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High school students are challenged to design and build "power grippers," assistive technology devices similar to a prosthetic hand, during the July 16-20 Success Institute in the ITL Laboratory. A former CU graduate student who has used a prosthetic arm for 13 years served as a mentor during the institute.

HSHI Marks 40th Anniversary
The college’s High School Honors Institute marked its 40th anniversary in July, when 270 high school students visited CU-Boulder for the four-day summer program. Over the years, HSHI has offered more than 11,400 high school students the opportunity to explore the engineering majors while experiencing campus life.

The program was conceived in 1967 by Associate Dean George Maler, and it has flourished with the support of its many corporate sponsors as well as the faculty, students, and staff who make the program possible each year. This year's program was organized by Lelei Finau-Starkey and Gretchen Lee with the help of 31student group leaders and 35 industry representatives.

HSHI participants launch their egg containers with a slingshot on the Business Field due to construction in the engineering courtyard where the egg drop is usually held.

New Camp Broadens STEM Opportunities
The Multicultural Engineering Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder hosted the second of three Western summer camps aimed at expanding educational opportunities for Hispanic students interested in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The camps are the first project of the Hispanic Alliance for STEM Opportunities, a partnership formed earlier this year by the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference, and IBM.

Forty ninth- and 10th-graders from the Denver metro area came to Boulder for the Aug. 1-Aug. 4 camp, called "SciTech 2020." The students, who paid a fee of only $10 thanks to financial support from IBM, stayed overnight in campus residence halls and spent four days engaged in hands-on math, engineering, and science activities.

MEP also co-hosts (with ITL and WIEP) the annual Success Institute, which was held in July at three locations, including the ITL Laboratory, Lafayette’s Centaurus High School, and the Denver School of Science and Technology.

BioServe Launches Experiments
BioServe Space Technologies will launch a set of experiments to the International Space Station Aug. 8 that are part of an educational effort involving thousands of middle and high school students around the world. The experiments will examine seed germination and plant development, the adaptation of yeast cells, and growth of a crystal "garden" in the space environment. Students will observe the experiments through data and imagery distributed directly to their classrooms via the internet.

BioServe also developed a payload for Amgen Research to examine the effectiveness of a new therapeutic as a possible countermeasure for muscle atrophy during spaceflight.

'Suit Yourself' Accepting Donations
CU-Boulder’s Career Services is collecting gently worn business attire to be sold to students at low cost at the “Suit Yourself” fashion show in the fall, so that students are well-dressed for their job interviews. Suits, jackets, pants, shirts, skirts, ties and handbags will be accepted at Art Cleaners, Revolution Cleaners, and Career Services (Willard Hall) through the month of August. Proceeds from the event benefit the Multicultural Engineering Program and the Multicultural Business Students Association. Contact: Ann.Herrmann@colorado.edu or 303-492-8020.

Honors and Awards
Congratulations to the following faculty on their outstanding achievements.

Ross Corotis of civil, environmental and architectural engineering has been selected as a 2007 Jefferson Science Fellow and will spend the next calendar year working with the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. The fellows are selected based on their ability to articulate science and technology issues to the general public, ability to understand scientific advancements outside their own discipline, open-mindedness toward public policy discussions, and stature in the scientific or engineering community.

Bart van Zeghbroeck of electrical and computer engineering licensed his patent on 'Wide bandgap semiconductor device construction' to Microsemi.

Carol Cogswell of electrical and computer engineering received an incremental grant of $239,000 from the National Science Foundation for collaborative research on a Quantitative DIC Microscope for Measuring Three-Dimensional Cell Attributes.

Faculty and Staff

New college leadership, effective Aug. 1:
·    Brian Argrow, Associate Dean for Education
·    Chris Bowman, Associate Dean for Research
·    Victor Bright, Faculty Director for Discovery Learning

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