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Bhavna Chhabra (CompSci’95)

Feb. 13, 2023

Bhavna Chhabra (CompSci’95) grew up in India and Dubai before moving to the U.S. to graduate with a computer science degree from Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê. After graduation, Chhabra worked as a software engineer, spending 17 years at Qualcomm and eventually becoming a senior director of engineering. One of her key roles...

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Women in Engineering Panel and Networking Event

Feb. 13, 2023

Celebrate International Women's Day with alumni, students, faculty, and prospective students as we come together to discuss ways to support each other, make meaningful connections, and hear from a panel of outstanding CU Engineering alumnae leaders who have excelled through different stages in their careers.

Max Yavitt

PhD student publishes paper that will help improve studies of intestinal tissue

Feb. 8, 2023

Chemical and Biological Engineering PhD student Max Yavitt is the lead author on a new paper in Science Advances that focuses on human intestinal tissue research.

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Boyd explains how these spy balloons work and what they can see

Feb. 6, 2023

The Conversation asked aerospace engineer Iain Boyd of the University of Colorado Boulder to explain how spy balloons work and why anyone would use one in the 21st century.

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Environmental engineering on an icebreaker ship at the North Pole

Jan. 31, 2023

Shelby Buckley has made the research trip of a lifetime – studying the impacts of climate change up close and personal on a five-week trip to the Arctic aboard the Kronprins Haakon icebreaking ship. It offered a unique chance to personally collect ice core and seawater samples and experience the...

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Ankur Gupta wins NSF CAREER award for improving energy storage and desalination technologies

Jan. 30, 2023

Assistant ChBE Professor Ankur Gupta received a $517,000, 5-year CAREER award to optimize performance of capacitive desalination and supercapacitor technologies. His research for the two disparate processes involves a technical commonality: porous electrodes to maximize performance.

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Colorado Designated Regional Tech Hub for Quantum IT

Jan. 30, 2023

Created in 2021, the initiative is a significant and strategic investment into translational quantum engineering research – especially in the field of quantum sensing, which has been a strength in the college for years. QEI specifically includes educational components, faculty hiring efforts, and dedicated lab space for collaboration with partners both on and off Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê’s campus.

Rob Davis

Robert H. Davis joins ranks of CU Distinguished Professors

Jan. 27, 2023

Professor Robert H. Davis is known throughout Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê’s College of Engineering and Applied Science as an outstanding leader for his 25-year tenure as the Chemical and Biological Engineering department chair and then the dean of the college. Davis recently added another accolade to his extensive list of accomplishments: Distinguished Professor, the highest honor bestowed upon tenured faculty across the University of Colorado’s four campuses.

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Research team moves one step closer to printing models of life-like 3D organs

Jan. 27, 2023

A team of University of Colorado researchers has developed a new strategy for transforming medical images, such as CT or MRI scans, into incredibly detailed 3D models on the computer. The advance marks an important step toward printing lifelike representations of human anatomy that medical professionals can squish, poke and prod in the real world.

Mike Keith

​​IDE professor recognized for commitment to supporting students

Jan. 27, 2023

Teaching Associate Professor Mike Soltys was selected as the 2023 winner of the Charles A. Hutchinson Memorial Teaching Award, which recognizes College of Engineering and Applied Science faculty who have made outstanding contributions to teaching.

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