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VA showcased the Weir Lab and Point Designs at CES 2026!
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Representatives from the Department of Veterans Affairs attended the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), held in Las Vegas, Nevada earlier this year. Regarded as “most powerful tech event in the world,” the VA attended to show off the research and progress we have been making. Among other technologies developed through VA research, representatives chose to showcase…
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Amber Bollinger Defended her Master’s Thesis!
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Amber Bollinger, a Bioengineering master’s candidate, defended her master’s thesis (Modeling Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interfaces (RPNIs) to Examine Surface Electrode Parameters for Prosthesis Control) on Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025 at 10:30am and she passed! Great job Amber Bollinger, MS!!
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Jordan McClung Defended his Master’s Thesis!
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Jordan McClung, a Bioengineering master’s candidate, defended his master’s thesis (Roll Over Investigations of a Prototype Biomimetic Prosthesis-Orthosis for Persons with Partial Foot Amputations) on Thursday, November 20th, 2025 at 10:30am and he passed! Great job Jordan McClung, MS!!
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Michael O’Donnell Defended his Doctoral Dissertation!
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Michael O’Donnell, a Bioengineering PhD candidate,defended his dissertation (Identification of Possible Gene-Specific Promotor and Enhancer Sequences for Adeno-Associated Virus Induced Optogenetic Transduction of Somatosensory Neural Subsets) on Friday, November 21th, 2025 at 2:00pm and he passed! Great job Michael O’Donnell, PhD!!
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Thomas DosSantos DiSorbo Defended his Doctoral Dissertation!
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Thomas Dos Santos DiSorbo, a Bioengineering PhD candidate, defended his dissertation (Towards a Patterned, Flexible, Abiotic Glucose Fuel Cell for Use in Medical Implants) on Friday, November 21th, 2025 at 10:30am and he passed! Great job Thomas DosSantos DiSorbo, PhD!!
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Engineering That Changes Lives: CU Denver Faculty Leads Breakthrough in Prosthetics
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The CU Denver College of Engineering, Design, and Computing featured the Weir Biomechatronics Development Lab in an article. They talk about the company Dr. Weir helped found, Point Designs, which came out of a research project designed to address the need for more durable prosthetic fingers. Use the buttons below to learn more about Point…