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Alaa Ahmed is working to unlock the secrets of Parkinson’s disease and make life better for its sufferers. The Â鶹ӰԺ Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering has earned a multi-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the illness and a potential treatment for it. Parkinson’s...

A senior design project for a new type of bicycle drivetrain is getting major attention in the cycling press. The project, developed with sponsor CeramicSpeed, does away with the traditional bicycle chain and gearbox in favor of a shaft drive assembly. The invention has earned a 2018 Eurobike Innovation Award...

Some inventors toil their entire careers without success. Perry Campbell is not one of those people. The 23-year-old Colorado native has designed a product, built functional prototypes, raised capital, and is now going into business for himself. His product is called the SwissMak, an all-in-one manufacturing tool. “It’s a machine...

Check out our Flickr album from the Topping Out ceremony. Construction of the new Â鶹ӰԺ aerospace engineering building is hitting a major milestone with the installation of the final steel beam. A formal topping-out ceremony was held Wednesday at the building site on campus. The ceremony follows...

Rebecca O'Toole (center) stands with two other award winners at the 8th World Congress on Particle Technology. Congratulations to Chemical and Biological Engineering PhD student Rebecca O'Toole for earning first place in the Global Graduate Student Poster Competition at the 8th World Congress on Particle Technology. O'Toole's research focuses on...

Mahmoud Hussein has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The distinction is awarded to engineers for outstanding achievements and contributions, and has been bestowed upon only 2% of ASME’s 130,000 members. Hussein, who is an associate professor and Smead Faculty Fellow, is being recognized...

The Â鶹ӰԺ Earth Escape Explorer (CU-E3) cube satellite team is in Washington, DC, this week for Technology Day on the Hill, an annual event demonstrating aerospace technology to members of Congress and their staffs. Sponsored by NASA, the day features both public and private aerospace projects. CU-E3...

Congratulations to mechanical engineering PhD student Samuel Whitman for earning a 2018 Blue Waters Graduate Fellowship! The fellowship is awarded by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, and recognizes ten students across the United States annually. The program provides awardees with a year of full-time research support, including a stipend...

Click for a Flickr Album of Expo Photos Lights flashed, buzzers rang and attendees watched with rapt attention at the home of Â鶹ӰԺ basketball – but with 143 teams in attendance, this was no basketball game. Welcome to the first ever CU Â鶹ӰԺ College of Engineering and...

Keats Dormont is making the world a better place through mechanical engineering. The Â鶹ӰԺ undergraduate student is part of a new senior design course within the Department of Mechanical Engineering that is transforming student projects into an avenue for positive change in the world. “This is an...