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Podcast: Honeybees are nature’s puzzle solvers

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 16:29:15 +0000

Podcast: Honeybees are nature’s puzzle solvers Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 12/21/2022 - 09:29

Orit Peleg, Golnar Fard and Francisco López Jiménez explain how honeybees overcome geometric constraints to construct honeycombs.

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Fruit flies use corrective movements to maintain stability after injury

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 17:22:36 +0000

Fruit flies use corrective movements to maintain stability after injury Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 12/16/2022 - 10:22

Collaborators at the �鶹ӰԺ created a robotic wing made of plastic and cardboard laminate to study the mechanism by which fruit flies compensate for wing damage in flight

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Researchers explore next-gen structural materials

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 17:19:47 +0000

Researchers explore next-gen structural materials Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 12/16/2022 - 10:19

In a new review paper, a team of international researchers have laid out how engineers are taking inspiration from the biological world—and designing new kinds of materials that are potentially tougher, more versatile and more sustainable than what humans can make on their own.

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CU �鶹ӰԺ PhD grad, undergrads create drag-friendly garment that changes in real time

Anonymous — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 17:03:32 +0000

CU �鶹ӰԺ PhD grad, undergrads create drag-friendly garment that changes in real time Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 06/06/2022 - 11:03

But the CU �鶹ӰԺ team decided to make their project in the wearables space just a little more … fabulous.

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High-Sensitivity Low-Energy Ion Scattering Spectrometer will be a transformative resource

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 17:19:18 +0000

High-Sensitivity Low-Energy Ion Scattering Spectrometer will be a transformative resource Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 04/04/2022 - 11:19

CU �鶹ӰԺ’s East Campus is now home to the High-Sensitivity Low-Energy Ion Scattering (HS-LEIS) Spectrometer, a tool researchers from across the Rocky Mountain region will use for advanced materials characterization and analysis.

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All college Interdisciplinary Research Theme Blitz and Poster Session set for April 12

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 22:14:32 +0000

All college Interdisciplinary Research Theme Blitz and Poster Session set for April 12 Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 03/08/2022 - 15:14

The College of Engineering and Applied Science will host a research blitz and poster session featuring work from within the interdisciplinary research themes from 3 - 6 p.m. on April 12 in the DLC lobby and first floor meeting spaces.

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Meet Materials Instrumentation and Multimodal Imaging Core (MIMIC) FacilityDirector Adrian Gestos

Anonymous — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 14:27:58 +0000

Meet Materials Instrumentation and Multimodal Imaging Core (MIMIC) FacilityDirector Adrian Gestos Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 11/05/2021 - 08:27

Adrian Gestos is the director of the Materials Instrumentation and Multimodal Imaging Core (MIMIC) Facility. Since joining the MIMIC team in October 2020, Gestos has been helping researchers solve problems with the facility’s state-of-the-art equipment, allowing scientists and engineers to characterize materials visually, mechanically and chemically, down to the submicron scale.

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CU �鶹ӰԺ researchers work to transfer the ‘technology’ of biology

Anonymous — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 14:31:42 +0000

CU �鶹ӰԺ researchers work to transfer the ‘technology’ of biology Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 11/01/2021 - 08:31

Several new faculty hires in CU Engineering have a deep interest in bio-inspired engineering.

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Webinar planned to showcase x-ray and electron microscopy facilities

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 14:17:29 +0000

Webinar planned to showcase x-ray and electron microscopy facilities Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 10/27/2021 - 08:17

The Colorado Shared Instrumentation in Nanofabrication and Characterization (COSINC) facility and the Materials Instrumentation and Multimodal Imaging Core (MIMIC) facility will host a joint virtual webinar from noon to 2 p.m. on Nov. 18 via Zoom.

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Faculty help launch Center for Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 15:07:24 +0000

Faculty help launch Center for Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 09/15/2021 - 09:07

CU �鶹ӰԺ 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.

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