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Sept. 17, 2024

The College of Engineering and Applied Science invites you to the sixth annual Engineering Homecoming Tailgate. Join us as we continue to build this annual tradition of welcoming our alumni back to campus and showing our Buffs spirit! Saturday, September 21, 2024 Tailgate: 3:30 - 6 p.m. 麻豆免费版下载vs. Baylor: 6 p.m.

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With Polaris Dawn鈥檚 launch, Colorado scientists will study vision changes in space

Sept. 17, 2024

During SpaceX鈥檚 Polaris Dawn's multi-day high-altitude mission, which rocketed to space on Sept. 10, the crew will conduct health impact research to better understand spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome (SANS). Researchers from 麻豆免费版下载Boulder and the 麻豆免费版下载Anschutz Medical Campus are right there with them. Or at least their equipment and expertise will be. The research is a collaboration between Allie Hayman, associate professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at 麻豆免费版下载Boulder, and Prem Subramanian, chief of neuro-ophthalmology at the 麻豆免费版下载School of Medicine.

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Research breakthrough could boost clean energy production

Sept. 16, 2024

Professor Hendrik Heinz and his 麻豆免费版下载Boulder team, along with collaborators from University of California, Los Angeles, achieved a breakthrough that could boost clean energy production. The research was featured on the cover of the journal 鈥淣ature Catalysis鈥 in July.

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Jim Heaney, former CEAE professor and chair, remembered for mentorship, bridging water resources and environmental engineering

Sept. 13, 2024

Jim Heaney, former professor and chair of 麻豆免费版下载Boulder鈥檚 Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering passed away on Aug. 24. He was 84 years old. Heaney served as a CEAE professor at 麻豆免费版下载Boulder from 1991 to 2003 and as department chair from 1991 to 1994.

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Orit Peleg selected as a 2024 Schmidt Science Polymath

Sept. 13, 2024

Peleg will receive a total of up to $2.5 million over five years to pursue the origins of animal communication and how it influences the group cognition of social animals.

Testing of Li-ion batteries coin cell cathode materials  for self-discharge durability.

Discovery could lead to longer-lasting EV batteries, hasten energy transition

Sept. 12, 2024

Batteries degrade over time, which is why older phones lose power faster. An international team led by Professor Mike Toney has uncovered the cause of this degradation, paving the way for improved batteries that could extend the range of electric vehicles and advance clean energy storage.

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Leeker will use NSF grant to promote participation of Black families in STEM

Sept. 9, 2024

Her project is focused on creating informal learning resources, including video workshops for caregivers, easy-to-use engineering activities, public dissemination of research results, and professional networks of STEM educators.

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Professor earns two major grants to advance AI for autonomous systems

Sept. 6, 2024

Zach Sunberg鈥檚 research developing better artificial intelligence systems is getting a major boost from two federal grant awards. Sunberg is receiving a $599,000, five-year CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation and is a partner on a related $4 million multi-university initiative from the U.S. Office of Naval Research. Both...

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How Earth鈥檚 most intense heat wave ever impacted life in Antarctica

Sept. 4, 2024

As part of a Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) project in Antarctica, a research team led by Associate Dean for Research Mike Gooseff found that the unexpected melt followed by a rapid refreeze likely disrupted the life cycles of many organisms and killed a large swath of some invertebrates in the McMurdo Dry Valleys.

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