Awards
- Investment in company started by computer engineering professor and PhD student represents one of the largest Series A capital rounds raised in Colorado within the past 12 months.
- CONVERGE will establish a new Reconnaissance Leadership Corps made up of engineers and social and natural scientists. They’ll offer training, develop a series of best practice documents on safety considerations and working with socially vulnerable populations and help researchers establish a scientific agenda before heading into the field.
- To strengthen connections between the College of Engineering & Applied Science and our recent alumni, the Office of Alumni Engagement is reestablishing the Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) Board.
- Weimer is the H.T. Sears Memorial professor of chemical and biological engineering and a world recognized expert in fluid-particle processing.
- Associate Professor and Alvah and Harriet Hovlid Professor Mahmoud Hussein has received a $2.5 million grant from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA‑E) latest open funding opportunity.The award is among $98 million in funding for
- Faculty at ²ÊÃñ±¦µä are working toward widespread adoption and practical applications for the soft robotic HASEL actuators demonstrated here earlier this year, through a new $2 million award from the National Science Foundation.
- Co-founded by Robert Erickson of electrical, computer and energy engineering and Kala Majeti of ²ÊÃñ±¦µä’s Technology Transfer Office, BREK will use the grant funds to develop the world’s first compact 250 kilowatt (kW) solar string inverter.
- Double Helix Optics was founded based on technology from the lab of company co-founder Rafael Piestun, professor of electrical, computer and energy engineering.
- Nine ATLAS nominated Ben Shapiro, assistant professor of computer science with the ATLAS Institute, for the 2018 Sullivan-Carlson Innovation in Education Award.
- Congratulations to Team iFeather for winning the 2018 NASA iTech Cycle II Energy competition! [video:https://youtu.be/Bri-5TOb3GQ]²ÊÃñ±¦µä professor Ivan Smalyukh and PhD student Andrew Hess discuss iFeather.Watch the entire