Jae-Woong Jeong

Mighty Device

May 8, 2017

Tiny gadget captures every whoosh, thump and gurgle inside the body It looks like a small Band-Aid, but it鈥檚 powerful enough to allow a doctor to monitor the heart rate of a patient remotely or to enable someone to control a robot with voice commands. The 鈥渢iny, wearable stethoscope鈥 was...

Phase Change

May 8, 2017

Academics, athletics, administration commingle in 42-year career When Professor Dave Clough retires after 42 years in chemical and biological engineering,his stat sheet will show successes in triplicate. The admired educator spent six years as associate dean and serves as CU 麻豆影院鈥檚 faculty athletics representative. Though peers were sometimes skeptical of...

Using Her Powers for Good

May 8, 2017

Susie Gomez-Burgos inspires the next generation of engineers Outside of the silver screen, heroes don鈥檛 wear capes and leap tall buildings in a single bound. Instead, they鈥檙e everyday people doing extraordinary things with little fanfare. Take Susie Gomez-Burgos, a senior in the College of Engineering and Applied Science, majoring in...

Gold shirts

College News 2017

May 7, 2017

A golden opportunity An idea borrowed from the football gridiron is helping students graduate and drawing major attention, thanks to a multimillion-dollar boost from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Eight years ago, CU Engineering created the GoldShirt program. It鈥檚 modeled after redshirting for college athletes. Promising students who want to...

Of Mice and Mars

May 5, 2017

Far above Earth, a curious colony of spacefarers is sharing close quarters on the International Space Station as part of research that could one day help lead us to Mars. These are no ordinary astronauts, they are mice, and their journey could be key to solving a problem that vexes...

Shooting for Jupiter's Moon

May 5, 2017

Europa space probe wins international recognition As solar system destinations go, Europa is as tantalizing as it is inhospitable. The smallest of Jupiter鈥檚 four moons is encased by a miles-thick icy shell and bombarded with radiation levels fatal to any human. But scientists also believe that a vast liquid ocean...

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A Car with Imagination

May 5, 2017

'Ninja Car' autonomous technology has potential for space exploration Self-driving cars may be in their infancy, but they鈥檙e already better drivers than humans in many ways, says Chris Heckman, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science. They don鈥檛 become overconfident, they are always focused and they鈥檙e much better...

Dean Braun

Message from the Dean, 2017

May 5, 2017

"You are the best ambassadors our college could hope for, and I appreciate all you do." As I settle into my first year as dean, I would like to express my profound gratitude to all who have reached out and engaged with the college. I have been fortunate to meet...

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Part 1: Students Funding Students

May 5, 2017

[Editor鈥檚 note: This is part 1 of a 4-part series looking at the student-led Engineering Excellence Fund ] Obtaining money for research and projects can be difficult to come by, especially for students who have yet to establish themselves in their given fields. Without this monetary component, ideas can be...

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CubeSat of the Year

May 5, 2017

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