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College Calendar
NEW STUDENT AND
FAMILY ORIENTATION
Aug. 17-19, mandatory program for new undergraduates entering the
College of Engineering and Applied Science; for a complete schedule
of activities, go to
http://engineering.colorado.edu/
prospective/057orientschedule.pdf
FALL CLASSES
Begin Aug. 22
ENGINEERING
OPEN HOUSE
Oct. 29, 8:15 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., one-day program for high
school juniors and seniors, including an overview of majors and
careers, lab demonstrations, discussions with student and faculty
panels; and financial aid, scholarship, and residence hall
information. For a detailed schedule, go to
http://engineering.colorado.edu/
prospective/open_house.htm
For more information about
college events, visit
http://engineering.colorado.edu/
EventCalendar/Calendar.aspx
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In the
News
Following is a list of recent press releases pertaining to the college. Click each
[story]
link to read the full news release, or visit
http://engineering.colorado.edu/news/
current_news.htm
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Long-term Energy Solutions Sought by CU-Boulder Expert on Renewables,
Electric Utilities [story]
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High School Students Explore Engineering at CU-Boulder [story]
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CU Engineering Fast
Facts
The college registered 640 new freshmen (89 percent of those
confirmed) and 50 new transfer students (77 percent of those
confirmed) on July 26. Official fall enrollment figures will be
available after Sept. 7.
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Civil engineering students
Jeff Lyng and Seth Kassels install photovoltaic panels on the roof of the
CU Solar Decathlon home under construction in the parking lot of the
Louisville Home Depot.
CU Solar Decathlon Home Nears
Completion
CU’s Solar Decathlon team is nearing completion of its
entry for the 2005 Department of Energy competition, which will be held
Oct. 7-16 on the National Mall in Washington, DC. The design and
construction of the 800-square-foot solar home has been a two-year effort
involving architecture and engineering students with Professors Julee
Herdt and Michael Brandemuehl serving as advisors.
Some special features of the CU home include use of
natural “low to no petroleum” building materials, structurally insulated
wall panels containing bio-based foam, and a retractable roof, which will
allow for a lower traveling height as the home is driven across the
country to the nation’s capital. The entire home is built on a steel
chassis that meets highway requirements. “When the CU home arrives on the
National Mall, the roof will be raised 2 feet to create a cathedral
ceiling and also provide for an optimum solar angle for the roof-mounted
photovoltaic and solar thermal systems,” said project manager Jeff Lyng.
If time
permits, the team hopes to be able to bring the completed house to the
Boulder campus in early September before leaving for the competition in
Washington.
Donations are still being sought to finance the trip. For more
information, visit
http://solar.colorado.edu
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CU Engineering Alumni Network
Launched
The
college is introducing a new online networking tool to assist alumni in
keeping in touch with one another, while also making it easier to notify
the college about their news and achievements. CU engineering alumni are
invited to visit
http://engineering.colorado.edu/alumni
to access the CU Engineering Alumni Network. Alumni can post a message to
the site, look for former classmates, or submit an announcement to the
college for a future publication. An email will be sent to alumni
announcing the network this fall.
A
collection of profiles also is being added to the web site to highlight
our outstanding alumni, students and faculty, especially as a tool for
prospective students to explore career paths and opportunities gained by
becoming a CU engineer. Profiles may be accessed from various locations in
the college web site, including the homepage and the prospective student
page located at
http://engineering.colorado.edu/prospective.
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DEAA Nominations Due Sept. 1
Please note that
nominations for the 2006 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Awards are due
by Sept. 1. The award, which will be presented in April, gives special
recognition to graduates of the college who have distinguished themselves
since graduation. A DEA Award also may be given in a special category for
non-alumni who have provided special service to the college. For details
and a nomination form, go to
http://engineering.colorado.edu/alumni/deaaprocedures.htm.
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HSHI Thanks Volunteers
Thanks to
everyone who helped make the 38th annual High School Honors Institute a
success. The July 24-27 institute attracted 211 high school juniors and
seniors, including 168 from Colorado, 40 from other states in the union,
and three from England. Program organizers Kristin Germain and Gretchen
Lee would like to thank the following faculty members who volunteered
their time to the program,
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Applied Math-
Anne Dougherty,
Adam Norris
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Aerospace-
Jason Hinkle,
Brian Argrow
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Chemical & Biological-
Janet deGrazia,
Dave Clough,
John Falconer
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Civil, Environmental, &
Architectural- JoAnn Silverstein,
David DiLaura,
John Crimaldi,
Mike
Brandemuehl,
Hon Yim Ko,
Moncef Krarti,
Mettupalayam
Sivaselvan
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Computer
Science- Michael Main,
Alex Repenning,
Bruce Sanders,
Michael Eisenberg,
John
Bennett
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Electrical & Computer-
Dan Connors,
Tom Brown
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Engineering
Physics- Chuck Rogers,
Mike Dubson
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Environmental-
Jana Milford,
Shelly Miller
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Mechanical-
Daria Kotys-Schwartz,
Y.C. Lee
…along with the many graduate students, college group leaders and industry
representatives who helped with demos, presentations, and keeping track of
the high school students during their four days on campus.
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Honors and Awards
Congratulations
to the following individuals on their outstanding achievements.
Faculty
Ted Randolph
of chemical and biological engineering will receive the 2005 Professional
Progress Award of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers at the
annual AIChE meeting in
Cincinnati
in November. The award recognizes his leading-edge research in protein
stabilization and supercritical fluid technology, which has had major
impacts in the biotechnology industry.
Jackie Sullivan
of ITLL received the 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award from the K-12
Engineering Division of the American Society of Engineering Education.
Bobby Schnabel
of computer science was named editor-in-chief of SIAM Review, the flagship
journal of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
Jim Maslanik
of aerospace engineering sciences was appointed to the World Climate
Research Program's Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment science
advisory committee.
Students
Undergraduate computer science majors
Kelly Kaveny,
Karla Alves,
and Joe McCabe,
and aerospace engineering undergraduate
Vedran Alagic
will present the results of their work with Professor
George Morgenthaler
on optimizing the President’s International Space Exploration and
Utilization Initiative at the 56th International Astronautical Congress
in Fukuoka, Japan, Oct. 16-21. The team, which was funded by Western Area
Engineering Student Opportunity grants and the Multicultural Engineering
Program, successfully applied a binary integer programming constrained
optimization model to the optimization of three different space
exploration architectures typical of the initiative.
Samuel Reid,
a graduate student in computer science,
recently won first place in the
DSWeb Competition for Graduate Students
sponsored by the
SIAM Activity
Group on Dynamical Systems.
Entrants were encouraged to use innovative media to present a dynamical
systems tutorial. Reid's entry was titled “Cellular Automata in One
Dimension: A Simple Dynamical System Interactive Tutorial.”
Jaclyn Poon,
graduate student in aerospace engineering, was awarded one of four Amelia
Earhart Memorial Scholarship Future Woman Pilots Awards for 2005 by
Ninety-Nines, Inc., a non-profit, international organization of licensed
women pilots. The organization came into being in 1931 when Amelia Earhart
was elected as first president, and the group was named for the 99 women
pilot charter members.
James Russell,
PhD candidate in aerospace engineering, received the 2005 AIAA John Leland
Atwood Graduate Student Award. His research is aimed at establishing
metrics for the selection of advanced spacecraft life support
technologies. The award provides a $5,000 scholarship.
Steve Chappell,
PhD candidate in aerospace engineering, received an AIAA Foundation
Graduate Award in the 2005 open topic category to support his doctoral
studies involving planetary spacesuit design and operations. The award
provides a $5,000 scholarship.
Vanessa Aponte,
PhD candidate in aerospace engineering, was selected to receive the 2005
Student Leadership Graduate Award from the Hispanic Engineers National
Achievement Awards Corp., providing her with a $5,000 scholarship. She
will be honored during the 17th Annual HENAAC awards ceremony on Oct. 7 in
Anaheim, Calif.
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