Phillip Vo

Phillip Vo, ChemBio'20

Feb. 2, 2018

#ILookLikeAnEngineer Why did you choose engineering at CU Boulder? The GoldShirt program and the BOLD Center. Coming from a small high school, I didn't have the opportunity to take rigorous math and science courses to the extent that some of my current peers have. Instead, I would spend a few...

Max Armstrong fits an individual with a prosthetic leg

Enter NatGeo's Chasing Genius competition

Feb. 2, 2018

National Geographic just launched its 2018 Chasing Genius challenge, a competition offering $25,000 to turn an innovative idea into reality. Participants submit a one-minute video describing their idea, the problem it addresses and the solution it provides. The videos are evaluated on innovation, creativity, viability and inspiration, and the finalists...

An aerial shot shows severe devastation in Texas caused by Hurricane Harvey. Credit/U.S. Department of Defense

Building to withstand disasters pays off big, study shows

Feb. 2, 2018

For every dollar the government spends to make existing buildings more resistant to wildfires, earthquakes, floods and hurricanes, $6 is saved in property losses, business interruption and health problems, according to a new study led by Professor Keith Porter of civil, environmental and architectural engineering.

Prospective transfer students on tour

Growing access: Expanding engineering pathways through Colorado鈥檚 community colleges

Feb. 1, 2018

Prospective transfer students tour the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory at CU Engineering. This year, CU Engineering welcomed the largest number of transfer students from Colorado community colleges ever. In total, 562 students joined our engineering degree programs via transfer this academic year. This is no accident. Dean Bobby Braun...

Female student at mentoring event

Ball 'sisters' mentor CU Engineering women

Jan. 26, 2018

Dozens of professional women engineers are now serving as sounding boards, cheerleaders and industry contacts for women CU Engineering students as part of a new pilot program with Ball Corporation. The 鈥淏all Sisters鈥 program continues a long tradition of partnership between the Colorado-based company (and its philanthropic arm, The Ball...

Katie McQuie

#ILookLikeAnEngineer: Katie McQuie, EnvEngr'18

Jan. 26, 2018

#ILookLikeAnEngineer Why did you choose engineering at CU Boulder? I've always liked learning how things work through math and science. I am also passionate about preserving our environment and public health. When I heard I could combine those two interests into environmental engineering, it seemed like the program for me!...

Students from the winning teams with oversized prize checks.

CU Boulder aerospace team aces International Student Competition

Jan. 26, 2018

Aaron McCusker (center, in polo shirt) holds high an oversized prize check for Team REPTAR winning first place in the International Student Competition team division. University of Colorado Boulder aerospace senior design Team REPTAR has earned first place in the 2018 American Institute of Aeronautics and Aerospace International Student Competition...

CMU President Tim Foster, CU Boulder Dean of Engineering Bobby Braun and U.S Representative Scott Tipton at the ribbon cutting for CMU's Confluence Hall

CMU, CU Engineering partnership expanding to include electrical & computer degree

Jan. 25, 2018

Students enrolled in the partnership programs receive instruction from Colorado Mesa University faculty the first two years and from CU faculty the last two years. All instruction is delivered at CMU.

The NASA BIG Idea Challenge logo.

Building a winning NASA BIG Idea Challenge team

Jan. 22, 2018

Deciding to enter the NASA Big Idea Challenge was one of the last things I would have expected to do in the fall 2017. The solicitation came in an email where it was announced NASA was seeking groups of undergraduate and graduate students to submit proposals for the design of...

The team with professor Kyri Baker.

CU Boulder team finalists in NASA Mars competition

Jan. 22, 2018

The team with professor Kyri Baker (center). Wanted: college students to help NASA get to Mars. No prior Martian experience necessary. The space agency is turning to an unlikely resource in its quest to conquer the red planet, and University of Colorado Boulder students are answering the call. It is...

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