Dafna singing onstage at a show, behind her keyboard

Dafna rocks: Student combines her love for science and music

Oct. 28, 2021

Dafna Margalit, a senior at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê, is pursuing a degree in electrical engineering while also creating a name for herself in the music industry.

A leaf on a circuit board

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê researchers work to transfer the ‘technology’ of biology

Oct. 27, 2021

Several new faculty hires in CU Engineering have a deep interest in bio-inspired engineering.

Graphic from the paper showing how UV light penetrates a cell.

Type of ultraviolet light most effective at killing coronavirus is also the safest to use around people

Oct. 27, 2021

Professor Karl Linden explains his new research findings in The Conversation.

A student working in the COSINC lab

Webinar planned to showcase x-ray and electron microscopy facilities

Oct. 27, 2021

The Colorado Shared Instrumentation in Nanofabrication and Characterization (COSINC) facility and the Materials Instrumentation and Multimodal Imaging Core (MIMIC) facility will host a joint virtual webinar from noon to 2 p.m. on Nov. 18 via Zoom.

A professor and student working together in the lab

CU Engineering research funding increases to $150 million as part of upward trend

Oct. 26, 2021

CU Engineering experienced another record-breaking year for research funding in 2021, receiving $150 million overall, eclipsing the 2020 total of $134 million.

single use plastics including cup tops, utensils, wrappers and more

Faculty collaboration earns $2M NSF award for post-consumer plastic waste research

Oct. 25, 2021

The proliferation of plastic products has created an environmental challenge: what should be done with unusable, discarded plastic waste that can harm the environment? Faculty from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering are working on a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded project, Hydrogenolysis for Upcycling of Polyesters and Mixed Plastics, to address this serious environmental issue.

Respirogen syringe and OMBs

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê spinoff company develops technology that could treat COVID-19 complications

Oct. 19, 2021

After a year when the nation experienced a shortage of mechanical ventilators to help treat patients with severe COVID-19 complications, Professor Mark Borden's company Respirogen presents another treatment option: oxygen microbubbles.

Victor Bright

Bright's Distinguished Research Lecture: 'Microscale Sensors and Machines—Size Matters​!'

Oct. 18, 2021

In this talk, Professor Victor Bright will give an overview of the history of microscale sensors and micromachines, and the contributions of his research. It turns out that, for these devices to function, size does matter!

András Gyenis

Perfecting more areas of quantum computing: András Gyenis

Oct. 15, 2021

The Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering recently hired Gyenis along with Assistant Professor Joshua Combes and Professor Scott Diddams as part of the new Quantum Engineering Initiative within the college.

Scott Diddams

Diddams joins growing quantum expertise within Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê engineering

Oct. 12, 2021

Professor Scott Diddams joined CU Engineering as a visiting professor this fall and will become a full professor and Davis Chair in 2022. He will also serve in a leadership role in the newly formed Quantum Engineering Initiative – a significant and strategic investment into translational quantum engineering research by the college that includes educational components, faculty hiring efforts, and dedicated lab space for collaboration.

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