Students

  • Nicollette Laroco
    Environmental engineering PhD student Nicollette Laroco was recognized for her research on energy recovery from wastewater, particularly renewable natural gas, with Professor Mark Hernandez.
  • Martian landscape with habitat rendering
    A University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder team is a finalist in a NASA competition to design a greenhouse for use on Mars. The annual NASA BIG Idea Challenge is set for April 23-24 in Hampton, Virginia; it calls on student groups at universities across the country to develop solutions to tough space problems.
  • Physics lab equipment
    The National Science Foundation has awarded prestigious Graduate Research Fellowships to Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder students, paving the way for them to continue their innovative and impactful research on campus. The awards, announced on April 9, recognize outstanding graduate students from across the country in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. The 2,050 nationwide winners were selected from thousands of applicants across the country.
  • The three Global Engineering Award winners pose with Mortenson Center staff and the college's dean, Bobby Braun.
    The Mortenson Center surprised its founding director, Distinguished Professor Bernard Amadei, with the Global Engineering Humanitarian Award during the event.
  • Microscope with multiple viewpoints on a green background.
    The Discovery Learning Apprenticeship Program will hold an open symposium from 2-4 p.m. Friday in the engineering center lobby.
  • erika.bailon
    #ILookLikeAnEngineerWhy did you choose engineering at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder?I chose the engineering program at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder because the day I came for a campus tour, it just felt right. I fell in love with the campus, and the environment. In addition, the
  • Volunteers standing in rows for a group picture
    Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Engineering joined forces with Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ State University to host more than 300 engineering students from across the nationk for the Engineering Leadership Summit. Building community was key concern among all attendees.
  • Tim Visos-Ely holds a giant check after winning the New Venture Challenge
    When his grandma took a devastating fall using a walker, Timothy Visos-Ely channeled his love and concern into a brilliant idea: digitally enhanced walkers that would help seniors correct user errors before they result in dangerous mishaps.

    The Stride Tech team won the 2019 New Venture Challenge (NVC) and walked out of the Boulder Theater with $100,000 toward their invention and the opportunity to hobnob with venture capitalists, business leaders and more. Stride Tech was one of two undergraduate teams in the NVC finals, Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder’s premier entrepreneurial startup competition, after emerging as the winner of the hardware track.
  • A student demonstrates his project during the 2018 expo.
    The Buffs athletic teams will have to take a rest day on April 26 – the engineers are taking over.The second-annual Engineering Projects Expo will be setting up shop in the Indoor Practice Facility next to Folsom Stadium. The
  • AQIQ Team and Teachers
    When high school students from rural Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ research air quality as it relates to the things that interest them most, the result is enthusiastic students and one-of-a-kind projects. Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder’s Air Quality Inquiry project, supported by a Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder Outreach Award, pairs students with undergraduate mentors.
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