Zach Sunberg

Professor earns two major grants to advance AI for autonomous systems

Sept. 6, 2024

Zach Sunberg’s research developing better artificial intelligence systems is getting a major boost from two federal grant awards. Sunberg is receiving a $599,000, five-year CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation and is a partner on a related $4 million multi-university initiative from the U.S. Office of Naval Research. Both...

Aurora Borealis on the ocean.

Atmospheric research in the most extreme place on Earth: Antarctica

June 24, 2024

Abhi Doddi (PhDAeroEngr’21) is collecting scientific data outdoors in a 70 mph whiteout blizzard. It is just another day of life in Antarctica. Doddi, a postdoctoral researcher in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the Â鶹ӰԺ, is leading a major study involving...

Edgar mines lab

'The demand is so high'

June 7, 2024

CU Engineering launches interdisciplinary robotics program, graduate degrees Engineering graduate students have a new degree option at the Â鶹ӰԺ: robotics. The CU Board of Regents has established a master’s and PhD program in robotics. It will provide students an education merging hardware and software engineering, mathematics and...

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22 CU Â鶹ӰԺ engineering students earn major National Science Foundation fellowships

May 16, 2024

The National Science Foundation has bestowed 22 prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards to Â鶹ӰԺ engineering students. The national awards recognize and support outstanding grad students from across the country in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees. Awardees...

Mach diamonds during the Chimera liftoff.

CU Â鶹ӰԺ students launch hybrid rocket

May 16, 2024

Blastoff! The rocket soared over the prairie, its unique engine screaming in unison with cheers from more than two dozen students. The months of work, late nights, calculations, and validations had all been worth it. Three Â鶹ӰԺ aerospace senior design teams had come together and successfully designed,...

Aerial photo of a winding river in the mountains.

CU Â鶹ӰԺ leading effort to improve water quality in Rockies’ rivers

April 4, 2024

A team led by environmental engineer Evan Thomas has received a $650,000 Convergence Accelerator grant from the National Science Foundation, to measure and mitigate pollution in the Cache la Poudre and Yampa Rivers in Colorado through new sensor technology, monitoring, and a voluntary carbon credits trading system with industry.

Alex Meyer

Asteroid named for CU Â鶹ӰԺ aerospace grad student

Feb. 15, 2024

PhD student played key role on NASA’s DART Mission Alex Meyer is an astrodynamics expert, engineer, PhD student, and now, a part of the night sky. The International Astronomical Union has officially named an asteroid after him. Asteroid 2000 ND17 is now (33974) Alexmeyer. “It’s pretty cool and quite an...

Robyn Macdonald

CU Â鶹ӰԺ researcher lands NASA grant to advance hypersonics modeling

Jan. 18, 2024

Robyn Macdonald Robyn Macdonald is pushing the limits of hypersonic research with a new NASA grant. Macdonald, an assistant professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the Â鶹ӰԺ, has been awarded a $600,000 Early Career award from NASA to improve computational...

Palmer Dick-Montez at the Grand Canyon.

Triple honors for mechanical engineering graduate

Dec. 20, 2023

Palmer Dick-Montez is receiving major kudos as he graduates with a mechanical engineering degree from the Â鶹ӰԺ. He is a 2023 recipient of three separate College of...

Harlow inspecting one of the robots before activation.

Building next generation autonomous robots to serve humanity

Nov. 17, 2023

One thousand feet underground, a four-legged creature scavenges through tunnels in pitch darkness. With vision that cuts through the blackness, it explores a...

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