CU Innovators News /venturepartners/ en ​New technology turns waste heat into electricity, defies physical limit /venturepartners/2025/02/17/external-news/new-technology-turns-waste-heat-electricity-defies-physical-limit ​New technology turns waste heat into electricity, defies physical limit Daniel Corbin … Mon, 02/17/2025 - 12:51 Categories: CU Innovators News CU Technology and Discovery News Climate, Energy & Sustainability CU Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Science—A team of engineers and material scientists in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering at CU Boulder has developed a new technology to turn thermal radiation into electricity in a way that literally teases the basic law of thermal physics. window.location.href = `/mechanical/new-technology-waste-heat-electricity-defies-physical-limit`;

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Grad student innovators among winners of Lab Venture Challenge /venturepartners/2025/02/07/external-news/grad-student-innovators-among-winners-lab-venture-challenge Grad student innovators among winners of Lab Venture Challenge Daniel Corbin … Fri, 02/07/2025 - 14:54 Categories: CU Innovators News CU Boulder Graduate School—Since its inception, the Lab Venture Challenge has funded more than 117 projects through 64 new companies that provide technology solutions to scientific or engineering challenges, or deep-tech start-ups. In turn, these companies have raised over $349 million to date in follow-on financing. window.location.href = `/graduateschool/2025/02/07/grad-student-innovators-among-winners-lab-venture-challenge`;

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Wil Srubar’s lab is full of living materials /venturepartners/2025/02/03/wil-srubars-lab-full-living-materials Wil Srubar’s lab is full of living materials Daniel Corbin … Mon, 02/03/2025 - 13:59 Categories: Advanced Materials CU Innovators News Climate, Energy & Sustainability Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN)—A structural engineer, Wil Srubar (CU Boulder Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering) recruits biologists, chemists, physicists, materials scientists, and a host of engineers to his lab, where they design biomimetic building materials. window.location.href = `https://cen.acs.org/materials/Wil-Srubars-lab-full-living/103/i3`;

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Venture Partners annual report highlights a record year for innovation /venturepartners/2025/01/09/internal-news/venture-partners-annual-report-highlights-record-year-innovation Venture Partners annual report highlights a record year for innovation Daniel Corbin … Thu, 01/09/2025 - 06:06 Categories: Biosciences CU Innovators News CU Startup News CU Technology and Discovery News Climate, Energy & Sustainability Hardware & Instrumentation Quantum & Photonics Venture Partners News FY 2023-24 was another tremendous year for innovation and entrepreneurship at the CU. University researchers, inventors and creators began working with Venture Partners at CU Boulder to advance 144 breakthrough innovations, and 36 CU startups were launched through Venture Partners based on campus discoveries. window.location.href = `/venturepartners/about/reports/current-annual-report`;

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A vaccine against weight gain? It’s on the horizon /venturepartners/2025/01/07/external-news/vaccine-against-weight-gain-its-horizon A vaccine against weight gain? It’s on the horizon Daniel Corbin … Tue, 01/07/2025 - 11:53 Categories: Biosciences CU Innovators News CU Technology and Discovery News New CU Boulder research suggests a surprising tool that could help with weight loss: Exposure to beneficial bacteria. With assistance from Venture Partners, a new startup Kioga will pursue new microbe-based ingredients for preventing weight gain and promoting health. window.location.href = `/today/2025/01/07/vaccine-against-weight-gain-its-horizon`;

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Former CU Boulder professor awarded National Medal of Technology and Innovation /venturepartners/2025/01/06/external-news/former-cu-boulder-professor-awarded-national-medal-technology-and-innovation Former CU Boulder professor awarded National Medal of Technology and Innovation Daniel Corbin … Mon, 01/06/2025 - 12:00 Categories: CU Innovators News Daily Camera—President Joe Biden awarded former CU Boulder professor Kristina Johnson with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation on Friday. Johnson’s research has led to 46 U.S. patents. Her optics inventions have enabled HDTV and modern 3D movies, which have been used in 25,000 theaters around the world and viewed by hundreds of millions of people. window.location.href = `https://www.dailycamera.com/2025/01/06/former-cu-boulder-professor-awarded-national-medal-of-technology-and-innovation/`;

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Rising Startup Stars: Sristy Agrawal, co-founder and CEO of Mesa Quantum /venturepartners/2024/12/23/external-news/rising-startup-stars-sristy-agrawal-co-founder-and-ceo-mesa-quantum Rising Startup Stars: Sristy Agrawal, co-founder and CEO of Mesa Quantum Daniel Corbin … Mon, 12/23/2024 - 11:46 Categories: CU Innovators News CU Startup News Quantum & Photonics babyֱappBiz—Agrawal, 29, moved from India to babyֱapp to study quantum computation at CU in 2019. “Boulder, in general, has the most thriving quantum ecosystem in the world,” she says. The overwhelming focus on quantum computing, however, paved the way for Agrawal to co-found CU Boulder Startup Mesa Quantum with Wale Lawal in early 2024. window.location.href = `https://coloradobiz.com/rising-startup-stars/`;

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Innovative Wind Turbine Control Earns Lucy Pao Prestigious IEEE Award /venturepartners/2024/12/19/innovative-wind-turbine-control-earns-lucy-pao-prestigious-ieee-award Innovative Wind Turbine Control Earns Lucy Pao Prestigious IEEE Award Daniel Corbin … Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:46 Categories: CU Innovators News CU Technology and Discovery News Climate, Energy & Sustainability Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute—Model Predictive Control (MPC) is an established control technique that is popular in the general control systems community. The MPC approach could have significant impacts on how wind turbines are controlled, not only improving their efficiency, but also reducing structural stress on the turbines and extending their lifetimes. window.location.href = `/rasei/2024/12/19/innovative-wind-turbine-control-earns-lucy-pao-prestigious-ieee-award`;

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Kristi Anseth recognized with international VinFuture Prize for Women Innovators /venturepartners/2024/12/06/external-news/kristi-anseth-recognized-international-vinfuture-prize-women-innovators Kristi Anseth recognized with international VinFuture Prize for Women Innovators Daniel Corbin … Fri, 12/06/2024 - 11:17 Categories: CU Innovators News CU Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Science—Kristi Anseth, a Distinguished Professor and Tisone Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been awarded the prestigious VinFuture Special Prize for Women Innovators in recognition of her pioneering research in tissue engineering. Winners were selected from nearly 1,500 scientific nominations spanning more than 80 countries and territories worldwide. window.location.href = `/chbe/2024/12/06/kristi-anseth-recognized-international-vinfuture-prize-women-innovators`;

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CU Engineering advances innovation through startup success /venturepartners/2024/12/02/external-news/cu-engineering-advances-innovation-through-startup-success CU Engineering advances innovation through startup success Daniel Corbin … Mon, 12/02/2024 - 11:37 Categories: Advanced Materials Aerospace Biosciences CU Innovators News CU Technology and Discovery News Climate, Energy & Sustainability CU Boulder College of Engineering & Applied Science—The College of Engineering and Applied Science continues to establish itself as a leader in innovation, with 22 startups emerging from its research labs in the past fiscal year. This achievement reflects the college's commitment to translating transformative research into solutions that address real-world challenges. window.location.href = `/engineering/record-cuengineering-startups`;

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