Max Armstrong working with a person who has a prosthetic leg.

ME Student's affordable prosthetic system could help amputees worldwide

Sept. 13, 2017

Few people figure out how they want to change the world in middle school. But in eighth grade, Peter “Max” Armstrong did just that. As part of a robotics project, his teacher prompted him to solve a problem in medicine. He talked to a family friend, a double amputee and...

Baowen Li

Baowen Li Earns International Recognition for Phononics Research

Sept. 5, 2017

Li is a founding father of the field of phononics, the study and manipulations of vibrations at the quantum level. He has...

Ronggui Yang in a lab with two students.

Yang studies thermal problems of futuristic electronics

Aug. 23, 2017

Ronggui Yang knows people want faster, more powerful electronic devices. Whether it is a new laptop, cell phone, smart TV, or technology for...

Hospital ward

Engineers demonstrate large-scale 'germ trap' solution for hospitals

July 27, 2017

When an infectious airborne illness strikes, some hospitals use negative pressure rooms to isolate and treat patients. These rooms use ventilation controls to keep germ-filled air contained rather than letting it circulate throughout the hospital. But, in the event of an epidemic, these rooms can quickly fill up. Now, a...

Drawing of maggots

Tomorrow’s mini medical robots could squirm like maggots

July 26, 2017

Conventional pharmaceuticals aren't always the best way to treat an ailment. Drugs are often imprecise, unpredictable, or come along with tricky side effects. Medicine is always trying to move on to more targeted treatments. And soon, robots will be one of those options: small and mobile, they could theoretically deliver...

A flying UAV in «Ƶ

Using UAVs and lasers to map atmospheric gases

July 18, 2017

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the «Ƶ have demonstrated a new mobile, ground-based system that could scan and map atmospheric gas plumes over kilometer distances. The system uses an eye-safe laser instrument to send light that “combs” the air to a...

Baowen Li speaking at the conference.

Li Earns Award for Quantum Research

June 22, 2017

Congratulations to professor Baowen Li, a 2017 recipient of the prestigious Brillouin Medal. The CU «Ƶ mechanical engineering professor receiving the award along with two collaborators during the 4 th International Conference on Phononic Crystals/Meta-materials, Phonon Transport and Phonon Coupling, held this month in Changsha, China. The medal, which is...

Prototype robot.

How a wriggling robot could make a common medical procedure easier

June 16, 2017

Nobody needs to reinvent the wheel, but reinventing the colonoscope is definitely worth somebody’s time. Mark Rentschler, an associate professor at the «Ƶ, is one of those people. He and his team have been working on the wormy robot, above, as a replacement for the usual flexible-camera-tube...

Virginia Ferguson and Chelsea Heveran in Ferguson's lab.

Of Mice & Mars - Virginia Ferguson Investigates Bone Loss in Space

June 6, 2017

Far above Earth, a curious colony of spacefarers is sharing close quarters on the International Space Station as part of research that could one day help lead us to Mars. These are no ordinary astronauts, they are mice, and their journey could be key to solving a problem that vexes...

A traffic jam on a highway.

Diesels pollute more than tests detect; excess emissions kill 38,000 yearly

May 16, 2017

Because of testing inefficiencies, maintenance inadequacies and other factors, diesel cars, trucks and buses worldwide emit 4.6 million tons more harmful nitrogen oxide (NOx) than standards allow, according to a new study co-authored by «Ƶ mechanical engineering researchers. The study , published today in Nature , shows...

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