assistant professor in CU Boulder鈥檚 Department of Mechanical Engineering,...

Christoph Keplinger

Keplinger earns Packard Fellowship

Oct. 16, 2017

Pushing the boundaries of science requires flexibility. Allowing scientists to follow where their research takes them, even if that is into areas that may seem illogical to some, often is what leads to the most remarkable breakthroughs. For some researchers, this is never an option, as the funding they receive...

Steven George

George recognized for ALD research

Sept. 25, 2017

University of Colorado Boulder professor of chemistry and mechanical engineering Steven George is the 2017 AVS John A Thornton Memorial Award winner, 鈥渇or seminal contributions to understanding, development and applications of atomic layer deposition (ALD).鈥 Dr. George and his research group have authored more than 400 publications in the areas...

The Kelvin device.

Funding Sets Stage for Mechanical Engineering Smartphone Spinoff to Commercialize

April 11, 2017

Kelvin Thermal Technologies Inc., a smartphone-technology startup from two University of Colorado Boulder mechanical engineering professors, raised $200,000 in private equity to match a $250,000 grant from the state of Colorado. The company has developed a new method of cooling smartphones, Y.C. Lee , president and CEO, told BizWest. When...

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MechE Paper is a Top 10 Most Cited Article in Applied Physics Letters for 2016

Feb. 27, 2017

A CU Boulder mechanical engineering team is earning accolades for their solar materials research. The journal Applied Physics Letters is highlighting professor Ronggui Yang and two of his PhD students, Xin Qian and Xiaokun Gu, for their study of a hybrid organic-inorganic material that has green energy applications. A paper...

Xiaobo Yin and Ronngui Yang in a lab with the film.

Chill Out! Newly engineered material can cool roofs with zero energy consumption

Feb. 9, 2017

A team of University of Colorado Boulder engineers has developed a scalable manufactured metamaterial, an engineered material with extraordinary properties not found in nature 鈥 to act as a kind of air conditioning system for structures. It has the ability to cool objects even under direct sunlight with zero energy...

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