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The group of mechanical engineering seniors is the first Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ team to compete in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Collegiate Wind Competition (CWC) – an event in which future engineers are challenged to find a unique solution to a wind energy project.

Elle Sandifer is a 2020 graduate of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. After graduation, she worked as a process engineer with Sanergy to address urban sanitation challenges in Nairobi, Kenya.

Will Edgar, the first recipient of the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØMechanical Engineering Student/Tuck Bridge Scholarship, has always had a knack for mechanical engineering. It is now complemented by a solid understanding of business thanks to the generosity of a fellow Buff.

ME faculty members are featured in the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ's new documentary titled "The Road Back: Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder’s Response to COVID-19."

It’s hard to imagine a teenager who could resist exploring mechanical engineering after learning about Endoculus, the small device developed by Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Professor Mark Rentschler and student researchers in his lab that can navigate the human gastrointestinal system with ease and may someday help doctors care for their patients.

Emily Zuetell is an undergraduate student in mechanical engineering.  She was the president of CU’s student chapter of Engineers Without Borders and has been a member of the organization for over three years.

This year, an interdisciplinary team of Senior Design students is the first at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder to enter the Collegiate Wind Competition as a learn-along team. They are working hard to secure a spot for Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder in the competition next year and are making impressive strides in wind energy innovation and education.

Diseases of the blood, like sickle cell disease, have traditionally taken a full day, tedious lab work and expensive equipment to diagnose, but researchers across disciplines have developed a way to diagnose these conditions with greater precision in only one minute.

For three years, Air Quality Inquiry has been reaching K-12 students across rural Colorado. This year, Daniel Knight and his team extended the program across the globe to reach Public Lab Mongolia, a nonprofit whose mission is to make data available to the Mongolian public.

The challenges of COVID-19 have inspired innovation among staff, faculty and students, leading to the development of two summer programs for 38 participating students: the ME Summer Design Intensive and ME SPUR.