middle schoolers at an outreach fair

Triple E Fair introduces 117 middle-schoolers to mechanical engineering

March 9, 2022

The Early Engineering Exposure Fair, organized by mechanical engineering graduate students, was comprised of 16 interactive exhibits to demonstrate diverse engineering fields such as air quality, wind energy, robotics and microfluids.

Kaushik Jayaram

Science documentary series features Kaushik Jayaram’s research

Feb. 17, 2022

A new documentary series looks at how nature can help humanity solve some of the world’s biggest problems, and one of the episodes features a Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering professor.

Graduate student conducts tests in lab

Seed grant opens research into future of construction materials, site tools

Feb. 15, 2022

Researchers at CU Boulder are developing an app that could reliably and quickly predict whether batches of concrete made at construction sites are safe. If successful, the work could usher in a new era of building that is faster, more cost effective and safe.

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The path one alumnus took from mechanical engineer to heart surgeon

Feb. 10, 2022

Michael Lewis took an interdisciplinary education to the next level. After graduating with a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering and working at Boeing for a year, he discovered another way to help people—through medicine.

Engineering building

Researchers explore intersections of language, education and artificial intelligence

Jan. 26, 2022

Researchers at CU Boulder are using artificial intelligence to develop digital models representing children who learn one language at home early in life and then begin learning another language in preschool.

interdisciplinary team of students

Students crowdfunding to design, build the green home of the future

Jan. 25, 2022

An interdisciplinary team of students is building a super energy-efficient home for a national competition, and they need your help to be successful.

Biomedical engineering graduates walk in procession

What’s next for the Biomedical Engineering Program’s first group of graduates

Jan. 20, 2022

The new alumni are already starting their careers to help improve the world of health care—from designing diagnostic equipment to developing technology for disease treatment.

Rajagopalan Balaji

Climate variability past and present with Rajagopalan Balaji

Jan. 12, 2022

Rajagopalan Balaji is changing the way we see climate change. Watch a video discussion about his research.

Alumnus Will Brown and his mother Connie Faye Brown

Alumnus Will Brown donates engineering scholarship in honor of his mother

Dec. 23, 2021

Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering alumnus Will Brown has established the Connie Faye Brown scholarship to benefit mechanical, chemical and electrical engineering students.

 Instrument built by graduate student Ryan Cole

Researchers replicate climates of exoplanets to help find extraterrestrial life

Dec. 23, 2021

Professor Greg Rieker and Ryan Cole have developed an experiment that recreates the climates of planets beyond our solar system right in the lab. By reaching the same high-temperature and high-pressure conditions found on many exoplanets, the instrument can map their atmospheres, which could help humanity detect life outside our solar system.

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