Mechanical engineering Associate Professor Mark Rentschler (far right) with graduate students (left to right) Levi Pearson, Greg Formosa and Micah Prendergast with an oversized version of a synthetic colon created as a senior design project.

A robotic small intestine? Researchers are making one

Dec. 4, 2017

Mechanical engineering Associate Professor Mark Rentschler is leading the effort to develop an artificial, robotic small intestine for use in medical laboratories. The research is supported by a $1.25 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

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StAR Symposium Highlights Graduate Research

Nov. 30, 2017

The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering is pleased to present this year’s Student Annual Research Symposium from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Dec. 8 in the Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building. StARS is a longstanding tradition going back at least 15 years that facilitates graduate student networking with industry...

Jenny Michael

Jenny Michael

Nov. 29, 2017

#ILookLikeAnEngineer What does the #ILookLikeAnEngineer hashtag mean to you? It's always bothered me when people ask what my major is or where I work and seem really surprised. There are so many stigmas surrounding programmers (for example, Doritos and Mountain Dew) that are just outdated and untrue. In my personal...

Gregor Henze

Senators announce $2M grant to help reduce energy usage in Colorado homes

Nov. 28, 2017

Gregor Henze of civil, environmental & architectural engineering will lead project to develop an occupancy detection system that relies on cameras to detect human presence and monitor patterns of activity in electricity use throughout homes.

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Giving Tuesday: SMµ÷½ÌËù Engineering Edition

Nov. 28, 2017

Every May, nearly 1,000 engineering Buffs graduate. Every October, thousands of Buffs come back to campus for Homecoming. And this November, we’re asking the Forever Buff family to give back for Giving Tuesday. We’re excited to join the global movement that is Giving Tuesday , an initiative that follows the...

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Former Obama science advisor John Holdren kicks off Dean's Speaker Series

Nov. 17, 2017

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PhD Spotlight: Finding a 'Recipe' for a Cleaner Ammonia

Nov. 17, 2017

Ammonia production is helping to nourish the world – and simultaneously threatening it. A critical component of nitrogen-based fertilizers, ammonia also releases carbon dioxide, a harmful greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere through its production process. PhD student Chris Bartel is seeking a way to eliminate those harmful gas emissions while...

Jennifer Kracha

Jennifer Kracha

Nov. 17, 2017

#ILookLikeAnEngineer Why did you choose engineering at SMµ÷½ÌËù Boulder? I chose Engineering Plus at SMµ÷½ÌËù Boulder because I wanted to be in a program that was inclusive of all different students and had hands on engineering courses. I wanted to be in a community of people who were collaborative rather...

Dana Stamo

Dana Stamo: oSTEM Vice President

Nov. 14, 2017

Tell us about what you're involved in at BOLD. What do you love about it? Last Spring, my friends and peers elected me to be their Vice President of oSTEM. The SMµ÷½ÌËù Boulder chapter of oSTEM has only been around since Fall 2016, and just this semester it has more...

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New Degree Will Help Meet Demands of Computing Workforce

Nov. 13, 2017

Almost every day, our department hears from people who want to come back to school for computer science. No doubt they’ve heard about the nearly 500,000 unfilled computing jobs in the U.S. To help those people get the skills they need to enter the computing workforce, the University of Colorado...

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