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Research & innovation: Graduate research
Graduate students are integral to our research endeavors. Each of our nine colleges
and schools provides an array of research opportunities for graduate students.
Student researchers & entrepreneurs
Camila Uzcategui
and Johnny Hergert
Novel 3D printing for life sciences
Camila Uzcategui (MMatSci’18; PhD’21) and Johnny Hergert
(MMatSci’18; PhD’21) began collaborating on volumetric 3D
printing technology in the Materials Science & Engineering
Program. After years of research and experimentation,
they worked with Venture Partners at CU Boulder to cofound Vitro3D to speed the technical advancement of their
innovations. Their growing startup company is accelerating
toward their goal of using the technology in dental
applications, 3D cell culture for drug development, and
scaffolds for human organ and tissue regeneration.
Steven Dourmashkin
Turning color into music
Steven Dourmashkin (far left), an aerospace engineering
graduate student, launched Specdrums, app-connected
rings people wear on their fingers that turn color into sound.
With the app, users assign musical notes and sounds
to specific colors. Tapping the ring on a color plays the
designated sound. People can use Specdrums’ database
of sounds or record their own sounds to create a short
musical piece. Specdrums won the the CU Boulder New
Venture Challenge and was acquired by toymaker Sphero.
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