Research
- External research funding to CU Engineering remained strong in 2022 with projects totaling $131 million for the year’s funding cycle.
- The Fox Group, led by Jerome Fox, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at CU Â鶹ӰԺ, was awarded $1.1 million of a five-year, $12.8 million U.S. Department of Energy grant, which involves seven universities and institutions and paves the way for broader use of non-food oilseed crops in the chemical industry.
- Just five U.S. universities have trained 1-in-8 tenure-track faculty members serving at the nation’s institutions of higher learning, according to new CU Â鶹ӰԺ research.
- The Lectureship is among the most esteemed honors bestowed by the faculty upon a faculty member at the Â鶹ӰԺ.
- CU Â鶹ӰԺ’s Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA), in partnership with the Postdoctoral Association of Colorado Â鶹ӰԺ (PAC Â鶹ӰԺ), is offering both virtual and in-person activities throughout the week of Sept. 19–23.
- A state-of-the-art instrument coming soon to CU Â鶹ӰԺ will improve research around quantum engineering and may eventually prove to be a game-changer for interdisciplinary materials and device research in the Rocky Mountain region.
- A number of researchers at CU Â鶹ӰԺ are celebrating the passage of the CHIPS and Science Act by Congress.
- Professor Scott Diddams has officially joined CU Engineering as the Robert H. Davis Endowed Chair in Discovery Learning in the Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering.
- The sixth annual ATLAS Research Showcase will feature laboratory and studio tours, demos and poster presentations, along with opportunities to connect with the institute's thriving community of creative technologists, inventors and artists.
- The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) is seeking students to participate in their annual sidewalk symposium during Research and Innovation Week 2022. The symposium – set for Oct. 18 – invites undergraduates to create and share their research with chalk art on campus walkways in collaboration with a professional artist. The event is open to undergraduates at any stage of their project timeline to participate.