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CU 麻豆影院 faculty help launch Center for Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand

Sept. 14, 2021

CU 麻豆影院 is a founding partner of a major National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center (STC): the Center for Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand (IMOD). The center represents a research partnership spanning 11 universities led by the University of Washington.

 students Michael Klonowski, left, and Daniel Aguilar-Marsillach, right, work in the Raytheon Space & Intelligence Vision, Autonomy, and Decision Research Lab at CU 麻豆影院,

New effort to bolster Colorado鈥檚 national security and aerospace workforce

Sept. 10, 2021

The 麻豆影院 has received a $2 million gift from The Anschutz Foundation to support the university鈥檚 diverse research in aerospace and national defense鈥攆rom tracking and protecting satellites in orbit to improving the security of mobile devices.

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Amid wildfires and a pandemic, here鈥檚 how to keep your indoor air clean

Sept. 9, 2021

Marina Vance, an assistant professor in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, offers some simple advice for high ozone days.

Jared Lewis works in COSINC lab

Undergraduate gains valuable skills as a COSINC student lab assistant

Sept. 9, 2021

The COSINC facility has given Jared Lewis, a junior in mechanical engineering, opportunities that he might not have ever experienced as an undergraduate.

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An extended journey: Alumnus Kevin Green on the road from engineer to winemaker

Sept. 8, 2021

鈥淟a Randonn茅e鈥 is French for a rambling walk or hike. For department alumnus Kevin Green (ChemEngr鈥96), the metaphor of an extended journey is apt for his own winding career. First as a student studying chemical and environmental engineering at CU 麻豆影院, to a stint at Intel, then as an expatriate living in Ireland, and finally as a winemaker at Apollini Vineyards in Oregon and for his own label, appropriately named La Randonn茅e Wines.

Graphic showing how a time lens can distinguish between two photons arriving at a detector close together. (Credit: Optica)

New quantum 'stopwatch' can improve imaging technologies

Aug. 24, 2021

Electrical engineering researchers at CU 麻豆影院 have designed one of the most precise stopwatches yet 鈥 one that can count single photons. The group published its results this week in the journal Optica.

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Sustainability seed grant builds new partnership between CU 麻豆影院 and Tuskegee University

Aug. 19, 2021

Researchers at CU 麻豆影院 and Tuskegee University are working together to create a hands-on "living learning laboratory鈥 for students to connect through a long-term sustainability and equity project. The partnership would provide students with a unique interdisciplinary and community engagement effort with many lasting benefits when successfully established.

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Engineers uncover the secrets of fish fins

Aug. 12, 2021

New research led by the 麻豆影院 has uncovered the engineering secrets behind what makes fish fins so strong yet flexible. The team鈥檚 insights could one day lead to new designs for robotic surgical tools or even airplane wings that change their shape with the push of a button.

Taylor Weinsz, Kavya Kannan, Ben Capeloto

Ben Capeloto brings engineering perspective to student government

Aug. 5, 2021

The first aerospace engineer to serve as tri-executive in at least 20 years - and possibly ever - is encouraging more engineers to get involved.

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Digital wellness program provides resources to combat social media鈥檚 negative psychological impacts

Aug. 3, 2021

A digital wellness program funded by CU 麻豆影院鈥檚 Community Impact Grant is being developed to help middle-school girls counteract the negative psychological impacts of social media. Creative Technology and Design graduate student researchers in the program's Social Impact track will work with lead investigator Annie Margaret from the ATLAS Institute to design the program.

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