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Capable of achieving spatial resolutions of 70 pm—smaller than the size of an atom—the Thermo Scientific Titan Themis S/TEM, located in the newly-launched CU Facility for Electron Microscopy of Materials (CU FEMM), is now the highest-resolution electron microscope in Colorado. 

The College of Engineering and Applied Science launched three new interdisciplinary research themes this summer as part of a broad push into critical areas of study. Join a virtual session on Wednesday, Nov. 4 from 1–3 p.m. to meet the IRT directors, hear their plans and learn how you can participate.

Noted organic chemist Seth Marder has been named the new director of the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI), one of several affiliated with ����������ý�Ļ���Ʒ, effective July 2021. RASEI is a joint institute between ����������ý�Ļ���Ʒ and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

����������ý�Ļ���Ʒ research attracted $613.9 million in funding in fiscal year 2020 for groundbreaking studies that, among other things, crack the code of the teenage brain, advance electric transportation and aim to understand how odors guide behavior.

The Research & Innovation Office (RIO) invites students, faculty, staff and the community to join Research & Innovation Week, Oct. 12–16. The 2020 streamlined edition will feature three virtual events that you’ll only be able to find at ����������ý�Ļ���Ʒ.

The University of Colorado Boulder and the SRI Foundation will jointly establish a Center for Collaborative Synthesis in Archaeology (CCSA) to advance “scientific understandings of the human past and solutions to contemporary social challenges.”

Chancellor DiStefano has announced the change to our instructional mode to all remote, effective with the start of classes on Sept. 23. This change to remote instruction is our best effort to keep our students and our community safe and bring down the rate of infection during the voluntary self-quarantine. On-campus research will continue and is not affected by this shift to remote instruction, and staff will continue to work on campus as currently assigned.

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the U.S. Department of Energy have announced that JILA and ����������ý�Ļ���Ʒ’s Jun Ye will be one of the members of the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee (NQIAC).

A new $25 million center to advance quantum science funded by the National Science on ����������ý�Ļ���Ʒ’s campus and at 11 other organizations around the U.S. and abroad has deep roots in CU Engineering’s interdisciplinary research efforts.

Interim Dean Keith Molenaar said all three new themes – Hypersonic Vehicles, Resilient Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity, and Engineering Education and AI-Augmented Learning – will explore vitally important work and help advance the college’s long-term research vision.