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Jessica Rush Leeker has received a $2 million National Science Foundation grant to advance her research on creating learning resources that promote the participation of Black families in engineering.

Deming Associate Dean for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Wil Srubar—the first to hold the position—will focus on fostering innovation by offering education, mentorship and resources to faculty, postdocs and graduate students to drive the commercialization of intellectual property.

Brooke Marten is engineering a better environment, focused on what happens to trash after it is carted off to the landfill—and ways to turn it into a valuable product.

¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder has earned a major grant to boost drought monitoring and prediction on the Colorado River.

Ryan Hayward, who holds the James and Catherine Patten Endowed Professorship of Chemical and Biological Engineering, was elected chair by the chemical and biological engineering department’s faculty.

Assistant Professor Maria Pacheco from the Department of Computer Science earned the 2024 Dr. Evelyn Hooker Advocacy Award for her leadership in supporting LGBTQ+ students at ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder.

¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder is among the top 25 engineering graduate programs in the country, according to U.S. News and World Report’s Best Graduate Schools rankings for 2025.

Professor Edith Zagona provided technical and advisory services during a U.S. Agency for International Development-sponsored visit to Armenia, where rural communities are running out of water due to uncontrolled use by fish farms and pollution caused by untreated mining tailings.

Researchers in Ankur Gupta’s lab discovered how ions move within a complex network of minuscule pores. The breakthrough could lead to the development of more efficient energy storage devices, such as supercapacitors, enabling fast charging of electric vehicles and more.

Professor Amir Behzadan joined an invitation-only group of experts in Washington, D.C., to discuss artificial intelligence models in weather prediction—potentially valuable tools for alerting residents earlier, ultimately saving lives and property.