Hands-on at Ball Aerospace
Steven Finch knew when he landed a mechanical-engineering internship at Ball Aerospace, Colorado’s renowned spacecraft maker, it would be amazing. He…
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Here comes the mud
Colorado knows natural disasters. Flooding has devastated areas of the state in recent years. Wildfires have become a frequent occurrence…
3D printing potential solutions for ventilator shortage
Flattening the curve of COVID-19 infections is crucial to preventing our health care system from being overwhelmed. Why? A key medical…
Power players
A powerhouse in sustainability, Ambient Energy has discovered a new renewable resource: Metropolitan State University of Denver. The Denver-based consulting firm specializes…
Tivoli truckin’
“It runs,” the voice on the other end of the phone said, “but it runs rough.” That was the sales…
Water, water, everywhere …
As you read this, you’re surrounded on all sides … by water. Even in the driest of climates, it’s everywhere,…
Paving a STEMpath for teachers
A nationwide shortage of K-12 computer-science teachers helped inspire the new graduate-level certificate at Metropolitan State University of Denver intended…
Launched at Lockheed Martin
Joshua Harris had lost his sense of gravity. It was 2015, and the North Dakota native was working at a…
From tractors to satellites
He started out working the land and moved to the mountains for manufacturing. His hands-on career really took off when…
Solving big problems with small solutions
Jonathan Spencer Martinez wants to make a big difference by working on a very small scale. The third-year student at…