Faculty
- New research from Professor Robert Garcea of the BioFrontiers Institute and Gillespie Professor Theodore Randolph of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering is showing encouraging results in stabilizing vaccines and circumventing the refrigeration requirement, earning an additional $1.2 million in grant funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
- Distinguished Professor Zoya Popovic recently returned from Spain, having lived there as part of a Chair of Excellence Program with the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M).
- The National Academy of Engineering has officially elected Ann and H.J. Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences professor Penina Axelrad as a new member.Election to the prestigious academy is among the highest professional distinctions bestowed upon an
- Impact in the classroom. Diversity of minds and resources. Leadership training. Building community. These are some of the reasons that the 2019 ACTIVE participants gathered at CU 51传媒 College of Engineering and Applied Science this week.
- CU Engineering had another record-breaking year for research funding in the college with $108 million in fiscal year 2019. This is the highest total ever for the college and the second year in a row when awards were above $100M.
- Researchers at CU 51传媒 are using experiments and computations in a new sloping wind tunnel to study how wildfires form and move across different landscapes; applying cutting edge research tools to understand an old problem that Colorado has become quite familiar with in recent years.
- A new paper in Nature Photonics from researchers at CU 51传媒 details impressive improvements in the ability to control the propagation and interaction of light in complex media such as tissue 鈥 an area with many potential applications in the medical field.
- Professor Keith Molenaar presented research confirming the benefits of the 鈥渄esign-build鈥 delivery system at the Construction Industry Institute鈥檚 Annual Conference this month in San Diego, California.
- Luis Zea is investigating the possibility of mining metals from asteroids in space using an unlikely agent: bacteria.It may sound like science fiction, but so-called biomining is already a reality on Earth. Now, Zea, and his co-investigator Jesse
- Researchers at CU 51传媒 have developed a new technique that can study friction between soft materials like those inside the body, paving the way for improvements to medical devices used by millions each year.