The BREK team: Bob Erickson, Kala Majeti and Roger Bell

Electrical engineering startup awarded $250,000 grant to develop more efficient solar power technology

Nov. 13, 2018

Co-founded by Robert Erickson of electrical, computer and energy engineering and Kala Majeti of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê’s Technology Transfer Office, BREK will use the grant funds to develop the world’s first compact 250 kilowatt (kW) solar string inverter.

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Veterans to benefit from new fingertip sensors for prosthetic limbs

Nov. 13, 2018

Engineers at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê are working on prosthetic fingertip sensors that allow patients to actually feel tactile and sensory sensations through nerve interfaces.

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Grants up to $2,500 available through Sustainable CU

Nov. 13, 2018

Small grants of up to $2,500 are available from the 2018-19 Sustainable CU program through April.

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To infinity and beyond: New global aerospace + co-op degree track offered

Nov. 11, 2018

Graduate with a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering, minor in computer science, study abroad experience and co-op work experience in just five years.

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Brooke Lynn Elzweig, EnvEngr'20

Nov. 5, 2018

#ILookLikeAnEngineer Why did you choose engineering at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê? As an environmental engineer, I desired to earn my degree at the hub of innovation and environmental conservation. Boulder is an amazing community that fosters a passion for new ideas and sustainability - two things I love very deeply. Also, I...

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Work on fire ant colonies at CU could inspire molecular machines

Nov. 5, 2018

Researchers at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê have uncovered the statistical rules that govern how gigantic colonies of fire ants form bridges, ladders and floating rafts.

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College celebrates Navy Day with visit from admiral

Nov. 5, 2018

Rear Adm. Brendan McLane is visiting Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê’s College of Engineering and Applied Science today to talk with Dean Bobby Braun and other staff about the need for talented engineers in the modern U.S. Navy.

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Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê alumni continues work in biomedical imaging at Oxford

Nov. 2, 2018

Alec Thomas is hoping the research he conducted as a PhD student at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê will help him solve one of the big problems in the targeted delivery of therapeutics at his new position with the University of Oxford in England.

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Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê’s Tim White excited to shift from federal service to academiaÌý

Oct. 30, 2018

New Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Gallogly Professor Tim White loved working at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Ohio, but found himself missing the chance to guide students early in their career. So, when a position at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê opened up in the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, he decided to make the switch to academia from federal service.

The new water cooling system on a roof with the engineering college in sight

CU Engineers scale up a low-cost, energy saving cooling system

Oct. 29, 2018

The advance could increase the efficiency of power generation plants in summer and lead to more efficient, environmentally-friendly temperature control for homes, businesses, utilities and industries.

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