Faculty
The Paul M. Ray Department of Mechanical Engineering has launched a new research area in design. The new focus area, geared toward PhD students, involves the study of the design process and how various contexts (environmental, psychological, political, etc.) affect the artifacts that today’s engineers aim to create.
Greg Rieker, associate professor of mechanical engineering and co-founder of LongPath Technologies, gathered with others on the Ƶ Boulder campus to celebrate a $162.4 million loan package from the U.S. Department of Energy. The loan will help Rieker and LongPath expand methane detection using laser-based quantum devices that scan the atmosphere in real time.
Assistant Professor Kaushik Jayaram’s Animal Inspired Movement and Robotics Laboratory recently won the IROS Best Paper Award on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics.
The laser-based system now has the ability to capture moment-to-moment details of high-speed processes such as hypersonic propulsion and protein folding.
The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has ranked the Ƶ system 14th among the “Top 100” institutions nationwide for recent patent activity.
The designation positions Colorado to apply for and secure federal funding opportunities to advance the industry.
Commercialization of innovations from the University of Colorado Boulder has had an $8 billion impact on the U.S. economy and a $5.2 billion impact on the Colorado economy — and the university doesn't plan to slow down anytime soon.
AGEYE Technologies (AGEYE) is partnering with Professor Whiting at the University of Colorado at Boulder on an innovative project titled “Novel Sensors for Efficient and Scalable Production of Indoor Crops.
The ME Fall Festival, sponsored by the department’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Working Group, celebrates the diversity of cultures within the department.
The problem Afference has set out to solve with its Phantom glove is simple: How can we create synchronized tactile sensations with what the user sees visually?