Artificial muscle made of sewing thread enables new motions for soft robots
Mechanical engineers used a twisted-and-coiled actuator to generate programmable motion in a soft robot.
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Student engineers complete swing project to bring joy to Fort Collins man with autism
Dylan Bush’s favorite activity is swinging on swings. CSU student engineers built him one as their final senior design project.
CSU engineers will design medical-grade, mass-producible masks for COVID-19 response
They’ve received a grant from the Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute under the COVID-19-Related Research Pilot program.
Planning for a disaster: Model can predict hospital resilience for natural disasters, pandemics
A new modeling tool could help city planners and emergency managers understand the full functionality and recovery of a healthcare system, in the wake of a natural disaster.
Engineering lab at CSU transformed into testing site for COVID-19 medical protective gear
Primarily, the CSU team is focused on N95 particulate respirators that offer certified protection from aerosols in the workplace.
CSU labs helping Colorado plastics company make medical face shields for hospitals
CSU’s Idea-2-Product 3D printing lab, along with faculty who have 3D printers in their own labs, are part of a statewide initiative to ramp up production of medical face shields.
$1.1 million to fund CSU research on detecting dangerous underground gas leaks
The funds will come from an $18.25 million penalty a state agency is seeking related to a 2017 home explosion in Firestone, Colorado.
A solution for cleaning up PFAS, one of the world’s most intractable pollutants
CSU engineers have developed a treatment train for a PFAS compound best known by its trade name, GenX.
Atmospheric science, meet data science
Now more than ever, climate researchers are turning to trainable, data-nimble computer programs as tools for improving climate models, weather forecasting and more.
Small, wearable air pollution sensors will let workers know what they’re breathing
A team of engineers and social scientists are developing radical new technologies and methods for assessing worker exposure to occupational air pollutants.