Top Highlights 2021

Top 10 Highlights of 2021

Dec. 7, 2021

Looking back, 2021 has proven to be a year of strength and resilience. Even with the challenges COVID has presented, our community has continued – and will continue – to break barriers, prevail against all odds, and more importantly, excel in what we do best: engineering. We gathered our top...

Maddie Karr: "Brilliance to Brilliance"

Dec. 3, 2021

Environmental engineering major Maddie Karr, the designer of a new mural that will hang in the Engineering Center lobby, shares the inspiration behind her design. Each individual has their own unique background, identity and experiences. The intersectionality between race, gender, sexual orientation, religion and more is what brings diversity. These...

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Nuclear deformation research could advance artificial tissue engineering

Dec. 3, 2021

Biomedical Engineering Professor Corey Neu and Benjamin Seelbinder's (PhDMech’19) work, now published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, looks at how cells adapt to their environment and how a mechanical environment influences a cell. Their research has the potential to tackle major health obstacles.

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Top Video Highlights of 2021

Looking back, 2021 has proven to be a year of strength and resilience. Even with the challenges we’ve faced, our community has continued – and will continue – to break barriers, persevere, and most importantly, excel in what we do best: engineering.

Diane McKnight in Antarctica

McKnight named a CU Distinguished Professor

Dec. 3, 2021

Diane McKnight is being recognized with the highest honor bestowed upon faculty in the University of Colorado system: Distinguished Professor, which is awarded to faculty for exemplary performance in research, teaching, and service. A professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering; the Environmental Engineering Program; and the...

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Grad heads research into ground improvement technique ahead of earthquakes

Dec. 2, 2021

Juan Carlos Tiznado (PhDCivEngr’20) is the lead author on a new paper in the Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering that helps engineers better understand and predict the “liquefaction” hazard during earthquakes and more reliably mitigate it.

A few FAQs on Faculty Course Questionnaires

Nov. 29, 2021

The open period for responding to Faculty Course Questionnaire is Nov. 29 to Dec. 6. So what exactly are FCQs, and why are they important? Here's a closer look at what you need to know about these vital evaluation tools. What is the purpose of Faculty Course Questionnaires (FCQs)? As...

Waelde looks on as Srivastava speaks during a celebration to dedicate the Engineering Center lobby in their names in honor of the formation of their scholarship.

Scholarships relieve stress for new, continuing students

Nov. 29, 2021

Learning that you’ve been accepted to the college of your choice is an exhilarating moment for any student. But for some, that excitement is tempered by concern about how they and their families will pay for it.

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Keeping the unseen safe: Improving digital privacy for blind people

Nov. 23, 2021

Danna Gurari, the founding director of the Image and Video Computing group in computer science, is part of a cross-institutional team that has been awarded over $1 million through a Safe and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) grant from the National Science Foundation to study the issue.

Will Medlin is the Department Chair for Chemical and Biological Engineering and his group investigates reactions for renewable and sustainable energy applications.

Video: How Professor Will Medlin turns waste into energy

Nov. 19, 2021

Will Medlin is the Department Chair for Chemical and Biological Engineering and his group investigates reactions for renewable and sustainable energy applications.

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