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Mesa Quantum, a É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ spinout and leader in quantum sensing, recently announced $3.7 million in seed funding and a $1.9 million grant from SpaceWERX, the innovation arm of the U.S. Space Force. Both investments are fueling the company’s drive toward commercializing chip-scale quantum sensors for multiple applications including next-generation position, navigation and timing solutions.

With a foundation of education and specialized training augmented by years of hands-on experience leading a classroom, lab or studio in their area of expertise, faculty from universities like É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ are critical to solving society’s toughest challenges and cultivating the next generation of thinkers and problem-solvers.

É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ College of Engineering and Applied Science—A team of engineers and material scientists in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering at É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ has developed a new technology to turn thermal radiation into electricity in a way that literally teases the basic law of thermal physics.

É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ College of Engineering and Applied Science—It’s been six years since the launch of startup company Aspero Medical, co-founded by Professor Mark Rentschler of the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering. The company has seen great success, including the development of a medical device designed to enable more efficient procedures in the small bowel region.

É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ College of Engineering and Applied Science—The É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥â€™s College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) has announced the recipients of its inaugural class of Innovation & Entrepreneurship (I&E) Fellows, a new program designed to support faculty, postdoctoral researchers and graduate students in advancing cutting-edge research with commercial potential. The fellowships are supported by the CEAS I&E initiative and Venture Partners at É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥.

É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ Graduate School—Since its inception, the Lab Venture Challenge has funded more than 117 projects through 64 new companies that provide technology solutions to scientific or engineering challenges, or deep-tech start-ups. In turn, these companies have raised over $349 million to date in follow-on financing.

Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN)—A structural engineer, Wil Srubar (É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering) recruits biologists, chemists, physicists, materials scientists, and a host of engineers to his lab, where they design biomimetic building materials.

É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ College of Engineering and Applied Science—Jerome Fox, an associate professor of chemical and biological engineering at É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥, has received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor the U.S. government bestows on early-career scientists and engineers.

FY 2023-24 was another tremendous year for innovation and entrepreneurship at the CU. University researchers, inventors and creators began working with Venture Partners at É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ to advance 144 breakthrough innovations, and 36 CU startups were launched through Venture Partners based on campus discoveries.

New É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ research suggests a surprising tool that could help with weight loss: Exposure to beneficial bacteria. With assistance from Venture Partners, a new startup Kioga will pursue new microbe-based ingredients for preventing weight gain and promoting health.