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College Calendar
SPRING CAREER
FAIR
Recruitment event for CU-Boulder students and alumni,
Jan. 26 and 27, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., UMC Ballroom. Information: Career
Services, 303-492-6541.
CENTENNIAL
PATTEN SCIENTIFIC WORKSHOP
Feb. 3-4 workshop on the future of
chemical engineering on the occasion of the department’s 100th
anniversary. Information:
http://www.colorado.edu/che/
centscienworkshop.htm
SILICON
FLATIRONS TELECOM PROGRAM
Feb. 13-14, School of Law, “The
Digital Broadband Migration: Rewriting the Telecom Act,” with FCC
Chairman Michael Powell and Qwest CEO Richard Notebaert; cosponsored
by the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program. Information:
http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/conferences/
TeleComAct_spring_2005.html
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://ecadw.colorado.edu/engineering/
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Elegant Shape of
Eiffel Tower Solved Mathematically by CU-Boulder Prof [story]
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CU Professor to Lead World’s Largest Technical Professional Society [story]
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CU Engineering Fast
Facts
The
CU-Boulder chapter of Tau Beta Pi will mark its 100th anniversary
this year. A total of 4,408 CU engineering students have been
initiated into Tau Beta Pi since the chapter’s founding on June 9,
1905.
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The ITLL Fall Design Expo
drew a large and enthusiastic crowd to the college on Dec. 4. Children
were especially captivated by “Cherry on Top,” a Rube Goldberg ice cream
sundae-making contraption that won the People’s Choice Award.
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Distinguished Engineering Alumni
Awards
The Engineering Advisory Council’s DEAA Selection
Committee has selected the following individuals to receive the 2005
Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award:
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James D. Abrams (CivEngr'49) - Private Practice
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Peter J. Balsells (MechEngr'52) - Industry & Commerce
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Linda A. Capuano (ChemEngr'76, MS Chem'77) - Industry &
Commerce
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Michael S. Francis (AeroEngr'69 MS'70, PhD'76) -
Government Service
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David Haussler (PhD CompSci'82) - Research & Invention
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Eugene Myers (PhD CompSci'81) - Research & Invention
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Jill S. Tietjen (EAC/RDC member) - Special
The awards will be presented at the Engineering Awards
Banquet on April 22. More information about the awards banquet honoring
these distinguished engineers will be provided in the spring.
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Earn-Learn Challenge Exceeded
Thank
you to all EAC and RDC members, faculty, and staff who contributed to the
Earn-Learn Apprenticeship Program this fall. The Dean’s Office is pleased
to report that the goal for the Earn-Learn Challenge has been exceeded.
More than $133,000 was given or pledged, and EAC, RDC and college leaders
are contributing another $100,000 in matching funds to expand the program.
The
Earn-Learn Apprenticeship Program provides a way for our students to earn
money while working in positions at the college related to their chosen
discipline, including such things as lab support, course support, and K-12
outreach. Approximately 50 students will be funded in positions this
spring, up from 28 in the fall.
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Honors and Awards
Congratulations
to the following individuals on their outstanding achievements.
Faculty
Ryan Gill of chemical and biological engineering has been
selected to receive a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to develop
a framework for directed genome evolution. The multi-year award will
support his research into the structure, function, and evolution of
microbial genomes, and in particular the evolution of stress resistance.
The award’s educational components include promotion of discovery learning
for outreach to underrepresented students and creation of an experiential
learning module development team to improve engineering education.
Ken Gall of mechanical engineering has been selected to
receive the 2005 Bradley Stoughton Award for Young Teachers given by ASM
International, the society for materials engineers and scientists. The
award, to be given in September, recognizes his ability to impart
knowledge and enthusiasm to students.
George Born
of aerospace engineering sciences received the NASA Group Achievement
Award for his contributions to the ICESat Mission Development Team. The
citation reads, "For sustained, creative, and persistent effort in
preparing the NASA Science community's most ambitious orbital laser
mission for flight."
Patrick Weidman of mechanical engineering published a paper
entitled "Model Equations for the Eiffel Tower Profile: Historical
Perspective and New Results" in the French journal Comptes Rendus
Mecanique, in which he produced a mathematical model explaining the
elegant shape of the
Eiffel Tower.
Robin Shandas of mechanical engineering received (with
Craig Lanning) the Nightingale Award for best paper published in
2003 in the journal Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing.
Zoya Popovic of electrical and computer engineering and
Dana Anderson
of physics received a research grant from NASA’s
Human and Robotic Technology Program for their proposal on a small
aperture multiband microwave antenna array receiver. The $12.8 million,
four-year proposal includes subcontracts to Northrop-Grumman Space
Technology, the Aerospace Corporation, and
NASA
Glenn Research Center.
Balaji Rajagopalan of civil, environmental and architectural
engineering has been appointed an associate editor for the ASCE Journal of
Hydrologic Engineering.
Doug Hensler
of engineering management, with coauthor
Rick Edgeman, won the Best Paper Award at the World Review of
Science, Technology and Sustainable Development International Research
Conference in
Edinburgh, Scotland in November. The title of their paper is “QFD and the
BEST Paradigm: Deploying Sustainable Solutions.”
Dan Connors of electrical and computer engineering received a
Big 12 Faculty Fellowship for education and research in compiler-directed
microarchitecture design.
Mark Dubin of MCD biology received a Big 12 Faculty
Fellowship for establishing a collaboration in immersive virtual reality
visualization in support of the BP Center for Visualization.
Students
Three undergraduate students were recognized with awards at the college’s
Discovery Learning Research Symposium on Dec. 3. Awards were given based
on the quality of the students’ presentations and poster boards, which
displayed the results of the research they conducted this fall as
discovery learning apprentices. Winners were:
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Andy Lin,
electrical engineering
- $300 award (1st place)
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Edwin Eng,
computer science
- $150 award (2nd place)
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Luke Hollenkamp,
mechanical engineering - $75 award (3rd place)
Scott Engberg,
a December graduate in mechanical engineering, was recognized at
graduation for his active participation in professional, service and
discovery learning as an undergraduate in the college.
Vanessa Aponte-Irizarry,
a doctoral student in aerospace engineering sciences, is the first-year
recipient of the Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year, a STAR award
given by the Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers and GEM.
Keric Hill,
a doctoral student in aerospace engineering sciences, has won the Rocky
Mountain Section Institute of Navigation Graduate Scholarship. The
scholarship recognizes graduate research in the area of navigation
technology and carries an award of $2,500. Hill also holds a three-year
NSF Graduate Fellowship.
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New Faculty and Staff
Welcome to the following new faculty and staff members:
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Melissa Mahoney,
assistant professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
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Roseanna Neupauer,
assistant professor, Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
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John Elgers,
accounting tech, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Michael Borsuk,
instructor, Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program
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Myrna Raitz,
technical specialist, ITL Laboratory
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Engineering Development
Thank you
to the following companies for their major gifts in November to support students, faculty, and programs in the college:
Individuals
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K. Stanton Lewis
(ArchEngr’51), gift to the K. Stanton Lewis Construction Engineering and
Management Fund
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David Fischer
(ElEngr’76), gift to the College of Engineering and Applied Science Fund
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Con Sawyer
(RDC member), gift to the Earn-Learn Apprenticeships Fund
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Klaus Timmerhaus,
gift to the Klaus D. and Jean L. Timmerhaus Scholarship Fund
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Millard Westfall,
gift to the Westfall Scholarship Fund
Corporations
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ARCS Foundation,
scholarship gift
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Chevron Phillips
Chemical Co.,
gift to the Earn-Learn Apprenticeships Fund
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Louis and Harold
Price Foundation,
gift to the Herbst Humanities Program
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Osram Sylvania
Inc., gift to
the CEAE Lighting Education Fund
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Subterreanean
Mapping Systems, Inc.,
gift to support research by David Meyer in ECE
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