Tissues

Nuclear deformation research could advance artificial tissue engineering

Dec. 3, 2021

Biomedical Engineering Professor Corey Neu and Benjamin Seelbinder's (PhDMech鈥19) work, now published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, looks at how cells adapt to their environment and how a mechanical environment influences a cell. Their research has the potential to tackle major health obstacles.

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Top Video Highlights of 2021

Looking back, 2021 has proven to be a year of strength and resilience. Even with the challenges we鈥檝e faced, our community has continued 鈥 and will continue 鈥 to break barriers, persevere, and most importantly, excel in what we do best: engineering.

Diane McKnight in Antarctica

McKnight named a CU Distinguished Professor

Dec. 3, 2021

Diane McKnight is being recognized with the highest honor bestowed upon faculty in the University of Colorado system: Distinguished Professor, which is awarded to faculty for exemplary performance in research, teaching, and service. A professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering; the Environmental Engineering Program; and the...

Earthquake damage

Grad heads research into ground improvement technique ahead of earthquakes

Dec. 2, 2021

Juan Carlos Tiznado (PhDCivEngr鈥20) is the lead author on a new paper in the Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering that helps engineers better understand and predict the 鈥渓iquefaction鈥 hazard during earthquakes and more reliably mitigate it.

Waelde looks on as Srivastava speaks during a celebration to dedicate the Engineering Center lobby in their names in honor of the formation of their scholarship.

Scholarships relieve stress for new, continuing students

Nov. 29, 2021

Learning that you鈥檝e been accepted to the college of your choice is an exhilarating moment for any student. But for some, that excitement is tempered by concern about how they and their families will pay for it.

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Keeping the unseen safe: Improving digital privacy for blind people

Nov. 23, 2021

Danna Gurari, the founding director of the Image and Video Computing group in computer science, is part of a cross-institutional team that has been awarded over $1 million through a Safe and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) grant from the National Science Foundation to study the issue.

Will Medlin is the Department Chair for Chemical and Biological Engineering and his group investigates reactions for renewable and sustainable energy applications.

Video: How Professor Will Medlin turns waste into energy

Nov. 19, 2021

Will Medlin is the Department Chair for Chemical and Biological Engineering and his group investigates reactions for renewable and sustainable energy applications.

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Multiple open-discipline faculty positions in Engineering and Applied Science

Nov. 19, 2021

The College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado Boulder is launching a new college-wide search for multiple Tenure-Track Faculty positions rostered among any of the six departments in the college. We anticipate hiring at the assistant professor rank, although qualified candidates will be considered at the associate and full professor levels.

CU Boulder campus from the air.

Young alumnus endows environmental engineering scholarship

Nov. 18, 2021

Doug Smart (Fin鈥20) graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder barely more than a year ago, but he already has an eye toward the next generation with a new undergraduate scholarship. He earned his degree in business finance and now works in corporate development at Accenture in Chicago, but wanted...

 The Colorado National Guard responds to flooding in Boulder in 2013.

How the new $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill will help Colorado brace for the next disaster

Nov. 18, 2021

On Monday, President Joe Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law鈥攖argeting roughly $1.2 trillion to shore up the nation鈥檚 aging, sagging and crumbling roads, bridges and other infrastructure. According to estimates from the White House, Colorado alone could receive $3.7 billion to improve its roads, $917 million...

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