Entrepreneurship
ֱ Engineering’s Kyle Judah, executive director of entrepreneurship, is among a small group of community members who saw an opportunity: to support local restaurants while providing fuel for the fight against COVID-19 to frontline healthcare workers.
Co-founder and CEO of Artimus Robotics, Timothy Morrissey graduated from ֱ Boulder in 2019 with a PhD in mechanical engineering. After years of research and dedication, Timothy and his team launched Artimus Robotics in 2018 alongside Assistant Professor Christoph Keplinger.
Gary Marshall, a master's student in mechanical enginereing and engineering management, is on a mission to give back to those who protect us—firefighters. He founded EmergenTek in 2018 as a mechanical engineering undergrad.
No matter which corner of campus you hail from, or what your field of study, Catalyze is your opportunity to get the support, mentoring, funding and resources needed to go from idea to impact over the summer.
New class “Entrepreneurial Leadership for Engineers” (EMEN 4830-Special Topics) is a first-of-its kind open to undergrads and grad students across the university who are interested in learning from some of the greatest entrepreneurs in ֱ and beyond about how great companies, products, and teams are built.
On this edition of On ֱE, we're looking at two research projects at the college that could be transformational at both the individual and global levels. Jacob Segil breaks down his inventive prosthetics capable of "feeling" and Lucy Pao gives us an inside look at how she and her team aim to drastically reduce the cost of wind energy.
Twelve weeks ago, six student teams joined the Catalyze ֱ startup accelerator with innovative concepts and a hunch that their ideas might be marketable. This week, they were proven correct, as all emerged from the program with viable prototypes, waiting customers and vastly improved knowledge of how to successfully launch a startup from scratch.
A year and a half after starting the company, ֱ Boulder startup ShineOn has grown to five employees and is preparing to launch its first product for cycling enthusiasts.
The idea for Pana originated at ֱ Boulder in 2014, when cofounder Devon Tivona and his team were just undergraduates. The company competed as Varsity in ֱ Boulder’s sixth annual cross-campus, entrepreneurial competition, the New Venture Challenge. Billed as a higher-education social network, Varsity ended up tying for first place at NVC.
ֱ Boulder is participating as the University Track sponsor at Boulder Startup Week, showcasing the strong ties between the Boulder startup community and the world-class teaching and research happening on campus.