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Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder researchers Peter Hamlington and Greg Rieker are using experiments and computations in a new sloping wind tunnel to study how Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ form and move across different landscapes, applying cutting edge research tools.
The 2019-20 academic year brings 12 new faculty members to the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder.
Twenty-eight mechanical engineering students are beginning their engineering education in Gunnison, Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ, part of a new partnership program between Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder and Western Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ University.
The fifth annual Rocky Mountain Fluid Mechanics Research Symposium was at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder, co-hosted by Associate Professor Peter Hamlington. The event featured researchers, faculty and students from regional universities and research labs.
Five of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder's undergraduate engineering programs are ranked in the top 20 for 2020 according to the U.S. News & World Report. The Department of Mechanical Engineering improved by one from 2019 and is now ranked No. 15 among public universities.
CeramicSpeed efficiency and shifting mechanisms were born out of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ mechanical engineering capstone design. The hard work of students helped bring success to CeramicSpeed at Eurobike two years in a row.
Senior Professional Research Associate Daniel Knight and Professor Michael Hannigan's AQIQ project is one of the 34 faculty-led projects that have been selected to receive Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder Outreach Awards for 2019–20.
A creator of color-changing tattoo inks and shape-shifting molecular machines, chemist/artist Carson Bruns uses nanoscience to invent new materials and technologies.
Adrienne is a fourth-year PhD student who explores how cells in the human body sense and respond to their mechanical environment and uses this information to better design tissue engineering techniques.
This year’s incoming class includes 121 new undergraduate students, 28 new transfer students, 45 MS students and 38 MS students joining the ME department from across the nation and world. Students are excited about hands-on learning, professional development opportunities and joining a collaborative community of mechanical engineers at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder.