See the latest happenings in research, programming and education at Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering. Learn how students, alumni, faculty, and staff are redefining what it means to be a mechanical engineer. 

Grad students

Q&A with Graduate Students of the Month Aniya Khalili and Deven Shah

Oct. 9, 2023

The Kenneth Johnsen Graduate Student of the Month awards recognize outstanding students who excel academically and are an exemplar for the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Neu

Neu tapped as new Director of Biomedical Engineering Program at CU Boulder

Oct. 9, 2023

Director Mark Borden, who helped grow the program into a thriving community of interdisciplinary researchers and students since its inception in 2018, has passed off the reins to Professor Corey Neu.

Vriend

The flow of nature inspires 2023 Experimental Physics Investigator Nathalie Vriend

Oct. 3, 2023

Since relocating to CU Boulder last year, Vriend has been named a 2023 Experimental Physics Investigator by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, a highly prestigious award in the experimental physics community.

Wiedinmyer

Wiedinmyer on KUNC News to talk air quality and wildfire smoke

Oct. 3, 2023

New research shows air quality gains in the U.S. have been cut by wildfire smoke, leading scientists to sound the alarm for change if the world wants to breathe clean air in the future.

Julie Steinbrenner

Mechanical's Steinbrenner joins Faculty Leadership Institute

Sept. 25, 2023

FLI identifies, fosters and supports emerging leaders as they prepare to further their leadership trajectory.

US News and World Report

CU Engineering earns top 20 ranking from U.S. News & World Report

Sept. 25, 2023

CU Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science held steady as a top 20 undergraduate engineering program in U.S.

Two underground robots in a cave.

CU Boulder offers new graduate program in robotics

Sept. 20, 2023

The University of Colorado Boulder has started a graduate engineering program in robotics to fill a growing need in an in-demand field. The CU Regents have approved new Master of Science and PhD degree options in robotics that will provide students a flexible education that merges hardware and software engineering,...

Students

Researchers at CU Boulder land NSF Award for air and soil quality education

Sept. 19, 2023

Researchers at CU Boulder have received a prestigious NSF Award to teach students in rural K-12 schools around Colorado about air and soil quality monitoring.

New Frontiers

Ruzzene and Ding among researchers who will explore new frontiers of sound through $30M center

Sept. 11, 2023

Researchers from CU Boulder will take part in a new $30 million center to examine the potential for sound to revolutionize computing, communications, sensing disease in human tissue and more.

Mark Rentschler

Rentschler's startup company improves endoscopy procedures with patented balloon technology

Sept. 11, 2023

Aspero Medical, a CU spin-out company co-founded by Mark Rentschler, has received clearance from the FDA to market and sell the Ancora-SB small bowel balloon overtube that incorporates the company’s patented Pillar micro-texture balloon technology.

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