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SUCCESS INSTITUTE
Five-day campus residential program for 11th & 12th graders
underrepresented in engineering, July 10-14 at the ITL Laboratory. A
separate program for 9th and 10th graders, July 17-21 at the
Denver School of Science and Technology includes a one-day visit to
CU-Boulder. Information: Anthea Johnson, 303-492-6606.
http://itll.colorado.edu/SuccessInstitute/
HIGH SCHOOL HONORS
INSTITUTE
Four-day campus residential program introducing the creative nature
of engineering to students with strong academic records, July 23-26,
CU-Boulder. Information: Gretchen Lee, 303-735-2440.
http://engineering.colorado.edu/hshi/
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/
current_news.htm
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HGTV to
Film Segment on CU Solar Decathlon Home
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CU-Boulder Buffalo Racing TReam Makes Top 20 at Formula SAE
Competition
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Energy
Chemistry is Topic of CU Wizards May 20 Show
(story)
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CU Engineering Fast
Facts
CUEngineering 2006,
our annual alumni magazine, has been mailed to more than 30,000
alumni and friends of the college. Additional copies are available
in the Dean’s Office reception area.
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The 2006 CU Formula SAE Team, advised by Larry Carlson (shown at front
left), scored its best finish in six consecutive years of entering the
annual engineering competition.
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CU Formula SAE Team Scores Top
20 Finish
The CU
Formula SAE team finished 20th overall, out of 140 teams, at the 2006
Formula SAE engineering competition in Romeo, Mich., May 17-20. The CU
team had solid performances in all categories, including a 13th place in
the marketing presentation and 18th in the endurance test. Its 20th place
overall finish is the best for CU in six years of consecutive entries.
Congratulations to the team, advised by
Larry Carlson
of mechanical engineering! For more information, visit
http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2006/202.html
and
http://durning.colorado.edu/sae/
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Undergraduate Business Plan
Competition
A team of mechanical engineering and business
students won the Spring 2006 Undergraduate Business Plan Competition
hosted by the Leeds School of Business May 3 with a new lens-cleaning
device that’s as easy to use as a marking pen. The student team, made up
of students
Robert Bremers,
Robert Ballantyne,
Mike Kaufman
and Brieana Speaker, won $2,000 in the competition and filed for a
patent on the device, which they call CleanWrite. The idea came out of the
senior design sequence in mechanical engineering, which has an
entrepreneurship component for those students wanting to develop a new
product. For more information on the Spring 2006 Undergraduate Business
Plan Competition, visit
http://lsbcontent.colorado.edu/entrep/interior.aspx
?id=295,411,484,462,1043
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HGTV to Film CU Solar Decathlon
Home
Home and Garden Television (HGTV) is
planning to film a segment on CU’s 2005 winning Solar Decathlon home for a
new program called “Look What I Did!” The program features unique and
creative projects done by homeowners without the help of professional
contractors and designers. The HGTV film crew will be on campus June 22;
the show’s air date has not yet been set. The solar home is scheduled to
be moved July 15 to Prospect New Town, a Longmont development that
pre-purchased the house to help cover project expenses.
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Honors and Awards
Congratulations
to the following individuals on their outstanding achievements.
Faculty
Dean
Rob Davis
was selected to receive the Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Medal from
the University of California-Davis.
Three faculty received Proof of Concept Awards from the CU Technology
Transfer Office:
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Chris Bowman
of
chemical and biological engineering received $25,000 for “Redox-Initiated
Radical Chain Polymerization for the Detection and Amplification of
Biological Recognition Events.”
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Robin Shandas
of
mechanical engineering received $20,000 for “Development of a
Cardiovascular Shape-Memory Polymer Stent-Graft for Treatment of Abdominal
Aortic Aneurysm.”
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Ryan Gill
of chemical and biological engineering received $10,000 for “Construction
of a New Tool for E. Coli Strain Optimization.”
Scott Rudge,
adjunct faculty in chemical and biological engineering, and retiree
Paul Todd
co-authored a textbook, Bioseparations Science and Engineering, which was
selected to receive the 2006 Meriam/Wiley Distinguished Author
Award from the American Society for Engineering Education.
Henry Tufo
of computer science has been named a Dean’s Faculty Fellow along with Will
Medlin of chemical and biological engineering, Robin Shandas of mechanical
engineering, Ken Strzepek of civil, environmental and architectural
engineering, and Zoya Popovic of electrical and computer engineering.
Bernard Amadei
of civil,
environmental and architectural engineering has been selected to receive
the Ralph Coats Roe Medal from the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers. The award, which will be presented Nov. 6 in Chicago,
recognizes his founding of Engineers Without Borders-USA and his
pioneering of an innovative educational program that couples engineering
education and professional practice with the needs of humanity and the
natural environment.
Penina Axelrad of aerospace engineering sciences is profiled in a
career book written for 9-13 year-olds called “What Do You Want to Be?
Explore Aerospace.” The book, which features 12 biographies of
contemporary women in a variety of aerospace careers, is available through
the Sally Ride Science Store.
Staff
Janet DeMay,
graduate coordinator for civil, environmental and architectural
engineering, received the Employee Recognition Award for May.
Students
Ian Crocker,
a graduate student in aerospace engineering sciences, won a student prize
paper award at the AGU/ASLO Ocean Sciences meeting in Honolulu in
February. The paper was authored by Ian Crocker, Dax Matthews, W.J. Emery
and D. Baldwin.
Computer science undergraduates
Benjamin Jeavons,
Johnathan Lansing,
Luke Miller,
Gabriel
Westmaas,
and Wesley
Willett
received
the
2006
Lloyd Fosdick Award
for their senior project, “Longview:
Screen Recording, Editing and Playback Facility for Windows Vista.”
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Faculty and Staff
Welcome to
Jamie Szczepanik,
who has joined the Engineering Development Office as an administrative
assistant.
Congratulations to the following individuals upon their retirement:
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Gary
Amy,
CEAE, August ’05
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Oliver
McBryan,
CS, December ‘05
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Karl Winklmann,
CS, December ‘05
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William Waite,
ECE, August ‘06
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Dan Frangopol,
CEAE, August ‘06
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Jim Sherman,
Dean’s Office, September ‘06
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