2021
- Several new faculty hires in Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Engineering have a deep interest in bio-inspired engineering.
- The Department of Mechanical Engineering’s Fall Festival highlights the holidays and observances that various groups recognize during the fall season. Students, faculty and staff joined to share their own traditions.
- Will Edgar, the first recipient of the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Mechanical Engineering Student/Tuck Bridge Scholarship, has always had a knack for mechanical engineering. It is now complemented by a solid understanding of business thanks to the generosity of a fellow Buff.
- The Materials Instrumentation and Multimodal Imaging Core (MIMIC) and the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Shared Instrumentation in Nanofabrication and Characterization (COSINC) facility will host a joint virtual webinar from noon to 2 p.m. on Nov. 18 via Zoom.
- Researchers in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering received 118 research awards in 2020, totaling more than $19.5 million.
- ME Professor Peter Hamlington is set to speak about the structure and dynamics of buoyant jets and plumes on Friday, Oct. 29.
- ME Alumni Connect Day 2021 was a success thanks to the nearly 40 alumni who attended and up to 500 students they engaged with. Students connected with alumni over lunch, during class panels and while participating in mock interviews.
- After a year when the nation experienced a shortage of mechanical ventilators to help treat patients with severe COVID-19 complications, Professor Mark Borden's company Respirogen presents another treatment option: oxygen microbubbles.
- The University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder has welcomed students back to campus for fall 2021, allowing ME faculty to bring back traditional hands-on labs and classes for the first time in nearly two years.
- Two Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering alumni are among the leaders of Respirogen, a company that has developed oxygen microbubbles to treat patients suffering from Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).