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College Calendar
Engineering Open House
Oct. 18, Engineering Center,
program for high school juniors and seniors, their parents and
counselors providing an overview of engineering majors and careers.
Information: 303-735-2440, or
www.colorado.edu/engineering/
eoh_schedule.html.
Engineering
Advisory Council and Resource Development Committee Meeting
Oct. 24, DLC Bechtel Collaboratory. Information: 303-492-7006.
Frontiers in
Education Nov. 5-8,
Westin Hotel, 33rd annual conference for innovators in engineering
and computer science education, sponsored by ASEE and IEEE; this
year's theme is "Engineering as a Human Endeavor: Partnering
Community, Academia, Government and Industry." For information,
visit
www.fieconference.org/03\
CU Diversity
Summit Nov. 7,
Renaissance Suites, Interlocken, annual summit focusing on “Building
a Culture of Excellence and Diversity in Departments: Recruitment
and Retention of Faculty of Color.” For information and registration
go to
www.cu.edu/vision2010/diversity/form
For more information about upcoming
college events, visit
http://ecad100.colorado.edu/
event_calendar/
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In the
News
Following is a sampling of recent press releases pertaining to CU
Engineering. Click each
[STORY]
link to read the full news release, or visit
www.colorado.edu/engineering/news.htm.
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CU-Boulder to Provide Telecommunications Training in Northern Iraq
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CU Wizards to Present 'Too Hot to Handle' October 18
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CU-Boulder Student To Receive David Brower Youth Award for Campus
Work on Biodiesel
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CU-Boulder Sponsored Research Tops $250 Million, Sets New Record
[STORY]
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CU Engineering Fast
Facts
 Q.
How many CU alumni have become
astronauts?
A.
CU has 16 alumni who have
become astronauts in NASA's
space program, including
former post-doc Edward Lu, who is scheduled to return from the ISS
on Oct. 27.
 Q.
What is the current
temperature outside the college?
A.
Thanks
to the Department of Computer Science, the current temperature
outside the college can be found at:
www.cs.colorado.edu/htbin/temp
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ITP to Provide Training in Northern Iraq
The Interdisciplinary
Telecommunications Program has been asked to provide training and
education to engineers in northern Iraq to help rebuild and improve their
telecommunications systems and infrastructure. At the request of Lt. Col.
Welton Chase, a 1998 graduate of ITP and commander of the 501st Signal
Battalion, Senior Instructor Gerald Mitchell and PRA Jeffrey St. Pierre
have made arrangements to deliver certificate programs in Mosul and
Sulaymaniyah starting later this month. For more information, visit
http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2003/391.html
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New Center
Established on Unmanned Vehicles
A new interdisciplinary research
center has been established in the college focusing on the design, build
and test of unmanned vehicles for scientific, industrial and military
applications. The center, called the Research and Engineering Center for
Unmanned Vehicles (RECUV), involves faculty and students in aerospace
engineering, computer science, electrical and computer engineering,
interdisciplinary telecommunications and mechanical engineering. Professor
George Morgenthaler is the primary investigator and interim director of
the center; Professors Brian Argrow and Harvey Gates are co-PIs.
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Design Expo Registration Due by
Nov. 14
Engineering faculty and instructors
with students who wish to participate in the Fall 2003 Design Expo (held
in the ITLL on Saturday, Dec. 6) should remind their student teams to
complete a registration form by Friday, Nov. 14 at 5 p.m. Blank
registration forms are available on the Design Expo Web site,
http://itll.colorado.edu/itll/index.cfm?fuseaction=RegistrationForm
(or go to
http://itll.colorado.edu,
click Design Expo, then Registration Form). For more information see the
Web site, or contact
Jeremy.Selstrom@colorado.edu
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Industry Supports
ME Senior Design Projects
The Industry/University Cooperative
Projects Center (I/UCPC) in the Mechanical Engineering Department has
received 17 sponsored projects for senior design from various companies,
government labs, and other organizations. The ME Department will receive
approximately $180,000 in fees for these projects. A partial list of the
sponsors includes Ball Aerospace, Ball Container, BP Petroleum, Boeing,
IBM, Lockheed Martin, Maxtor, MicroMotion, NREL, StorageTek, Seagate,
Sikorsky, USSA (U.S. ski team) and Valleylab.
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Honors and Awards
Faculty
Brian Argrow
of Aerospace Engineering was selected as Runner Up for Best Teacher in the
Daily Camera's Best of Boulder survey released in September.
Scott
Palo of Aerospace
Engineering has been selected by Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research
Society, as the Northwest Regional Young Investigator for 2004. One of six
regional finalists will receive the 2004 Young Investigator Award in
November.
Dirk
Grunwald of Computer
Science, in conjunction with the Stevens Institute of Technology and Vanu
Inc., has been awarded an $800,000 NSF grant for research in wireless
networking.
Doug Hensler
of Engineering Management has been invited to serve as an adviser to the
Special Adviser team for the Scottish First Minister, Jack McConnell.
Staff
Matthew Rhode, shop manager in
Aerospace Engineering Sciences, was selected to receive the Employee
Recognition Award for September.
Students
Andrew Azman,
a BS/MS student in environmental engineering, received the David Brower
Youth Award Sept. 25 in Berkeley, Calif., for his work on converting the
CU Buff Bus fleet to biodiesel. The award is given annually to six of the
nation’s most successful young environmentalists.
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Faculty and Staff
Welcome
to Min Liu,
a research associate in Civil Engineering;
Ercan Balikci, a research associate in Aerospace
Engineering; and
Kristin Germain, who
has been hired in the new college position of director of outreach and
education.
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Engineering Development
Thanks to our generous donors, the following significant
gifts to the college were received in September and early October:
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A cash gift from the Woodhull Family Foundation to support the Woodhull/Logicon
Professorship
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Two cash gifts from Professor KC Park for the Center for Aerospace
Structures
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More than 200 clean room coveralls and booties donated by Seagate
Technology; gift in use by the Colorado Space Grant Consortium, Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the Micro/Nano research group
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