Students in Derek Reamon’s mechanical engineering circuits and electronics course exhibited their final projects in the ITL Laboratory last week. The students built classic games employing elementary circuits tools, such as sensors, timers, and sequential and combinatorial logic. The ITLL also hosted its Fall 2004 Design Expo on Dec. 4, drawing an estimated 400 people from the community to explore the world of engineering through undergraduate design projects.

Space Grant Program Prepares for Launch
Boeing’s new Delta IV Heavy rocket is scheduled to carry the Colorado Space Grant Program’s Three Corner Satellites into orbit on Dec. 10. Despite the launch occurring right at the beginning of final exams, CU engineering students are making preparations to monitor the satellites from the Discovery Learning Center throughout the three-day mission.

The satellites, whose primary objectives are to demonstrate stereoscopic imaging, virtual formation communications, and distributed and automated operations, are a joint project between the University of Colorado at Boulder, Arizona State University at Tempe, and New Mexico State University at Las Cruces. CU students are responsible for the imaging along with command and data handling and mission operations.
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CU MESA Fall Fling Hosts 200 Students and Teachers
About 200 high school students and their math/science teachers participated in the CU MESA Fall Fling Nov. 18-19 on the Boulder campus. Sponsored by MEP and Colorado MESA, this two-day event brought students and teachers from 21 high schools to campus to learn about engineering through two fun, team-based engineering competitions.

In one competition, the students used 8-foot wood furring strips and plastic gallon milk jugs to design, build and race boat crafts in the swimming pool at the Student Recreation Center. The second, a multi-purpose vehicle competition, featured pre-constructed vehicles powered by mousetrap springs.

Special acknowledgements go to Lynné Diaz, MEP assistant director for outreach and recruitment (who will be leaving her position Dec. 17 in order to return to school), along with the Colorado Space Grant Consortium and the ITL Program.
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AIChE Student Chapter Sponsors Outreach
Nearly 50 undergraduate students volunteered their time to bring hands-on chemical engineering activities to science classes at a Longmont middle school in November.  More than 250 eighth graders at Longs Peak Middle School participated in the activities, which were sponsored by the AIChE Student Chapter (Al Weimer, advisor).  One of the activities was a hands-on oil spill and cleanup experiment with discussion of issues. Particular thanks go to CU students Katie Barney, Nate Johns and Melinda Channel for planning and organizing the event.
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