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The Popular Science article highlights a recent study published in the journal Matter, in which Assistant Professor Ankur Gupta and his team used computer simulations to replicate the irregular patterns and textures found in tissues. Their results show that differences in cell size naturally produce uneven, broken stripe patterns.
Assistant Professor Ankur Gupta, the study’s lead researcher, and his team have developed a way to simulate natural animal patterns, including their imperfections. The findings could lead to new materials that turn to camouflage on demand.
Professor Michael Shirts' graduate student, Anika Friedman, was awarded the American Chemicals Society's Chemical Computing Group Excellence Award for Graduate Students. The award was presented at the CS Fall 2025 in Washington, DC.
A ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ research team co-led by Distinguished Professor Christopher Bowman has received up to $5.8 million from ARPA-H to develop new treatments that temporarily suspend the immune response after severe burns or tissue injuries, aiming to reduce pain, speed healing and prevent long-term damage. The approach could also benefit patients with limited access to immediate medical care.
SPUR student Joshua Smith joined researchers in the Shields Lab to develop microrobots that actively deliver drugs to the lungs—an innovative approach that could transform treatment for acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Saad Bhamla, a pioneering scientist known for studying unusual biological systems and inventing ultra-low-cost medical devices, will join the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the BioFrontiers Institute in August. His work blends biology, engineering and frugal science.
¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ’s chemical engineering program retained its No. 11 spot among public engineering programs in the U.S., according to U.S. News & World Report. ChBE's biological engineering program was not ranked, likely due to the program’s newness and the field’s typical association with agricultural programs in USN&WR.
Adding to a growing list of honors, Assistant Professor Ankur Gupta has been awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2025 Soft Matter Lectureship — a prestigious recognition of outstanding early-career researchers in the field.
Distinguished Professor Kristi Anseth, also the associate faculty director of ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ’sÌýBioFrontiers Institute, designs biomaterials that interact with living tissues to promote repair and regeneration, aiding in healing injuries and diseases. Her lab works with hydrogels—a degradable biomaterial—to deliver molecules at the right time and sequence to accelerate the healing process.
Co-organized by Professor Mike Toney, the 2025 Front Range Electrochemistry Workshop (FREW) broadly addressed electrochemical science, with this year’s focus on batteries reflecting their growing importance to everything from electric vehicles to renewable energy infrastructure. Assistant Professor Kayla Sprenger was an invited speaker.