An "artificial muscle" made, in part, from material designed for biodegradable grocery bags. (Credit: Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems)

Grad student helps design 鈥榓rtificial muscles鈥 you can toss in the compost bin

April 20, 2023

Think Baymax, the pillowy robot from the film Big Hero 6, mixed with a biodegradable grocery bag.

CU Hyperloop team competed in The Boring Company's 2023

CU Hyperloop takes home the Accuracy Award at the 2023 Not-a-Boring Competition

April 20, 2023

CU Hyperloop team competed in The Boring Company's 2023 Not-a-Boring Competition held in Bastrop, Texas on April 1, 2023. The competition challenged teams to come up with tunneling solutions and answer the question, 鈥淐an you beat the snail?鈥

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AI has social consequences, but who pays the price? Tech companies鈥 problem with 鈥榚thical debt鈥

April 19, 2023

As public concern about the ethical and social implications of artificial intelligence keeps growing, it might seem like it鈥檚 time to slow down. But inside tech companies themselves, the sentiment is quite the opposite says Casey Fiesler, an associate professor at the University of baby直播app Boulder.

Karl Linden and Ben Ma wearing safety glasses in the lab.

Study shows personal disinfection device safe for use in public spaces

April 19, 2023

Ben Ma, a postdoctoral researcher in environmental engineering, was the first author on a paper that confirmed the safety of a new portable, handheld disinfecting device. The device emits a wavelength of ultraviolet light that is safe for disinfecting public spaces.

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New materials research at CU Boulder will help develop high-efficiency solar cells

April 19, 2023

Researchers in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering Program have published new findings in Joule that could lead to the development of better hybrid lead halide perovskites 鈥 a class of materials proposed for use as low-cost, high-efficiency solar cells.

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ChBE seniors take home 25 percent of CEAS graduating student awards

April 18, 2023

Ten graduating seniors from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering earned Graduating Student Awards from the College of Engineering and Applied Science this year.

Bob Cabana

NASA Associate Administrator and former astronaut Bob Cabana to speak on campus

April 14, 2023

Cabana will speak at 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 19 in AERO 120.

Aniya Khalili

Faces of Engaged Scholarship: Aniya Khalili

April 14, 2023

PhD student Aniya Khalili discusses completing her PhD in mechanical engineering with a focus on indoor air quality and personal exposure.

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5 startups poised to make pitches a reality, thanks to annual New Venture Challenge

April 14, 2023

Teams from engineering were honored at the 16th annual New Venture Challenge (NVC) finals on April 12.

Albert Velasco Abadia wearing a lab coat in the lab

PhD student honored for shape-changing 鈥渟mart鈥 materials research

April 14, 2023

PhD Student Albert Velasco Abadia was awarded the prestigious Materials Research Society (MRS) Graduate Student Gold Award for his research in using biological catalysts 鈥 also known as enzymes 鈥 for triggering shape reconfigurations in liquid crystal network "smart" materials.

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