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On Saturday 4/9/2022, nine students visited a state-of-the-art water treatment plant in neighboring Aurora, Colorado. This field trip, organized through CVEN-4426/5426 Pipe Network and Sewer Design, was hosted by Aurora … Continue Reading Civil Engineering Students Visit Binney Water Purification Facility
The College of Engineering, Design and Computing is pleased to announce its first cohort of Broadening Participation Fellows. These faculty, representing every academic unit in the college, is being recognized … Continue Reading College Recognizes Broadening Participation Fellows
Last summer Matthew Cross, a civil engineering PhD candidate, spent part of his summer in the Costa Rican rainforest collecting research data. Read about his fascinating work, featured on the … Continue Reading Cross’ research featured in CU Today
Richard Benninger, assistant professor of bioengineering, is determined to contribute to the treatment and cure of diabetes. Read about his research, featured in CU Today and on the college website.
On Wednesday, March 17, David Mays, associate professor of civil engineering, was the guest speaker at the at the Colorado Groundwater Association March meeting. His presentation, “Plume Spreading for Improved … Continue Reading Mays presents to Colorado Ground Water Association
Christopher Yakacki, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has been selected as the 2015 recipient of the College of Engineering and Applied Science Outstanding Faculty in Research Award. The award, which … Continue Reading Yakacki named college Outstanding Faculty in Research
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Christopher Yakacki received a 2014 National Science Foundation CAREER Award. Yakacki’s CAREER award project, “A Two-Stage Processing Approach to Shape-Switching Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers for Biomedical Applications,” … Continue Reading NSF CAREER Award supports work in smart polymers
The January issue of 5280 magazine includes a piece about research incubation, which highlights the bioengineering program and the new Bioscience 2 building on the Anschutz Medical Campus, slated to … Continue Reading Bioengineering program featured in 5280 magazine
The severe flooding that devastated a wide swath of Colorado last year might have been less destructive if the bridges, roads and other infrastructure had been upgraded or modernized, according … Continue Reading Study by Kim, Marshall and Pal says 2013 floods could have been less destructive
Nikki Farnsworth, a postdoctoral fellow mentored by Richard Benninger in the Department of Bioengineering, has been awarded a 3-year F32 fellowship from the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney … Continue Reading Nikki Farnsworth receives F32 Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award
Bioengineering faculty member Emily Gibson is awarded a $1 million dollar NSF grant for development of a unique fluorescent microscope allowing visualization of dynamic cellular processes at resolutions approaching the … Continue Reading Dr. Emily Gibson of Bioengineering secures $1M NSF grant to build unique microscope
Dr. Richard Benninger and colleague Dr. Moshe Levi (Renal Medicine) were awarded a shared instrument grant from the NIH to purchase a new Zeiss LSM780 confocal two-photon microscope equipped with … Continue Reading More Grant News for Bioengineering’s Dr. Benninger
Congratulations to Arati Gurung, PhD student in bioengineering, on two research awards. Arati has been awarded a Whitaker International Summer Grant to take her research on EchoPIV to the Image … Continue Reading Arati Gurung, BIOE PhD student, wins two research awards
Richard Weir, Ph.D., a leading researcher in robotic technology for arm amputees, said the fabricator will allow his research team to develop better components — created faster and less costly … Continue Reading Metal prototype machine may revolutionize biomedical research
Richard Weir, associate research professor in the Department of Bioengineering, was featured in the Jan. 24 issue of CU Today. The article delved into Weir’s research in advanced prosthetic hands … Continue Reading Weir’s research featured in CU Today
Josh Sperling and Elliot Cohen, both PhD candidates in the Civil and Environmental Engineering program in the College of Engineering, have received prestigious Fulbright Scholarships. They will both be traveling to New … Continue Reading PhD Candidates Win Prestigious Fulbright Scholarships
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