The ME Course Column is a recurring publication about the unique classes and labs that mechanical engineers can take while at the University of Colorado Boulder. Follow the series to understand the ...

(Nanowerk News) It is a high-speed movement: within fractions of a second the mouthparts of the dragonfly larvae spring forwards to seize its prey. For decades, researchers had assumed that this ...

Eric Markvicka (left), assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, holds a tray of liquid metal samples while graduate student Ethan Krings works on a sample at right. Markvicka has ...

Biomedical, bio-inspired, and micro robotics focuses on robotic systems that are closely aligned with biological systems. This includes both robotic systems that are human body-mounted and augment ...

New research suggests that a novel method for simulating biologically inspired robots could reduce the design and training time for tactile systems from 18 months to just two weeks. The work, from ...

BALTIMORE, Md. – In looking for creative inspiration, engineering student Qiyuan Fu finds it in a box, with an interesting occupant. Inside: a real, live snake. “We can definitely learn something from ...