Ross Fischer

Class of 2018: From Grand Valley to globetrotter

May 9, 2018

Accepting a certain piece of local lore as a personal challenge, mechanical engineering student Ross Fischer got outside of his comfort zone during his college career, traveling to Fairbanks, Alaska; Bangkok, Thailand; Kathmandu, Nepal; and soon, to Tanzania with the Peace Corps.

Zoey Craun working with Bridges to Prosperity in Bolivia

Class of 2018: A truly global engineer

May 4, 2018

One of Zoey Craun's favorite ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder memories happened 4,000 miles from campus, when she was in Bolivia building a footbridge for a local community with the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ chapter of Bridges to Prosperity.

Caitlyn Hughes

Class of 2018: #ILookLikeAnEngineer

May 4, 2018

With aspirations to work for a bio-medical company, Caitlyn Hughes was one of five women in a class of 100. She spent part of her college career putting on events for Girl Scouts so they could learn about engineering and how "awesome" it can be.

researchers with model of robotic small intestine

A robotic small intestine? Researchers are making one

Dec. 4, 2017

A new robotic small intestine under development at ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder has broad-reaching implications for the treatment of gastrointestinal ailments and improved medical training.

Magnesium ingot

A thoroughly modern magnesium process

Aug. 4, 2017

¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder engineers have revamped a World War II-era process for making magnesium that requires half the energy and produces a fraction of the pollution compared to today's leading methods.

Alexandra Okeson

Class of 2017: Creating algorithms for healthcare

May 5, 2017

Computer science graduate Alexandra Okeson found her calling in the field while helping create algorithms to test medical devices. Now she's got her sights set on a PhD, focusing on algorithms for healthcare.

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