Moncef Krarti

Moncef Krarti wins Fulbright to explore cultural influences on smart technology adoption

June 16, 2023

With growing concerns about climate change, a number of “smart” technologies have emerged to reduce energy consumption and decrease reliance on fossil fuels. While most engineers tend to focus on the technology, Professor Moncef Krarti researches the acceptance of it.

Balaji Rajagopalan

Unlocking the monsoon mystery and its impact on society

June 14, 2023

Balaji Rajagopalan grew up in a small railroad town near Hyderabad, India, in a home without running water. Now a professor of civil engineering and an expert in hydrology, climatology and water resources, Rajagopalan was recently honored with a Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellowship and an opportunity to make a difference in his native country.

Campus building framed by green trees in the summer

28 engineering students earn major NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

June 5, 2023

Twenty-eight CU Boulder engineering students have earned National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships for 2023.

A fleet of electric vehicles being charged simultaneously.

Postdoc leads research into decarbonization of transportation sector

June 5, 2023

A paper recently submitted to Nature Scientific Reports explores a scenario in which a 100%-electrified fleet of vehicles must attend to both ride requests submitted by customers and charging requests sent by a utility company during a period of high renewable energy generation.

Brad Wham and his team in Turkey

Brad Wham shares key findings from post-earthquake reconnaissance in Turkey

May 9, 2023

Brad Wham, an assistant research professor, was a member of one of the three Learning From Earthquakes reconnaissance teams that traveled to Turkey in March. The team specifically looked at lifeline systems including energy, transportation, water and wastewater.

17-year-old CU Boulder graduate Brian Tan

‘Powerhouse’ computer science student set to graduate at 17

May 4, 2023

Brian Tan taught himself calculus at 13, took the SAT at 14, got a GED at 16 and got his associate's degree in computer science in the same year. Tan is young, but it is also his contributions to his classes and research groups on which his collaborators and mentors remark.

Some student members from the 2023 team pose during the Solar Decathlon Competition

CU Boulder team takes top engineering prize with community housing project

April 27, 2023

An affordable, net-zero energy home designed by CU Boulder students was honored as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2023 Solar Decathlon Build Challenge. The home is part of a partnership between the university, Flatirons Habitat for Humanity and the city of Boulder.

Biotech building on East Campus

Chemical and biological engineering seniors win graduating student awards

April 21, 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.

Researcher holding the UV device used in the study

Study shows personal disinfection device safe for use in public spaces

April 19, 2023

Imagine carrying a UV device in your backpack and pulling it out to disinfect your bus seat or restaurant table. A new CU Boulder study shows that using a technology called Far UV-C kills almost 100% of pathogens within a few seconds, without risk to human bystanders.

Albert Velasco Abadia

Doctoral student honored for shape-changing ‘smart’ materials research

April 19, 2023

Albert Velasco Abadia was awarded the prestigious Materials Research Society Graduate Student Gold Award for his research using biological catalysts—also known as enzymes—for triggering shape reconfigurations in liquid crystal network “smart” materials.

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