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Boyd part of system wide National Security Advisory Group

May 11, 2020

President Mark Kennedy has convened faculty experts from all four campuses 鈥 including Professor Iain Boyd 鈥 for a new National Security Advisory Group.

Professor Iain Boyd

Research will create important data in field of hypersonics

May 11, 2020

Professor Iain Boyd is hoping new materials research funding from the U.S. Navy will lead to better understanding and management of heat transfer in hypersonic vehicles through the use of ultra-high-temperature ceramics.

Zayna Pieper

Outstanding Undergraduate winner 鈥榓 force to be reckoned with鈥

May 8, 2020

The definition of hard work and effort. A team player. Gave 100% to every moment of the class. That鈥檚 how Zayna Pieper鈥檚 classmates in her sophomore engineering projects class described her. And she maintained that reputation for the remainder of her undergraduate career, earning her an Outstanding Undergraduate Award from...

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Where technology meets mindfulness

May 8, 2020

TAM graduate Jolie Klefeker's research explores fibercraft and sound. Jolie Klefeker wonders if technology could help us slow down. 鈥淗ow could we use technology 鈥 to think more critically, have more fun, to feel a little happier or more mindful through our day?鈥 she asks. It might seem strange that,...

Regan Gage

Engineering a Medical Career

May 8, 2020

Architectural engineering alumna finds her light as an OB-GYN Ragan Gage, right, at East Cascade Women's Group in Bend, Ore. I was really good at cardiology, and you could say, in a way, it's similar to electrical systems for buildings but it's involving a body. Regan Gage thought she would...

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鈥楢n exceptional scholar among exceptional scholars鈥

May 7, 2020

Applied math major Ellen Considine recognized with college's Outstanding Undergraduate Award.

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Academia Meets Activism

May 7, 2020

Student group tackles antimicrobial resistance Antimicrobial resistance鈥攖he ability of bacteria, viruses and fungi to adapt to common remedies, leading to increasingly difficult-to-treat superbugs鈥攔epresents a looming threat to global health. In labs at CU Boulder and around the world, researchers are exploring strategies for revamping antibiotics to work in the face...

Marina Nieto Caballero and Eddie Fuques Villalba prepare to assess the infection potential of murine coronavirus in CU Boulder lab

Environmental engineering researchers study airborne coronavirus disinfection

May 7, 2020

An environmental engineering research team led by Professor Mark Hernandez has been chosen to study the fate of airborne coronavirus indoors.

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New research to examine role of mentoring in STEM majors鈥 retention

May 6, 2020

Professor Angela Bielefeldt is starting a new research project that examines how mentoring and identity relate to retention among STEM majors in college. The work is funded by CU鈥檚 Research & Innovation Office Seed Grant program and is in partnership with the School of Education.

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Special Delivery

May 1, 2020

Researchers exploring ways to make drug delivery safer and more effective By looking at health problems through an engineering lens, CU Engineering researchers are creating ways to make drug therapy delivery safer and more effective. By working across departments, disciplines and research units, our engineers are innovating solutions for the...

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