Clement Zheng

Clement Zheng speaks about dissertation on KGNU's "How on Earth Science Show"

May 5, 2020

In an episode focused on students about to receive their PhDs in STEM-related fields, Clement Zheng speaks about his dissertation research, "Everyday Materials for Physical Interactive Systems," his graduate school experience and what he has planned next.

A tape measure clock with a view of the outside and inside.

CTD students' project featured in Hackaday

April 28, 2020

TAM students Alex Fiel and Anna Lynton took a tape measure and turned it into a clock, programming it to move over the course of the day to show the time in hours (inches). The largest challenge became minifying the electronics and keeping the overall footprint of the device to roughly the size of the real object.

Vinitha Gadiraju

ATLAS affiliated PhD student honored by National Science Foundation

April 15, 2020

ATLAS affiliated PhD student Vinitha Gadiraju has received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, a prestigious award that recognizes and supports outstanding students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Jam Station

ATLAS Jam Station project selected for Maker Made 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Jam Station, an interactive project created in ATLAS Professor Ellen Yi-Luen Do's Music Technology and Wellness class, was chosen as one of several installations being displayed at Maker Made 2020, a gallery show at Boulder Library’s Canyon Gallery.

Daniel Strangfeld

CTD student spotlight: Daniel Strangfeld - The Collapsible Keg

Jan. 27, 2020

TAM student Daniel Strangfeld and his team received funding from Boulder's Get Seed Funding for the team's latest venture, Kegstand, a collapsible keg that the team designed which will reduce both shipping and rent costs. Get Seed Funding is a micro-funding opportunity for Boulder students that provides up to $500 in funding for entrepreneurial ideas. Previously Strangfeld and Ted Thayer, CTD master's student also created an app together that sourced free food around campus.

Ellen Do smiles next to several other Innovative Design recipients as she receives her award.

Ellen Do wins Innovative Design Award from World Eco-Design Conference

Jan. 8, 2020

Professor Ellen Yi-Luen Do was one of nine individuals and organizations to win the World Eco-Design Conference's Innovative Design award. The event, which aims to promote an exchange of ideas on ecological design, was held in Guanghzou, China, Dec. 5-7.

Lisa and Matt Bethancourt

Game created by Whaaat!? Lab co-directors selected for coveted GDC showcase

Dec. 31, 2019

ATLAS Instructor Danny Rankin's and husband and wife duo, Matt and Lisa Bethancourt's fast-paced, multi-player stock trading game has been chosen to exhibit at alt.ctrl.GDC, a coveted showcase of alternative control schemes and interactions, held during the world's largest professional game developer's conference.

Wayne Seltzer interviewed by CBS Denver

Wayne Seltzer featured on CBS Denver for Right to Repair

Dec. 10, 2019

Television station KCNC (CBS Denver) aired a segment on the Right-to-Repair movement, including the Nov. 10 Boulder U-Fix-It Clinic, run by Wayne Seltzer. The movement advocates for laws that allow consumers to fix the things they own. Many companies want consumers to buy new items, contributing to the mounting electronic waste stream.

Lauren Hampton

CTD'19 Lauren Hampton: I Look Like An Engineer

Dec. 9, 2019

Celeste Moreno shows a young visitor how to make music by painting on a piece of paper during the 2018 Computer Science Education Week.

Computer Science Education Week: Celeste Moreno leads educator workshop

Dec. 3, 2019

“Micro:bits are becoming an increasingly important part of coding for kindergarten through 12th-grade classrooms,” says Celeste Moreno, a research master’s student at Boulder’s ATLAS Institute who designed and will lead the "Making and Learning with Micro:bit" workshop. “It's an affordable and flexible tool that allows students to make changes in the physical world using code."

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