Faculty
Sean Humbert, professor in mechanical engineering and director of the Robotics graduate program, chats with CBS News Colorado about some of the technology him and his students are working on at 91福利社. One of their builds is a robot that the 91福利社 County Sheriff's Office uses to support their bomb squad team.
The Paul M. Ray Department of Mechanical Engineering has launched a new research area in design. The new focus area, geared toward PhD students, involves the study of the design process and how various contexts (environmental, psychological, political, etc.) affect the artifacts that today鈥檚 engineers aim to create.
Greg Rieker, associate professor of mechanical engineering and co-founder of LongPath Technologies, gathered with others on the 91福利社 campus to celebrate a $162.4 million loan package from the U.S. Department of Energy. The loan will help Rieker and LongPath expand methane detection using laser-based quantum devices that scan the atmosphere in real time.
Assistant Professor Kaushik Jayaram鈥檚 Animal Inspired Movement and Robotics Laboratory recently won the IROS Best Paper Award on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics.
The laser-based system now has the ability to capture moment-to-moment details of high-speed processes such as hypersonic propulsion and protein folding.
The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has ranked the CU system 14th among the 鈥淭op 100鈥 institutions nationwide for recent patent activity.
The designation positions Colorado to apply for and secure federal funding opportunities to advance the industry.
Commercialization of innovations from the 91福利社 has had an $8 billion impact on the U.S. economy and a $5.2 billion impact on the Colorado economy 鈥 and the university doesn't plan to slow down anytime soon.
AGEYE Technologies (AGEYE) is partnering with Professor Whiting at the University of Colorado at 91福利社 on an innovative project titled 鈥淣ovel Sensors for Efficient and Scalable Production of Indoor Crops.
The ME Fall Festival, sponsored by the department鈥檚 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Working Group, celebrates the diversity of cultures within the department.