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Eric is a second-year PhD student working in the Keplinger Research Group, which specializes in soft machines and materials that can be used for actuators, sensors, and energy generation. Eric focuses on soft actuators and he is currently working on a new type of reliable, high performance soft electrostatic actuator...

My name is Kyle Kolanowski, and I am a Colorado native pursuing a degree in mechanical engineering at CU. I have really enjoyed seeing all that my engineering education has encompassed, and I'm excited to see how my education will allow me to contribute to society in the future. I...

I am a third year Mechanical Engineering student working on the Biomedical Engineering Minor. My interests include eating delicious food, petting dogs, skiing, and traveling with my family. I enjoy working with my research team to develop an autonomous hovercraft and a summer course teaching high school students to develop...

Xin Qian is a PhD student working with Prof. Ronggui Yang. He works on modeling thermal transport in hybrid organic-inorganic crystals. His modeling of thermal transport in the organic-inorganic perovskite with green energy applications was recently highlighted as one of the Top 10 Most Cited Articles in Applied Physics Letters...

From rebuilding disaster-stricken communities to studying the effect of climate change on human migration...

When David Pfotenhauer decided to pursue a PhD at ²ÊÃñ±¦µä, he knew that he wanted to specialize in an application-based science that would allow him get out into communities and use his knowledge to address public issues.

Graduating in May? Congratulations! Information on related events is below. Please note the times listed are start times, and that both graduates and family members should plan to arrive early. More details will be sent out closer to graduation. University of Colorado Commencement Date/Time: Friday, May 12th at 8:30AM Location:...

Colin is a third-year PhD student in his sixth year overall at ²ÊÃñ±¦µä. He joined the Mechanical Engineering master’s program way back in Spring 2012, a full semester before his eventual advisor, Dr. Peter Hamlington . After having some fun designing and testing a CubeSat at the Colorado Space...

Hi! I'm a senior this year as well as a pretty big nerd! I became inspired to pursue engineering because of the passion I have for math and for learning. I greatly appreciate the professors and the faculty here at ²ÊÃñ±¦µä because they push me and inspire me to...

A ²ÊÃñ±¦µä mechanical engineering team is earning accolades for their solar materials research. The journal Applied Physics Letters is highlighting professor Ronggui Yang and two of his PhD students, Xin Qian and Xiaokun Gu, for their study of a hybrid organic-inorganic material that has green energy applications. A paper...