DNA strand

New software aims to speed and improve identification of DNA variations that lead to cancer

April 11, 2022

Researchers have been trying to quickly and accurately identify the parts of DNA that lead to genetic disorders like cancer. A new software tool could improve that process and lead to more tailored treatment and understanding of cancers from patient to patient.

Students at the ESCEND event on 2/17

ESCEND program brings entrepreneurship to engineering students

April 11, 2022

A new program guides engineering students on an “entrepreneurial journey to learn the business side of innovation." The ESCEND program combines entrepreneurship courses with experiences and resources that give Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê engineering students the chance to create a product and then pitch it to investors.

Juliet and Payton

Two biomedical engineering students earn NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

April 8, 2022

First-year PhD students Juliet Heye and Payton Martinez were awarded the five-year fellowship, which recognizes outstanding graduate students from across the country in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.

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.

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...

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