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CU Boulder researchers uncover the secret to a faster soft actuator

June 29, 2020

Researchers in CU Boulder鈥檚 Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering recently uncovered new information that could revolutionize the design of electrohydraulic soft actuators to enable robots to perform at faster speeds.

Visualization Of The Covid-19 Virus

Advice, research and student work on COVID-19 at CU Engineering

June 29, 2020

It is the nature of an engineer to meet challenges with curiosity and persistence until a solution arises. Right now, our planet faces no greater challenge than that presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our students and faculty meet that challenge every day when they provide clear and accurate information for the public, take on and solve key research questions rapidly and collaborate with everyone at the table trying to solve the challenge.

Sadie Stutzman

Return to Research: A new normal for the Labbe Lab

June 26, 2020

CU Boulder researchers are gradually and safely returning to campus to continue their work in the lab. Read about Assistant Professor Nicole Labbe's return to research.

CU Boulder's campus seen from the air, looking at college of engineering

Prestigious Internet of Things research center launching at CU Boulder

June 26, 2020

CU Boulder has been selected to lead a new multi-university, industry-focused research Center on Pervasive Personalized Intelligence through the National Science Foundation's IUCRC program.

Dan Torres wears a mask while working on one of the DARPA Subterranean Challenge robots

Robotics researchers ready to start field-testing their code

June 24, 2020

Out of 20 students who work in Chris Heckman's lab, five have been approved to head back to their space in the ECES wing of the Engineering Center. There, they鈥檒l be able to field-test the software they鈥檝e been developing in a simulation platform, which they also had to build from scratch to accommodate remote teamwork.

Tobias Niederwieser and Alexander Hoehn in a BioServe laboratory with five FRDIGE units slated for delivery to NASA and the International Space Station.

Adapting research to social distancing on campus

June 22, 2020

After large portions of the University of Colorado Boulder shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, you could practically hear a pin drop on campus. But in the Aerospace Building, an array of space-critical research projects at...

Exterior shot of the Engineering Center

Technology, Cybersecurity & Policy Program moving to Department of Computer Science

June 16, 2020

This administrative change represents a more financially responsible approach to offering these degrees and creates opportunities for academic synergies such as access to computer science graduate courses in networking and systems.

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Self-guided design project turns into an opportunity to save lives

June 16, 2020

Rising Engineering Plus senior Adrian Gutierrez successfully developed an automated bag valve mask, a device he hopes will help those with coronavirus in Mexico, his home for 18 years.

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New paper from mechanical researchers explores endoskeletal droplet vaporization

June 15, 2020

Researchers from the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering have found a new way of understanding the vaporization behavior of mixtures. The work is described in 鈥淰aporizable Endoskeletal Droplets via Tunable Interfacial Melting Transitions,鈥 a paper published in Science Advances this April.

A swarm of fireflies in the wild

A rare look at fireflies that blink in unison

June 15, 2020

National Geographic talks with CU Boulder students and faculty in the College of Engineering and Applied Science studying fireflies.

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