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The Science-Engineering Inquiry Collaborative in Rural Colorado program, led by mechanical engineer Dan Knight, has been conducting programming in Colorado public schools for more than 10 years. In June, Knight and two students — one undergraduate and one graduate — finally embarked on a long-awaited trip to Ulaanbaatar.

Asaiah Gifford is an undergraduate student in mechanical engineering. She participated in the Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) during summer 2024. Final research presentation. Where did you work over the summer and what was exciting for you about that opportunity? This summer, I was an undergraduate researcher in the...

At her internship, Carlota Serrano was able to apply the skills she is developing at CU, such as engaging in human-centered design research, while also learning from the best ergonomists to create meaningful and user-friendly products.

In an interview with Denver 7 News, Rob McCurdy shares his team's work to develop a new padding design to help protect things from big impacts

Jack Printup is an undergraduate student in mechanical engineering. He participated in the Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) during summer 2024. Where did you work over the summer and what was exciting for you about that opportunity? Over the summer I had the opportunity to work in the Laboratory...

Two Â鶹¹ÙÍø mechanical engineering PhD students have earned prestigious 2024 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowships. Alexander Hedrick and Carly Rowe have each been awarded the Department of Defense honor, which provides three year fellowships to promising young scientists and engineers. The program, established by...

Doctoral student Chayut Teeraratkul won first place in the Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C) PhD Student Paper Competition. Teeraratkul won the award on his work on blood clot contraction mechanics.

During last year’s Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, Gardner Nichols (MechEngr'16) set the record in the electric production truck division in his 2022 Rivian R1T. This year, he shattered his previous mark.

Students partnered with the Idea Forge to design, build and test drill-powered vehicles as part of the capstone project in a component design class. The project culminated in a day of friendly competition to test their vehicles in a drag race, a maneuverability course, uphill challenges and an endurance race.

Tyler Huebsch is a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering. He completed an internship with the Convergent Aeronautics Solutions team at NASA. Tyler Huebsch Where did you intern and what was exciting for you about that opportunity? I interned part-time for NASA during the spring of 2024. I worked on their...