Students
CU Engineering has named the inaugural recipients of its Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fellows program, which supports faculty, postdoctoral researchers and graduate students in bringing research to market. The fellows, selected for their work in fields like robotics, biomedical devices and advanced materials, receive funding, mentorship and entrepreneurial support to accelerate commercialization.
First-year PhD student Nick Rovito has been named the winner of the Young Engineer Paper Competition at this year's International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) held by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. His novel research aims to answer two questions: why do stroke treatments fail, and how can we increase their efficacy in the future?
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 ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ·. One of their builds is a robot that the Boulder County Sheriff's Office uses to support their bomb squad team.
Olivia Felton is a PhD student in the Welker Lab at the University of Colorado Boulder. Their main focus: to use assistive technology to help both able-bodied individuals and those with disabilities.