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College Calendar
ECE DESIGN EXPO
Thursday, Dec. 8, 9
a.m.-noon, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.
Information: 303-492-7327.
ENGINEERING RECOGNITION
CEREMONY
Thursday, Dec. 15, 8 p.m.,
Macky Auditorium; Assistant Dean James Sherman, guest speaker.
Information: 303-492-5071.
UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT
Friday, Dec. 16, 9: 30 a.m.,
Coors Events Center.
NEW STUDENT WELCOME
PROGRAM
Jan. 12, 8:30 a.m., ECCR 105;
program for new students entering the college in spring 2006.
Information: 303-492-5071.
SPRING SEMESTER BEGINS
Jan. 17
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
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link to read the full news release, or visit
http://engineering.colorado.edu/news/
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CU-Boulder Engineering Students to Demonstrate Inventions,
Technologies at ITL Design Expo
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Colorado
High School Students to Launch Boats, Cars and Careers at MESA Fall
Fling 2005
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CU to Host Public Celebration, Tours of Winning Solar Decathlon Home
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Engineers Without Borders to Host Filtron Workshop at CU-Boulder
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CU-Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Science Names New
Associate Dean
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CU Engineering Fast
Facts
According to CU economist Richard Wobbekind, Colorado is expected to
see the addition of 11,700 jobs in the professional and business
services sector in 2006. For more information about Wobbekind’s
latest economic outlook, see
www.colorado.edu/news/
releases/2005/452.html
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A SpectraLink employee judges
a student entry in Colorado MESA’s Multipurpose Vehicle Incline Contest at
the CU Student Recreation Center Nov. 18. |
MESA Fall Fling
About 200 Colorado high school students
tested their skills at designing and building boats and multi-purpose
vehicles during the fifth annual Colorado Mathematics Engineering Science
Achievement (MESA) Fall Fling at CU-Boulder Nov. 17 and 18. The two-day event, hosted by
the Multicultural Engineering Program and sponsored by SpectraLink, is an
annual tradition for high-school students participating in the Colorado
MESA program.
This year's event featured a variety of
hands-on activities in which students could apply their knowledge of math
and science. In one event, students built boats out of milk cartons, wood
furring strips and duct tape, and then tried to navigate them across the
swimming pool at the CU Recreation Center. Students also competed in a
variety of events designed to test the power and performance of
“mouse-trap cars” they previously designed and built at their schools.
The winner of this statewide event will go on to compete in the MESA-USA
national competition in Anaheim, Calif.
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ITL Design Expo
About 260 engineering undergraduates
showed off their inventions and demonstrated how technologies work during
the end-of-semester ITL Fall Design Expo on Dec. 3. Nearly 40 first-year
student projects were exhibited, including demonstrations of micro- and
nanoscale technologies, historic devices and mechanisms from the notebooks
of Leonardo da Vinci, sustainable technologies for use in developing
countries, and assistive technology for children with disabilities.
Several advanced student teams
demonstrated new consumer products, such as a skateboard brake, home
biodiesel system and a batteryless tent-lighting system powered by a
hiker's footsteps. An assistive technology project, “Skyarms for Spencer,”
designed for a child with cerebral palsy, won the People’s Choice Award.
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Dean Rob Davis presents
the Corporate Volunteer Award to Ken Taylor, right, of ConMed Corp.
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Corporate Volunteer Award
The college’s first Corporate Volunteer
Award was presented to
Ken Taylor
of ConMed Corp. Dec. 2. The award was established to recognize volunteer
contributions to the College of Engineering and Applied Science that have
benefited students and faculty, and built stronger ties between the
college and the honoree's company. Taylor is a founding member of the
Department of Mechanical Engineering’s Industrial Advisory Council.
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Honors and Awards
Congratulations
to the following individuals on their outstanding achievements.
Faculty
Michael Eisenberg
of computer science received the Sullivan-Carlson Innovation in Teaching
Award at the ITL Fall Design Expo Dec. 3. The award is presented by the
Engineering Excellence Fund to a faculty member in the college who
demonstrates initiative and innovation in developing and using hands-on
curriculum.
Dirk Grunwald
of computer science received the
CU-LEAD Alliance
Faculty Appreciation Award
in recognition of his dedication and commitment to the success of students
of color and first-generation students. Grunwald was nominated by students
in his introduction to computer science course. Grunwald also was
recognized by the housing department’s Academic Support and Assistance
Program for having a significant impact on student success.
Roop Mahajan
of mechanical engineering has been selected to receive a Faculty
Fellowship for 2006-07 from the Graduate School's Council on Research and
Creative Work.
Steve Nerem
of aerospace engineering sciences received the Bowie Lecture award from
the American Geophysical Union, and will present his lecture, “The Record
of Sea Level Change from Satellite Measurements: What Have We Learned?” at
the AGU meeting in San Francisco this week.
Zoya Popovic
and
Regan Zane
of electrical and computer engineering were selected to receive the 2006
Microwave Prize of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society for
their paper “Recycling Ambient Microwave Energy with Broad-Band Rectenna
Arrays.”
Hadley Sikes,
a post-doctoral researcher in chemical and biological engineering, was
selected to receive $500,000 over five years from the Burroughs Welcome
Fund for her work at the interface between the physical/computational
sciences and the biological sciences. Sikes was one of 10 post-docs across
the country receiving the Career Award at the Scientific Interface (CASI)
this year.
Jeff Thayer
of aerospace engineering sciences was awarded a five-year grant of
$800,000 from the Office of Polar Programs and the Upper Atmosphere
Research section of the National Science Foundation to develop a lidar
sensor in the arctic to remotely measure temperature and aerosol
concentrations.
R. Scott Summers
and Bernard Amadei
of civil, environmental and
architectural engineering will advise two student teams selected to
compete for the Environmental Protection Agency’s P3 Award, a national
student design competition for sustainability focusing on “People,
Prosperity and the Planet.” Both teams won $10,000 grants to research and
develop their projects during the academic year. One team will research
the sustainability of the Filtrón for microbial disinfection, while the
other develops a sustainable, smart growth plan for Muramba, Rwanda.
Staff
Denise
Carlson, ITL technical
assistant, was awarded the Employee Recognition Award for November.
Students
Jerry Rifkin,
a graduate student in mechanical engineering, won the Best New Industrial
Product award for his novel prosthetic foot at the Colorado Inventors
Showcase, sponsored by the daVinci Institute at its "A Night with the
Visionaries" Nov. 11 in Denver. Jerry's design, which is funded by an SBIR
grant, is designed to mimic the flexibility and dynamic behavior of normal
feet. Jerry has made extensive use of rapid prototyping, both in the ITL
Laboratory for plastic components and locally for sintered steel parts.
Timsy Bir
of computer science received an Honorable Mention for the Computing
Research Association's Outstanding Undergraduate Award 2006, sponsored by
Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs.
Charles Morrey,
a graduate student in computer science, was recognized by the housing
department’s Academic Support and Assistance Program for having a
significant impact on student success. He and Prof. Dirk Grunwald were
nominated by their Earn-Learn Apprentice student, Elliott Hedman.
Jenny Golder,
a graduate student in electrical engineering and employee of Lockheed
Martin, organized the state finals of the FIRST Lego League robotics
competition for 9- to 14-year-olds, which was hosted by CU-Boulder Dec. 3.
The competition was sponsored on campus by the CU-Boulder Office of
Community Relations and CU Athletics, and many members of the university
community were involved as mentors, volunteers, and judges.
Awards to be
presented at the Engineering Recognition Ceremony on Dec. 15 include:
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Pia Lindgren
of architectural engineering – Outstanding Graduate
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Nate Aragon
of applied mathematics – Outstanding Graduate for Research
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Jordan Spatz
of aerospace engineering sciences – Outstanding Graduate for Service
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James Kirby
of electrical and computer engineering – Academic Achievement Award
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New Faculty and Staff
Welcome to the following new staff in the college:
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Ian
Cunningham, administrative assistant, Dean’s Office
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Lelei
Finau-Starkey, interim director of outreach and recruitment, Dean’s Office
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