Mouse femur

An inside look: Undergraduate research in the Ferguson Biomechanics and Biomimetics Lab

Sept. 1, 2024

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...

Working in the lab assembling a fin prototype

An inside look: Undergraduate research in the Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Bioinspiration

July 31, 2024

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...

Palmer Dick-Montez at the Grand Canyon

Triple honors for mechanical engineering graduate

Dec. 20, 2023

Palmer Dick-Montez is receiving major kudos as he graduates with a mechanical engineering degree from the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Boulder. He is a 2023 recipient of three separate College of...

Koehler working in a clean room.

CU Boulder mechanical engineering undergrad honored for research

Nov. 29, 2023

Sydney Koehler is a 2023 Outstanding Graduate for Research Award winner. The honor, given by the College of Engineering and Applied Science to graduating seniors, recognizes Koehler's impressive work on the...

Riley McGill

An inside look: Undergraduate research with the Animal Inspired Motion and Robotics Lab

April 4, 2022

Riley McGill is a sophomore in the Department of Mechanical Engineering who has been helping build a small, six-legged robot in Professor Kaushik Jayaram’s Animal Inspired Motion and Robotics Lab (AIMRL).

CU Hyperloop

ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ break new ground in Hyperloop challenge

Sept. 27, 2021

Mechanical engineering students are among the CU Hyperloop members designing the proposed mode of underground transportation.

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Undergraduate researchers learn valuable lessons from remote research

Sept. 24, 2020

Undergraduate researchers share their experiences as participants in the ME SPUR Program. ME SPUR, modeled after CU Summer Program for Undergraduate Research, enabled undergraduate students to work with mechanical engineering faculty on research that could be conducted remotely.

Hodgkins, Perez, Kirk

The ME SPUR Experience: Hodgkins, Kirk and Pérez research air quality impacts of Stay-at-Home and Safer-at-Home orders

Sept. 23, 2020

As ME SPUR participants, Kirsty Hodgkins, Evan Kirk and Paula Pérez worked with Professor Jana Milford to understand how reduced traffic, telecommuting and reduced industrial activity during Colorado's Stay-at-Home and Safer-at-Home orders have affected air quality with goals that the project would inform future strategies for improving air quality.

Ryan Smith

The ME SPUR Experience: Smith models the human abdomen for ultrasound simulation

Sept. 21, 2020

As an ME SPUR participant, Ryan Smith worked with Assistant Professor Nick Bottenus to use medical image data to develop 3D finite element models of the abdominal wall and perform various compressions to mimic clinical practice.

Paul Ditomas

The ME SPUR Experience: DiTomas explores minimum energy requirements for robotic missions

Sept. 18, 2020

As an ME SPUR participant, Paul DiTomas worked with Research Professor John Pellegrino to perform analysis for scenarios of the minimum energy requirement for robotic missions that will be used in a review article about portable power devices for next-gen robots.

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