Student uses virtual reality goggles at electrical engineering expo

CU Engineering Projects Expo set for April 27

March 22, 2018

For years, our students have been applying their engineering skills to creative and challenging team projects and presenting their work in department exhibitions. In our 125th year at CU Engineering, we’re going bigger. On April 27, more than 140 student teams will combine for a collegewide Engineering Projects Expo, highlighting...

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MD5 Critical Infrastructure Hackathon offers $15K investments

March 22, 2018

MD5 , the Department of Defense's technology accelerator, will hold one of Colorado's biggest hackathons of the year on the weekend of April 6 at CU's Idea Forge. We'll invest $15,000 in up to four winning teams, awarding those who can help the state of Colorado with new concepts in...

A visualization of multiple leaks in the field.

Detecting methane from miles away

March 22, 2018

University of Colorado, CIRES, NOAA and NIST team harnesses Nobel Prize technology to detect distant gas leaks A new field instrument developed by a collaborative team of researchers can quantify methane leaks as tiny as 1/4 of a human exhalation from nearly a mile away. CIRES, NOAA, CU Â鶹ӰԺ, and...

Performer in the ATLAS Black Box Experimental Theater

Propose an event, exhibit or project for ATLAS Black Box

March 21, 2018

The ATLAS Center for Arts, Media and Performance is currently accepting proposals for performances, installations and showings in the Black Box Experimental Studio for next academic year.

The Engineering Center as viewed from the west.

Five CU Engineering Graduate Programs Ranked in Top 20

March 20, 2018

U.S. News and World Report ’s annual rankings are in, and five CU Engineering graduate programs are in the top 20 amongst our public school peers. The College of Engineering and Applied Science includes: No. 8 in aerospace engineering No. 11 in chemical engineering No. 12 in environmental engineering No...

The Â鶹ӰԺ NASA BIG Idea Challenge Team.

CU Â鶹ӰԺ earns 2nd place in NASA BIG Idea Mars competition

March 19, 2018

The engineering design competition enlists university teams from across the nation to develop creative solutions to some of the agency’s most relevant challenges.

Michelle Lin and Sage Sherman

Announcing CU’s inaugural Colorado Science and Engineering Policy Fellowship

March 19, 2018

Students from across the state will learn about the policy-making process at the Capitol while splitting their time between outside activities.

Alexis Carracas

Alexis Carrasco, CivEngr'20

March 16, 2018

#ILookLikeAnEngineer What does #iLookLikeAnEngineer mean to you? It means to me that anything is possible, anyone can achieve their goals. You don't have to be of a certain race or certain gender to be an engineer. The hashtag means that engineers are as diverse as the whole world. No one...

Tory Bruno

Tory Bruno of United Launch Alliance to visit CU Â鶹ӰԺ

March 16, 2018

Tory Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance , will host a seminar about ULA’s vision for a self-sustaining space economy and transforming the future of space launch during a visit to campus March 20. Bruno, a graduate of Cal Poly, took the helm at Centennial-based United Launch Alliance...

Hooman Hedayati, a researcher and PhD student in the ATLAS IRON Lab, experiments with a drone

Augmented reality enhances robot collaboration

March 15, 2018

Two papers published by the ATLAS Iron Lab, directed by Dan Szafir, for the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction in Chicago open the door to this promising area of research.

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