Construction underway on plasma wind tunnel to advance hypersonics

Construction underway on plasma wind tunnel to advance hypersonics

July 27, 2023

A new laboratory for a plasma wind tunnel is taking shape at the Aerospace Engineering Sciences Building. The project, the vision of Assistant Professor Hisham Ali, will allow his team to study the conditions of atmospheric reentry, when a spacecraft returning to Earth can hit speeds of Mach 30.

OPA announces Chancellor鈥檚 Postdoctoral Fellowship for Faculty Diversity recipients, and opening for 2024 applications

OPA announces Chancellor鈥檚 Postdoctoral Fellowship for Faculty Diversity recipients, and opening for 2024 applications

July 24, 2023

Drs. Allison Kanner-Botan (Religious Studies) and Isaac Javier Rivera (Geography) join 13 other prior Chancellor鈥檚 Postdoctoral Fellowship for Faculty Diversity recipients. Applications for the next cycle open Aug. 1 and are due Nov. 1.

CU Boulder, Fort Lewis College support Native American astrophysics students

CU Boulder, Fort Lewis College support Native American astrophysics students

July 13, 2023

A new program is helping Native American undergraduate students delve into astrophysics and more fully participate in scientific research that frequently happens on Indigenous lands. The NSF-supported program is a partnership between CU Boulder and Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado.

Physicist-turned-engineer earns international recognition for quantum contributions

Physicist-turned-engineer earns international recognition for quantum contributions

July 13, 2023

Research Professor Svenja Knappe, who is a physicist by training but calls the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering home, is an ideal person to be at the center of a growing cluster of quantum researchers who are ushering in the second quantum revolution on campus and abroad.

A world-class field research station in CU Boulder鈥檚 backyard

A world-class field research station in CU Boulder鈥檚 backyard

CU Boulder鈥檚 Mountain Research Station has a three-pronged mission: host some of the most influential and long-running ecological research in the world, give students a peerless education in mountain environments, and link the public to learning about important ecosystems.

National Science Foundation REU grant will support summer undergraduate research into materials science and engineering

NSF grant will support summer undergraduate research into materials science and engineering

July 7, 2023

Undergraduate students interested in materials research will get a boost at CU Boulder next summer thanks to a new Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) grant from NSF. The 10-week summer program pairs students from across the country with CU Boulder鈥檚 top researchers in the field.

New material shows potential for better solar cells, more effective medical imaging

New material shows potential for better solar cells, more effective medical imaging

July 6, 2023

Professor Joel Eaves (Chemistry) is part of an NSF-funded group of researchers who have created a new class of materials from inorganic silicon nanoparticles and a common hydrocarbon molecule. These materials have the potential to improve solar panel efficiency, medical imaging and even night vision goggles.

The future of recycling could one day mean dissolving plastic with electricity

The future of recycling could one day mean dissolving plastic with electricity

July 5, 2023

Chemists at CU Boulder have developed a new way to recycle a common type of plastic found in soda bottles and other packaging. The team鈥檚 method relies on electricity and some nifty chemical reactions, and it鈥檚 simple enough that you can watch the plastic break apart in front of your eyes.

CU Boulder adhesive research could boost medicine, electronics, and the environment

CU Boulder adhesive research could boost medicine, electronics, and the environment

June 29, 2023

Karan Dikshit, an alum of the Materials Science and Engineering Program, is the first author on a new paper in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces detailing new adhesive materials that not only allow for easy sticking and unsticking, but could eventually contribute to sustainability efforts around the globe.

Composition professor applies entrepreneurship to the arts

Composition professor applies entrepreneurship to the arts

June 26, 2023

鈥淓ntrepreneurs create value by addressing unmet needs in the marketplace,鈥 says Jeffrey Nytch, professor of composition and director of CU Boulder's Entrepreneurship Center for Music. 鈥淚n the arts, that means understanding the audience you鈥檙e trying to reach and creating works that speak to them in meaningful ways.鈥

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