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An engineer’s guide to CU Boulder Next

Feb. 21, 2018

This Saturday, CU Boulder kicks off its first segment of CU Boulder Next in Los Angeles, and if you’re a scientist or engineer, you don’t want to miss it. CU Boulder Next is a first-of-its-kind event for our university that brings Chancellor Phil DiStefano and top faculty and students to eight cities to showcase the incredible research and education, artistic endeavors, and athletic feats happening on our campus – and the ones still to come. Think of it as TED Talks meets trade show mixed with one giant party.

Jill Tietjen (left) meets scholarship recipients at the college's 2017 scholarship dinner.

PBS to air profile of prominent CU supporter

Feb. 21, 2018

Tietjen has spent years doing her part to advocate for and recognize women, both in engineering and in fields like filmmaking. That advocacy, combined with her own professional accomplishments, earned her induction into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame in 2010. This month, the Hall of Fame is collaborating with Rocky Mountain PBS for a video series highlighting several of their inductees, including Tietjen.

William Frobe

William Frobe, MS Telecommunications'14

Feb. 20, 2018

I came to CU Boulder on the Army's Advanced Civilian Schooling scholarship program to obtain a Master's of Science in my telecommunications field. The other Army officer and I were almost inseparable during our time here.

Team celebrating after Slopesoakers competition.

Vote for engineering students in Red Bull contest

Feb. 20, 2018

I’ve taken my new love for Red Bull competitions as inspiration to also enter their “Red Bull Can You Make It 2018” challenge. My Colorado team, called “The Jabronies,” is competing to be selected to travel through Europe using nothing but our charm to barter Red Bull as our only currency.

Network illustration by Meredith Miotke for Quanta Magazine.

New computer science paper challenges a celebrated network science theory

Feb. 20, 2018

Results "undermine the universality of scale-free networks and reveal that real-world networks exhibit a rich structural diversity that will likely require new ideas and mechanisms to explain,” according to CU Boulder's Anna Broido and Aaron Clauset.

Selasi Etchey

Selasi Etchey, ElecEngr'20

Feb. 16, 2018

#ILookLikeAnEngineer Why did you choose CU Engineering? I've wanted to be an engineer since the 7th grade and CU Boulder has the best engineering school in the MST Time Zone. The school itself is really beautiful as well and I'm happy that I made the choice. What does the #ILookLikeAnEngineer...

Student preparing for egg drop

Engineering Week returns Feb. 19-23

Feb. 16, 2018

As the director of Engineering Week for the University of Colorado Engineering Council, I have the privilege of planning and organizing Engineering Week 2018 on Feb. 19–23.

Inclusive Pedagogy Corner: Using examples that resonate with students

Feb. 14, 2018

An inclusive classroom means that all students are engaged in the learning process, and this engagement can lead to better retention and better engineers. What better way to engage students than with examples that have relevance! For example, I still remember my fluid mechanics professor coming in spitting mad about...

A group shot of the Deming Center Venture Fund associates.

Be an Engineer AND a Venture Capitalist

Feb. 13, 2018

The Deming Center Venture Fund (DCVF) is ramping up recruitment efforts for the semester and looking for engineering graduate students interested in helping to fund early-stage startups in Boulder and surrounding communities. The DCVF is an unparalleled opportunity for graduate students to talk to local entrepreneurs, attend pitch events in...

Electronic skin

New malleable 'electronic skin' self-healable, recyclable

Feb. 12, 2018

CU Boulder researchers have developed a new type of malleable, self-healing and fully recyclable “electronic skin” that has applications ranging from robotics and prosthetic development to better biomedical devices.

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