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College Calendar
WIEP/MEP SENIOR DAY
Fri., Nov. 9,
9 a.m.-2 p.m., outreach event for high school students interested in
STEM careers. Info: 303-492-6606 or visit
Senior
Day.
SCOTT CARPENTER LECTURE
Thurs., Nov. 15, 3 p.m., DLC Bechtel Collaboratory; open to the
public. >>More
info
FALL BREAK Nov.
19-21; no classes.
ITL FALL DESIGN EXPO
Sat., Dec. 8, 1-3 p.m., ITL
Laboratory; semi-annual demonstration of student design projects to
the community. Info: 303-492-7222 or visit
ITL Design Expo.
ENGINEERING RECOGNITION CEREMONY
Thurs.,
Dec. 20, 8 p.m., Macky Auditorium; recognition of engineering
graduates for fall 2007. Info: 303-492-5071 or visit
ERC.
For more information about college events, visit
Events Calendar.
In the
News
Following is a list of recent press releases pertaining to the college.
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CU Astronaut-Alum Scott Carpenter to Present Student Scholarship
Award on Campus Nov. 15
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CU-Boulder to Host Annual Science Scholar Award Luncheon on Nov. 15
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Biofuels Forum on Ethanol Slated at CU-Boulder Nov. 8
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Federal
Grant Enhances Colorado MESA Partnership with CU-Boulder to Benefit
Underrepresented Students
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Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels Announces $500,000 in
Seed Grants for Research
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CU-Boulder Solar Decathlon Team Takes Third Place in Engineering,
Seventh Overall
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CU-Boulder Scientist, Engineer and Administrator Susan Avery Named
President of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
(story)
Fast Facts
An art exhibition of 10 flow visualization images is on display in
the ITL Laboratory’s two lab plaza break-out rooms (ITLL 1B18 and
ITLL 2B18). The photographs are student work from Jean Hertzberg and
Alex Sweetman’s course, MCEN 4228/5228: Flow Visualization – The
Physics and Art of Fluid Flow. Engineering faculty, staff and
students are welcome to visit the exhibit; please be courteous of
students using the same rooms for academic study.
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action to achieve that end. The university does not discriminate in its
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General Motors brought two E85 ethanol vehicles to the "Fuel for Thought" Ethanol
Forum hosted by the Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels in the
Discovery Learning Center Nov. 8. |
Grant Enhances Colorado MESA Partnership
A recent
$350,000 grant from the Denver Economic Development Corp. is supporting
new Math, Engineering and Science Achievement Centers at the University
of Colorado at Boulder and Colorado State University, along
with a cadre of college student mentors who are working directly with
students in MESA after-school programs at Colorado elementary, middle,
and high schools.
“Our goal is to
expose students to an environment where they can achieve their dreams,
as well as fill up Colorado's technology pipeline with students from
every demographic group,” said Michele Towers, director of the new MESA
Center at CU-Boulder.
Towers, who
started her MESA position at CU-Boulder in September, is an engineer
with 22 years of experience working in the oil and gas, aerospace and
telecommunications industries. She will coordinate programs such as the
Nov. 1-2 Fall Fling (pictured above), while also overseeing
student mentors from the campus working with MESA after-school programs
at area high schools.
“We have
nearly 30 CU-Boulder students already assigned to schools and we are
recruiting for more,” Towers said. “A lot of the students in the
Multicultural Engineering Program are excited about this and really want
to help. The only challenge we're having is to arrange transportation
for the ones who want to participate but don't have cars.”
DSST Students Intern at ITL Laboratory
For 10 weeks this fall, two
inquisitive eleventh-graders from Denver and Aurora are serving as CU
Engineering Exploration Interns at the ITL Laboratory two afternoons
weekly.
Christina Cooney and Gabe Harris (pictured at
right with ITL Module
Engineer Darby Odell) have been learning to use lathes, mills, and laser
cutters in preparation for applying their new electronics and
fabrication skills to a final project of their own design.
Now they are creating a
breadboard for the circuitry and packaging for a night light with touch
and timing sensors. Gabe’s all-consuming interest is gaming, while Christina
is doing the engineering
internship to explore what she wants to study. Asked to name the best
thing about the internship, Christina said, “Getting to see what college
is like. It’s scary―so
much independence!” The teens will feature their final design/build
intern project at a Nov. 12 intern expo at their high school, the Denver
School of Science and Technology.
Service Learning Conference Set
Faculty, administrators, students, community partners, business leaders,
elected officials, and others interested in learning more about using
community engagement to address critical issues facing higher education
and communities today are encouraged to attend the 11th
annual Western Region Campus Compact Consortium's "Continuums of Service Conference," April 17-19 in Portland, Ore.
The conference will demonstrate how engagement initiatives can advance
institutional priorities and strategic partnerships, while building and
sustaining healthy local and global communities. The deadline for
proposals is Nov. 30. For more information, go to the
conference website
Honors and Awards
Congratulations to the following individuals on their outstanding
achievements.
Faculty
The following faculty awards were presented at the college’s First
Friday reception on Nov. 2:
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Daria
Kotys-Schwartz
of mechanical engineering received the Charles A. Hutchinson Memorial
Teaching Award.
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Zoya
Popovic
of electrical and computer engineering received the College of
Engineering Faculty Research Award.
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Alan
Greenberg
of mechanical engineering received the Max S. Peters Faculty Service
Award.
The following faculty received outreach grants for 2007-08 from the
CU-Boulder Outreach Committee:
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Elisa
Giaccardi
and
Gerhard Fisher
of computer science – “Catch the Sound,” an open exhibit for informal
education in biodiversity at the CU Museum of Natural History.
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Jackie
Sullivan
of ITL – CU-Boulder
Campus Experiences in Engineering: Helping underrepresented students
envision a college future.
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Angela
Bielefeldt
of civil, environmental, and architectural engineering – Remediation of
sites contaminated by dry cleaning activities in Colorado and Evaluation
of in situ treatment methods for NDMA contaminated sites in Colorado.
The following faculty received grants from the Lindbergh Foundation:
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John
Zhai
of civil, environmental and architectural engineering received a grant
to apply ancient building technologies to the
design of energy-efficient buildings.
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Angela
Bielefeldt
and
Scott Summers
of civil, environmental
and architectural engineering received a grant to determine the
importance of silver in home filters used to disinfect drinking water in
developing countries.
Staff
Pam Wheeler
of electrical and computer engineering received the College of
Engineering Outstanding Staff Award. The award was presented the
college’s First Friday reception on Nov. 2.
EAC
Kristy Schloss
(CivEngr’86) of the Engineering Advisory Council
received the 2007 Society of Women Engineers Entrepreneur Award,
recognizing her as an exemplary engineer, environmentalist, and
entrepreneur.
Students
The following students won awards at the American Institute of Chemical
Engineers meeting in Salt Lake City this month:
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Xinhua Liang, graduate student, won first place in
the Particle Technology Forum poster competition with his poster on
“Polymer/Titania Composites Produced by Atomic Layer Deposition.”
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Brittany
Lancaster,
senior thesis student, won first place in the Catalysis and Reaction
Engineering undergraduate student poster session for her research
project involving the kinetics of lignin dissociation to produce syngas
for conversion to biofuels.
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Alan
Aguirre,
summer REU student from Monterey, took first place in the undergraduate
student poster session for Materials Engineering
and
Sciences.
Faculty and Staff
Welcome to
the following new faculty and staff in the college:
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Jessica
Wright-Bowen, senior director, Engineering Development
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Marcia
Simmons, development associate, Engineering Development
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Linda
Rose, accounting tech, Mechanical Engineering
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