A rendering of a brain.

Deciphering the Parkinson’s disease puzzle

July 26, 2018

Alaa Ahmed is working to unlock the secrets of Parkinson’s disease and make life better for its sufferers. The University of Colorado Boulder Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering has earned a multi-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the illness and a potential treatment for it. Parkinson’s...

Two Girls Inc. Eureka! students in the midst of testing their water filters

Girls Inc. Eureka! students design small scale water filters

July 26, 2018

Earlier this summer, the BOLD Center hosted 30 female high school students from the Denver-Metro area in partnership with the Girls Inc. Eureka! Program. Through their participation in this program, these girls had been exposed to the prospect of higher education and STEM careers—meaning they came well-prepared with questions regarding...

Mike McGehee

McGehee hopes to create energy and sustainability ecosystem in Colorado

July 25, 2018

New chemical and biological engineering faculty member Michael McGehee is eager to continue the work he started in clean energy at Stanford University.

Gaussian colorized microtubules

CU Engineering startup garners $1 million in investment funding

July 19, 2018

Double Helix Optics was founded based on technology from the lab of company co-founder Rafael Piestun, professor of electrical, computer and energy engineering.

Emilie Aries

Aries shares tools for powerful communication to CU women in STEM

July 16, 2018

Being a woman in today’s scientific community isn’t easy. Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê’s Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) group invited Emilie Aries , Founder and CEO of Bossed Up, to teach us the tools to improve our communication skills in a sold-out event last week. Aries is a nationally recognized speaker,...

Members of the team at the 2018 Engineering Design Expo at Coors Events Center.

Bike drivetrain design wins 2018 Eurobike Innovation Award

July 11, 2018

A senior design project for a new type of bicycle drivetrain is getting major attention in the cycling press. The project, developed with sponsor CeramicSpeed, does away with the traditional bicycle chain and gearbox in favor of a shaft drive assembly. The invention has earned a 2018 Eurobike Innovation Award...

Katherine Glasheen, Justin Kanamine, John Scott and Kian Reno

Hacking for Defense team competes in national pitch event

July 11, 2018

Katherine Glasheen, Justin Kanamine, John Scott and Kian Reno present at Founders Fund in San Francisco. A group of engineering and business students from Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê was one of only six teams selected from the nationwide Hacking for Defense (H4D) cohort to present to investors, entrepreneurs and government stakeholders at...

Natasha Oullette

Natasha Ouellette, MechEngr'20

June 29, 2018

#ILookLikeAnEngineer Why did you choose CU Engineering? I chose engineering at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê because I had an amazing experience with robotics in high school, and I worked with a program that put robots into special needs classrooms. I discovered that I liked the hands-on aspects of technology and the power...

Collage of the five tenured faculty.

Five professors earn tenure

June 29, 2018

At its June meeting at the University of Colorado Boulder, the CU Board of Regents approved awards and appointments of tenure for five faculty in the College of Engineering and Applied Science. Awards of tenure Aaron Clauset, Computer Science Shideh Dashti, Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering Andrew Goodwin, Chemical and...

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Roaring Fork students draw on experience to engineer bridges

June 29, 2018

A group of 100 rising high school juniors from the Roaring Fork Pre-Collegiate Program were able to bridge what they knew about engineering to real experiences and answers at The BOLD Center last week. Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê started the Pre-Collegiate Development Program for first generation middle and high school students in...

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