Faculty
- Greg Rieker, associate professor of mechanical engineering and co-founder of LongPath Technologies, gathered with others on the CU Boulder campus to celebrate a $162.4 million loan package from the U.S. Department of Energy. The loan will help Rieker and LongPath expand methane detection using laser-based quantum devices that scan the atmosphere in real time.
- Assistant Professor Kaushik Jayaram鈥檚 Animal Inspired Movement and Robotics Laboratory recently won the IROS Best Paper Award on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics.
- The laser-based system now has the ability to capture moment-to-moment details of high-speed processes such as hypersonic propulsion and protein folding.
- The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has ranked the CU system 14th among the 鈥淭op 100鈥 institutions nationwide for recent patent activity.
- The designation positions Colorado to apply for and secure federal funding opportunities to advance the industry.
- Commercialization of innovations from the 西瓜视频 has had an $8 billion impact on the U.S. economy and a $5.2 billion impact on the Colorado economy 鈥 and the university doesn't plan to slow down anytime soon.
- AGEYE Technologies (AGEYE) is partnering with Professor Whiting at the University of Colorado at Boulder on an innovative project titled 鈥淣ovel Sensors for Efficient and Scalable Production of Indoor Crops.
- The ME Fall Festival, sponsored by the department鈥檚 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Working Group, celebrates the diversity of cultures within the department.
- The problem Afference has set out to solve with its Phantom glove is simple: How can we create synchronized tactile sensations with what the user sees visually?
- Director Mark Borden, who helped grow the program into a thriving community of interdisciplinary researchers and students since its inception in 2018, has passed off the reins to Professor Corey Neu.