Professor featured in Colorado Environmental Film Festival documentary
, a documentary featuringÌýMija Hubler,Ìýassociate professor of structural engineering and structural mechanics, was selected as the opening night film for the Colorado Environmental Film Festival in Golden. The film highlights womenÌýtransforming the construction industry through sustainable innovation, decarbonization and green technology.
Hubler’s research interests include aging of construction materials, concrete infrastructure design and construction methods and the design of alternative construction materials from biological elements and engineered waste materials. She is a co-founder ofÌý, a bio-cement startup in Longmont, Colorado.
The University of Colorado Connection
Prometheus MaterialsÌýInc., which produces a zero-carbon concrete alternative, was co-founded by four faculty members at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder: , , (Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering)Ìýand Ìý(Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Biochemistry). With a cross-disciplinary grant from DARPA that funded the underlying inventions, they were interested in forming a startup company and worked with Venture Partners to find a CEO and co-founder. Through the Venture Partners mentor network, they found serial entrepreneur Loren Burnett, and since then, Prometheus Materials has been off to the races!ÌýPrometheus is now headquartered in Longmont, CO.
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