Zach Sunberg

Professor earns two major grants to advance AI for autonomous systems

Sept. 6, 2024

Zach Sunberg’s research developing better artificial intelligence systems is getting a major boost from two federal grant awards. Sunberg is receiving a $599,000, five-year CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation and is a partner on a related $4 million multi-university initiative from the U.S. Office of Naval Research. Both...

A panoramic photo of the Dry McMurdo Valleys

How Earth’s most intense heat wave ever impacted life in Antarctica

Sept. 4, 2024

As part of a Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) project in Antarctica, a research team led by Associate Dean for Research Mike Gooseff found that the unexpected melt followed by a rapid refreeze likely disrupted the life cycles of many organisms and killed a large swath of some invertebrates in the McMurdo Dry Valleys.

Closeup of blooming sunflowers

Why do plants wiggle? New study provides answers

Aug. 15, 2024

In a new study, researchers from the United States and Israel — including CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø computer scientist Orit Peleg — may have gotten to the bottom of a quirky behavior of growing plants and a mystery that intrigued Charles Darwin during the later decades of his life.

Theodora Chaspari

AI for mental health screening may carry biases based on gender, race

Aug. 5, 2024

Some artificial intelligence tools for health care may get confused by the ways people of different genders and races talk, according to a new study led by CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø computer scientist Theodora Chaspari.

Morgan Riffe (left), a PhD candidate in Materials Science & Engineering, looks on while Meg Cooke, PhD, research associate in the BioFrontiers Institute, points to 3D printing biomaterial scaffolds that use an extrusion printer.

CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø receives $1M grant to advance biofabrication training for PhD students

July 15, 2024

The Materials Science and Engineering Program at the Â鶹¹ÙÍø received a $1M grant to fund interdisciplinary doctoral research training in biofabrication, a rapidly developing field which enables more precise and effective ways to study and treat various medical conditions, such as growing new organs for transplants or repairing damaged tissues.

Researcher Scott Diddams in his laboratory with students

CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø, Elevate Quantum partners ready for $127M regional quantum boost

July 2, 2024

Elevate Quantum, of which CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø is a key partner, announced today that it has received a Tech Hub Phase 2 implementation award from the Department of Commerce, unlocking more than $127 million in new federal and state funding. The award is expected to drive more than $2 billion in additional private capital and cement the Mountain West as a global leader for quantum innovation.

Aurora Borealis on the ocean.

Atmospheric research in the most extreme place on Earth: Antarctica

June 24, 2024

Abhi Doddi (PhDAeroEngr’21) is collecting scientific data outdoors in a 70 mph whiteout blizzard. It is just another day of life in Antarctica. Doddi, a postdoctoral researcher in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the Â鶹¹ÙÍø, is leading a major study involving...

Jessica Rush Leeker

Leeker using Fulbright to study the impact of oral storytelling on African descendants in STEM

May 3, 2024

Jessica Rush Leeker of CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s Lockheed Martin Engineering Management Program has been awarded a prestigious fellowship to research the impact of oral storytelling on African descendants in STEM, focusing on how historical and cultural narratives can enhance the sense of identity, belonging and confidence among engineering students. Leeker, the...

The Colorado River near Lee's Ferry in Arizona

Precipitation may brighten Colorado River’s future

May 1, 2024

New study, co-authored by civil engineering researcher Balaji Rajagopalan, finds recovery is probable, with small risk for historic low flows.

A cockroach next to a robot slightly smaller than it

Robots can’t outrun animals (yet). A new study explores why

April 29, 2024

Who would win in a foot race between a robot and an animal? In a new perspective article, a team of engineers from the United States and Canada, including CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø roboticist Kaushik Jayaram, set out to answer that riddle.

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