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Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder College of Engineering & Applied Science—The College of Engineering and Applied Science continues to establish itself as a leader in innovation, with 22 startups emerging from its research labs in the past fiscal year. This achievement reflects the college's commitment to translating transformative research into solutions that address real-world challenges.

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder College of Engineering and Applied Science—Students are constantly designing tools and technologies. Faculty members are launching successful startups on the backs of their own designs. In just the past two years, Venture Partners at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder has supported ten new startups featuring inventions designed by Mechanical Engineering faculty and students.

The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) announced that seven University of Colorado companies and three researchers are among the awardees of the Proof of Concept and Early-Stage Capital and Retention grants through OEDIT’s Advanced Industries Accelerator Program.

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder College of Engineering & Applied Science—Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder researchers are exploring using sodium-ion batteries as an alternative to lithium-based energy storage. Chunmei Ban, associate professor of mechanical engineering and materials science, and her research team are developing new electrolytes and studying how they interact with battery electrodes to enhance performance and longevity.

Founded by Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Professor Larry Gold in 2000, SomaLogic revolutionized protein measurement by developing a faster, cost-effective process to monitor the vast number of proteins in the human body.

JILA—Flari Tech Inc., a startup rooted in cutting-edge JILA research, has clinched one of the prestigious 2024 Lab Venture Challenge (LVC) grants from the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ, advancing its pioneering work to build a breathalyzer for diagnostics use targeting life-threatening diseases such as lung cancer.

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Today—Go to the doctor to provide a blood sample and you’re typically faced with a needle and syringe and hours or even days of waiting to get results back from a lab. Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder researchers hope to change that with a new handheld, sound-based diagnostic system able to deliver precise results in an hour with a mere finger prick of blood.

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder College of Engineering & Applied Science—Anthony Straub is making major advances in water purification technology for industry and human consumption on Earth and in space, with his work on a nanotechnology membrane process taking a major step toward commercialization, thanks to a new NASA grant.

News-Medical—Patients who go to the doctor to provide a blood sample are typically faced with a needle and syringe and hours or days of waiting to get results back from a lab. Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder researchers hope to change that with a new handheld, sound-based diagnostic system to deliver precise results in an hour with a mere finger prick of blood.

Fourteen teams of University of Colorado entrepreneurs, faculty researchers and graduate student innovators will compete for a combined $1.25 million in startup funding grants in this year’s Lab Venture Challenge (LVC) Showcases. Judges from Venture Partners at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder’s entrepreneurial network will hear Shark Tank-style pitches across two nights, one for innovations in biosciences and another for physical sciences and engineering.