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Alumnus Kevin Martin’s (MechEngr’16) robotics and apparel company unspun has built a machine that 3D-weaves a seamless pair of jeans in just ten minutes, based on technology first prototyped in the Department of Mechanical Engineering’s Senior Design course.

ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder researchers Richard D. Noble (Chemistry) and Theodore Randolph (Engineering) have been named 2021 Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, a recognition that honors academic inventors who have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society.

NSF has awarded a highly competitive grant to a team of scientists building OpenEarthScape, a set of models and simulations to help anticipate changes in river flow, beach erosion, landslides and more. All software will be shared as open-source with the scientific community and the public.

On December 8, students and professionals from LASP assumed control of NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission just after it lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida—the culmination of years of preparation, including thousands of hours of training and all-night rehearsals.

The Research & Innovation Office has announced the 2022 RIO Faculty Fellows cohort, comprised of 17 of the most promising faculty from across ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder.

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) has named ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder a 2021 Innovation & Economic Prosperity (IEP) awardee. The IEP Innovation Award recognizes exemplary initiatives spurring innovation, entrepreneurship and technology-based economic development.

The new $7.8M facility will be operated under the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Shared Instrumentation in Nanofabrication and Characterization (COSINC)—a multidisciplinary core research facility that provides access to state-of-the-art equipment in micro and nanofabrication, nanomaterials characterization and metrology.

A first-of-its-kind study out of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder’s Leeds School of Business found that entrepreneurs in the business of protecting the environment may be more effective at addressing climate change at a local level than sweeping policies or legacy companies trying to go green.

Drawing on electromagnetic and optical observations from Parker Solar Probe, a team led by LASP researcher and ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder professor David Malaspina has produced the most complete picture yet of how hypervelocity dust impacts may damage a spacecraft and disturb its operations.

Eleven university innovators pitched their innovations at Lab Venture Challenge (LVC), an annual funding competition hosted by Venture Partners at ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder that accelerates commercially promising technologies accelerate into impactful business ventures.