John Holdren

Obama advisor kicks off Dean’s Speaker Series

May 1, 2018

Former Obama science and technology advisor John P. Holdren stopped by in November for the first edition of the Dean’s Speaker Series, sitting down for a chat with Bobby Braun in front of a packed house of more than 500 people in the Glenn Miller Ballroom.

Interdisciplinary Research Themes

May 1, 2018

Over the next several years, the college will be investing in six major interdisciplinary research themes.

Cross-disciplinary effort will make robots small, smart and efficient

May 1, 2018

Every day, it seems that robots are becoming more realistic-looking and capable, from Sophia, the humanoid robot that was granted citizenship in Saudi Arabia, to robots that can assist in surgeries. But for computer scientist Nikolaus Correll, robots are still missing something—they’re falling short of the complexity and elegance of...

Chemical powered car

¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ team advances to Chem-E-Car Nationals

April 30, 2018

The Chem-E-Car competition is an engineering design competition where teams build RC-car sized autonomous vehicles that are powered and controlled by analytically designed chemical reactions.

A student discussing her project with Expo attendees.

Engineering Projects Expo 2018 takes over Coors Events Center

April 28, 2018

Click for a Flickr Album of Expo Photos Lights flashed, buzzers rang and attendees watched with rapt attention at the home of ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ basketball – but with 143 teams in attendance, this was no basketball game. Welcome to the first ever ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ College of Engineering and...

A nuclear power plant

Study raises concerns for aging nuclear containment vessel structures

April 27, 2018

There are nearly 100 nuclear power plants across the United States, all of which rely on concrete containment vessels (NCVS) to provide the last layer of safety in case of accident. Some of these vessels exhibit serious signs of aging associated with a slow, but irreversible, degradation of concrete known...

Two students working on a cooler device for long term storage of medical supplies following natural disasters.

Expo: Senior designing for social good

April 26, 2018

Keats Dormont is making the world a better place through mechanical engineering. The ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ undergraduate student is part of a new senior design course within the Department of Mechanical Engineering that is transforming student projects into an avenue for positive change in the world. “This is an...

Alex Lubar reads the anemometer measurements while Wilson Hughes flies a drone at ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ South Campus.

Expo: Designing a UAV system that can outsmart a thunderstorm

April 26, 2018

Domino’s, UPS, Amazon, and the United States military are just a few examples of institutions interested in using drones as automated delivery systems for financial, logistical, and environmental reasons. Drones save on employee costs, and they utilize otherwise unused airspace. They are far greener than loading everything into a car...

A metal 3D printed object.

Expo: Next generation metal 3D printing

April 26, 2018

In the last several years, 3D printing has taken off as a convenient method to creating plastic parts. It has become a relatively cheap and quick way to rapidly prototype a design concept with potentially complex geometries before taking it to large scale production. If there was a way to...

The team with the project.

Expo: Senior design aims to boost wind turbine uptime

April 26, 2018

You don’t have to drive far on Colorado’s roads to notice a rapid growth in the renewable energy sector, resulting in wind farm and solar installations statewide. Since 2010, electricity from renewable sources has more than doubled in Colorado, growing to ~20% of the state’s power. As similar trends are...

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