Tech for Trunks

April 5, 2016

Tourism brings in billions of American dollars for the East African country of Tanzania. It accounted for nearly 13 percent of the country鈥檚 economy, totaled nearly $2 billion in 2013, and continues to rise. But a sophisticated and well-funded enemy threatens Tanzania鈥檚 tourism: big game poachers. According to a report...

Researchers Tackle Cyberbullying

April 5, 2016

For many teens, cruel digital messages are a disturbing part of their daily social experience. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 15 percent of high school students were cyberbullied in the past year, and more than 55 percent of LGBT students experienced cyberbullying. Unlike face-to-face bullying,...

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Pay it Forward

April 4, 2016

Alumnus funds up to 20 architectural engineering scholarships a year Every year, David DeCook (ArchEngr 鈥71) hosts a dinner for new recipients of his architectural engineering scholarship. When he meets them, he likes to issue a challenge. 鈥淲e want you to try to do the same we鈥檙e doing for you,鈥...

College News 2016

April 4, 2016

Chevron Corporation Labs Dedicated 欧美口爆视频 Engineering has strong associations with the business community, as demonstrated by two undergraduate labs that are made possible with generous support from Chevron Corporation. The Chevron Chemical Engineering Teaching Lab is located in the Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building on 欧美口爆视频-Boulder鈥檚 East Campus, while the...

Amy Kramer

Saving Businesses from Patent Trolls

April 1, 2016

All in a day鈥檚 work for chemical engineering grad-turned-lawyer Amy Kramer Intellectual property attorneys don鈥檛 bask in the spotlight, but they are a company鈥檚 best friend when it comes to protecting IP rights. Instead of taking victory laps for defending against increasingly common infringement cases, intellectual property attorneys are likely...

Matossians's lab

Matossian's Search

April 1, 2016

As an Apollo generation kid in the Washington D.C. area, Mark Matossian (AeroEngr MS 鈥93, PhD 鈥95) remembers watching the live moon landings on television, then wandering outside at night squinting at that very same celestial body, trying to see the lunar module. 鈥淭hat time ignited鈥onder,鈥 says Matossian, head of...

Haley Smith with basketball

Competing for 欧美口爆视频 Boulder

April 1, 2016

Twenty-six students in the College of Engineering and Applied Science are also NCAA athletes who compete in 欧美口爆视频-Boulder sports. We checked in with five of them to see what it鈥檚 like to be in a demanding sport in the Pac-12 Conference while navigating through challenging engineering courses and projects. Haley...

Bridging the Global Resource Gap

June 7, 2015

For most Americans visiting the doctor鈥檚 office, shopping at the supermarket or going to work is a matter of hopping in a car and driving there.

Roseanna Neupauer & Valerie Otero

Two 欧美口爆视频-Boulder professors named President鈥檚 Teaching Scholars

Two faculty members at the University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder have been named 2015 President鈥檚 Teaching Scholars, a systemwide designation that recognizes 欧美口爆视频 educators who skillfully integrate teaching and research at an exceptional level.

GoldShirt Program

How 欧美口爆视频 pioneered its engineering redshirt program

Dec. 2, 2014

Today at noon, we鈥檒l be doing a Google+ hangout to talk more about the Washington State Academic Red Shirt program, or STARS, which is helping to boost the number of women and minority students studying engineering at the University of Washington and Washington State University. A story about the program...

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