Quantum Engineering Initiative lead Greg Rieker, right, with Scott Diddams in the lab.

Research briefs

New centers, spaces and projects to watch

Underwater vacuum

Mechanical engineering seniors aim to sink purple sea urchin population with underwater vacuum

April 6, 2022

The vacuum, designed and built by the student team Urchin Merchants, could help save California’s underwater kelp forests by making it easier for divers to collect the purple sea urchins that are destroying the bull kelp population.

Keith Molenaar

Message from the Dean

We remain committed to educating the diverse, world-class engineers who will meet future challenges.

Briar Goldwyn and Cole Velasquez in Puerto Rico

Civil PhD candidate reflects on research, partnerships in Puerto Rico

April 6, 2022

Briar Goldwyn is a fourth-year PhD student researching multi-hazard housing safety and disaster risk reduction. She recently returned from fieldwork in Puerto Rico.

Engineering Center on Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê's main campus

Dean Finalist Interview Process

April 1, 2022

Faculty, staff and students in the College of Engineering and Applied Science are invited to participate in the interview process with the five finalists for the college’s dean position.

XPS HS-LEIS

High-Sensitivity Low-Energy Ion Scattering Spectrometer will be a transformative resource for materials research at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê

April 1, 2022

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê’s East Campus is now home to the High-Sensitivity Low-Energy Ion Scattering (HS-LEIS) Spectrometer, a tool researchers from across the Rocky Mountain region will use for advanced materials characterization and analysis.

James Curry

James Curry earns top recognition from Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

April 1, 2022

James Curry, professor of applied mathematics at the University of Colorado Boulder, has been named a 2022 fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), the group announced today.

Rupa Dachere

Alumna on a mission to break barriers and make new connections

April 1, 2022

Rupa Dachere (CompSci’94) recognizes the challenges women software developers still encounter in the workforce. She recently moved back to Colorado and is also looking to expand her network of women in science and engineering in Boulder.

Hypersonic vehicle rendering

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê awarded major Department of Defense research grant for hypersonics

March 30, 2022

The University of Colorado Boulder has received a five-year, $7.5 million grant to advance the science of hypersonic flight. Iain Boyd, a professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences and the director of the Center for National Security Initiatives at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê, is leading the...

Jaylene Martinez

PhD student Jaylene Martinez wins Best Poster Award at American Chemical Society Meeting

March 30, 2022

The Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering recognized Martinez's research on membrane technologies that can ensure more scientifically reliable water treatment filtration systems.

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