An aerial view of the Engineering Center, with the Flatirons in the distance

Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Engineering ranked as a top 5 aerospace program, top 20 overall

Sept. 23, 2024

Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science maintained a top 20 spot in U.S. News and World Report’s Best Undergraduate Engineering rankings, coming in at No. 17 among its public institution peers for the third year in a row.

Hispanic Heritage Month 2024

Celebrating our Hispanic community members

Sept. 23, 2024

Each year, from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, we observe National Hispanic Heritage Month by celebrating the cultures, contributions and honoring the histories of Hispanic and Latino Americans whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.

Michael Gooseff

Michael Gooseff elected as an AGU Fellow

Sept. 19, 2024

Michael Gooseff has been elected as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the union announced on Wednesday. AGU, the world's largest Earth and space science association, bestows the honor annually on a select number of individuals who have made exceptional contributions in their fields.

Testing of Li-ion batteries coin cell cathode materials  for self-discharge durability.

Discovery could lead to longer-lasting EV batteries, hasten energy transition

Sept. 12, 2024

Batteries degrade over time, which is why older phones lose power faster. An international team led by Professor Mike Toney has uncovered the cause of this degradation, paving the way for improved batteries that could extend the range of electric vehicles and advance clean energy storage.

A Black man and two children work on an electrical engineering project

Leeker will use NSF grant to promote participation of Black families in STEM

Sept. 9, 2024

Her project is focused on creating informal learning resources, including video workshops for caregivers, easy-to-use engineering activities, public dissemination of research results, and professional networks of STEM educators.

Zach Sunberg

Professor earns two major grants to advance AI for autonomous systems

Sept. 6, 2024

Zach Sunberg’s research developing better artificial intelligence systems is getting a major boost from two federal grant awards. Sunberg is receiving a $599,000, five-year CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation and is a partner on a related $4 million multi-university initiative from the U.S. Office of Naval Research. Both...

Closeup of blooming sunflowers

Why do plants wiggle? New study provides answers

Aug. 15, 2024

In a new study, researchers from the United States and Israel — including Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder computer scientist Orit Peleg — may have gotten to the bottom of a quirky behavior of growing plants and a mystery that intrigued Charles Darwin during the later decades of his life.

Theodora Chaspari

AI for mental health screening may carry biases based on gender, race

Aug. 5, 2024

Some artificial intelligence tools for health care may get confused by the ways people of different genders and races talk, according to a new study led by Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder computer scientist Theodora Chaspari.

Matt Davidson, a research associate in the Burdick Lab, shows off a 3D-printed material that could be used for a variety of medical applications.

A Band-Aid for the heart? New 3D printing method makes this, and much more, possible

Aug. 2, 2024

A Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder-led team, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, has developed a new 3D printing method for creating material that is elastic enough to withstand a heart’s persistent beating, tough enough to endure the crushing load placed on joints and easily shapable to fit a patient’s unique defects.

Marsha Ivins (AeroEngr'73)

Retired astronaut Marsha Ivins reflects on her time in space

July 16, 2024

Marsha Ivins (AeroEngr’73) is a retired astronaut who has participated in five missions to space. Over the course of her career, Ivins spent a total of 55 days in space handling various responsibilities, from monitoring systems as a flight engineer to managing photography.

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