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How to land an internship: Tips from the Society of Women Engineers

Oct. 29, 2024

Looking for tips on landing an internship in any industry? Look no further! The Society of Women Engineers’ leadership board members—many of whom have completed internships themselves—provided helpful tips to help you get started.

Kian Lopez and Anthony Straub in the lab

Using nanoscale membranes to clean water on the moon

Oct. 17, 2024

Anthony Straub is making major advances in water purification technology for industry and human consumption on Earth and in space thanks to a new NASA grant.

Abbie Liel

CU Â鶹ӰԺ partners with Notre Dame to improve housing resilience

Oct. 8, 2024

Two longtime friends, CU Â鶹ӰԺ’s Abbie Liel and Notre Dame’s Susan Ostermann, are leading a study on resilient housing in disaster-prone areas including Maui, Alaska and Puerto Rico. Their research combines Liel’s expertise in structural engineering with Ostermann’s background in political science and law.

Anthony Storm working at NASA’s Johnson Space Center

My landlord is in space: Life as a NASA intern

Oct. 7, 2024

Junior Anthony Storm is hard at work at NASA’s Johnson Space Center as an intern, developing plans for upcoming tests that will support astronauts in future missions.

female engineering doctoral student

CU Engineering welcomes largest doctoral class in college history

Sept. 25, 2024

CU Â鶹ӰԺ’s College of Engineering and Applied Science welcomed its largest-ever cohort of doctoral students in 2024, with a 25% rise in doctoral enrollment year-over-year.

Engineering building

Research breakthrough could boost clean energy production

Sept. 19, 2024

Professor Hendrik Heinz and his CU Â鶹ӰԺ team, along with collaborators from the University of California, Los Angeles, achieved a breakthrough that could boost clean energy production.

Orit Peleg with bees

Orit Peleg selected as a 2024 Schmidt Science Polymath

Sept. 11, 2024

Orit Peleg will receive a total of up to $2.5 million over five years to pursue the origins of animal communication and how it influences the group cognition of social animals.

Jules Fischer-White

Student designing greener buildings and a better future

Sept. 10, 2024

Jules Fischer-White, a student in CU Â鶹ӰԺ's environmental engineering graduate program, is helping Americans build better green homes as a modeling engineer at Emu Passive Inc.

Jessica Rush Leeker

Developing pathways for Black families to engage in engineering practices

Sept. 9, 2024

Jessica Rush Leeker has received a $2 million National Science Foundation grant to advance her research on creating learning resources that promote the participation of Black families in engineering.

Wil Srubar

Wil Srubar named associate dean for innovation and entrepreneurship

Sept. 5, 2024

Deming Associate Dean for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Wil Srubar—the first to hold the position—will focus on fostering innovation by offering education, mentorship and resources to faculty, postdocs and graduate students to drive the commercialization of intellectual property.

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