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College Calendar
MEMORIAL SERVICE
A memorial service will be held Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 3 p.m. in the
Old Main Chapel for Curt Johnson, professor of chemical engineering
and former chair of the department who died Dec. 4. Johnson served
as department chair from 1964 to 1974, before becoming dean of
international education from 1974 to 1984. He then returned to the
department for two years until his retirement in 1986. Information:
Meg Thompson, 303-492-5409.
RETIREMENT
RECEPTION
for Bill Ingino, manager of the ITLL Manufacturing Center, Friday,
Dec. 12, 3:30-5 p.m., ITL Laboratory. Information: 303-492-7222.
ENGINEERING
RECOGNITION CEREMONY
Thursday, Dec. 18, 8 p.m., Macky Auditorium. Speaker: Peter Mannetti,
Managing Partner, iSherpa Capital. Information: 303-492-5071.
UNIVERSITY
COMMENCEMENT
Friday, Dec. 19, 9:30 a.m., Coors Events/Conference Center. Speaker:
Eric Cornell, Nobel laureate, NIST senior scientist and adjoint
professor of physics. Information:
www.colorado.edu/commencement
For more information about upcoming
college events, visit
http://ecad100.colorado.edu/
event_calendar/
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In the
News
Following is a sampling of recent press releases pertaining to CU
Engineering. Click each
[STORY]
link to read the full news release, or visit
www.colorado.edu/engineering/news.htm.
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CU
Student Inventions Range from Historic to Modern at ITLL Design Expo
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Symposium
to Address Society’s Responses to Cybersecurity Threats
[STORY]
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CU Engineering Fast
Facts
Q.
What brochures can I send to
students interested in an undergraduate engineering education
at CU?
A.
A new
undergraduate engineering brochure will be available in the Dean's
Office in late December. Be sure to check it out! The college Web
site also is being updated and should be done soon.
Q.
What college
information can I give to update alums and other friends of the
college?
A.
The fall 2003
issue of Alumni Focus is available in the Dean''s Office.
This publication is sent to all college alumni, keeping them up to
date on major initiatives in the college.
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The University of Colorado has a
strong institutional commitment to the principles of diversity and takes
action to achieve that end. The university does not discriminate in its
educational and employment programs and activities on the basis of race,
color, national origin, sex, age, disability, creed, religion, or veteran
status.
© 2003 University of Colorado
College of Engineering and Applied Science
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ITLL & ECE Expos Draw Community
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News 4 anchorman Ed Greene talks with students at the ITLL Expo. |
ITLL DESIGN EXPO
The ITL Laboratory's Fall 2003 Design Expo, sponsored by Hewlett-Packard,
was a great success with 53 team projects from
the First Year Engineering Projects Course and three other courses being
demonstrated. More than 650 people attended the Dec. 6 event, including
many children and adults from the Boulder community. News 4 anchorman Ed
Greene served as guest emcee.
Team design
projects included new product inventions, assistive technology devices for
people with disabilities, Lego robots, and appropriate technology systems
for the developing world. Projects were evaluated by 22 volunteer judges
from 13 companies, many research labs, as well as engineering faculty and
staff. The People's Choice Award was given to a team of first-year
students in Al Bedard's section of GEEN 1400 for their "Project Winston
Churchill," a Rube Goldberg contraption.
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Summit Middle School students visit
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ECE EXPO
More than
100 eighth-graders from Summit Middle School in Boulder visited the
Electrical and Computer Engineering Design Expo on Dec. 4, in addition to
several industry representatives. ECE seniors demonstrated their final
projects, ranging from a GPS navigating rover to an intelligent coffee pot
designed for the “smart” home. Professor Zoya Popovic coordinated the
middle school visit, which also involved additional demonstrations by
students in her laboratory. The department has hosted Longmont High School
and elementary school classes at previous Design Expos.
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DLC Apprenticeships Offered
The
college is offering 12 Discovery Learning Apprenticeships for the Spring
2004 semester in a pilot program to enhance undergraduate involvement in
the Discovery Learning Center. The apprenticeships will be supported
primarily by the Dean’s Fund for Excellence, with additional support
available from the Engineering Quad Residential Program. Resumes are being accepted from interested students
until Dec. 15. For more information on
these research opportunities, see
www.colorado.edu/engineering/dlc_jobs.pdf
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International Engineering
Program
Sherry
Snyder from the Engineering Dean's Office and Professor Kandace Einbeck
from the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures in
the College of Arts and Sciences have been awarded a three-year German
Initiative for Students in Science and Technology grant to start an
International Engineering Program at the University of Colorado. This
grant is sponsored by the DAAD, the German national government, and
CU-Boulder was one of 10 programs funded.
Initially,
the International Engineering Program will be for engineering students who
are studying German, but plans are for the program to be expanded to
include other languages in the future. This newly approved certificate
program includes taking language, literature, and engineering courses, a
culture class, and an international internship. Students must have a GPA
of 2.75 or above to do the international internship. Students who do not
have the required GPA can participate in the certificate program without
doing the internship.
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Strategic Plan Available Online
The
college’s newly drafted strategic plan is now available online at
www.colorado.edu/engineering/strategy.pdf.
Faculty, staff and advisory council members are encouraged to become
familiar with the plan, which will guide the college over the next five
years, and to do their part to help the college meet these ambitious
goals. Any last minute feedback should be directed to Dean Robert Davis in
the next few days, as the document is being prepared for printing.
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Honors and Awards
Faculty
Peter Mathys,
associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, received the
2003 Sullivan-Carlson Innovation in Teaching Award. The $1,000 prize is
funded by the Engineering Excellence Fund and awarded annually to a
faculty member who is recognized by the students for his or her innovative
approach to teaching. The award was presented Dec. 6 at the ITLL Fall
Design Expo.
Ken Gall,
assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering, has been selected to
receive the 2004 Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award from the Society of
Automotive Engineers. The award, which will go to nine outstanding
educators across the country this year, will be presented during the SAE
World Congress and Exposition in Detroit, Mich., on March 8.
Rajagopalan Balaji,
professor of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, was invited to attend the National Academy
of Science's 15th Annual Beckman Frontiers of Science Symposium at the
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center in Irvine, Calif., Nov. 6-8. The
National Academy of Science has conducted 13 symposia on the Frontiers of
Science, with 100 of the best and brightest young American scientists
attending each year to hear, discuss, and debate talks across a wide range
of the natural sciences.
Dan Frangopol,
professor of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, has been elected chair of the
International Federation for Information Processing’s working group on
Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems. He also gave a keynote
lecture at the First International Conference on Structural Health
Monitoring and Intelligent Infrastructure in Tokyo, Nov. 13-15.
Students
The following awards will be
presented at the Dec. 18 Engineering Recognition Ceremony:
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Susan N. Jordan,
an Electrical and Computer Engineering major, will be recognized as the
college’s Outstanding Graduate for Fall 2003.
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Alica M. Ortega,
a Mechanical Engineering major, will be recognized as the Outstanding
Graduate for Research.
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Emily J. Schneider,
double major in Civil Engineering and in Environmental Engineering, will
be recognized as the Outstanding Graduate for Service.
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Nathan J. Heick,
a Civil Engineering major, will receive the Academic Achievement Award.
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New
Faculty and Staff
Welcome
to Vishwesh
Kulkarni,
research associate in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
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Engineering Development
Thanks to the following individuals and companies for their very generous
contributions to the college in November:
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Gary Anderson (MechEngr '69)—challenge
grant for the Earn-Learn Program
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Charles M. Palmer (ElecEngr '76, MS '88)—gift
to fund the installation of a solar collector on the roof of the DLC
and a hands-on exhibit on solar energy in the ITLL
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Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation—gift
to fund eight student scholarships
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Shell Oil Company—gifts
to Mechanical Engineering and to Chemical and Biological Engineering
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J.D. Abrams (CivEngr '49)—scholarship
gift and pledge of support for outreach to Native American
Communities
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