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College Calendar
ACTIVE LEARNING
FAIR Wednesday, Sept. 20, 10:30 a.m.-2
p.m., Engineering Lobby, informational fair for
engineering students to learn about active learning opportunities.
Information: Terry Mayes, 303-735-6446, or Robyn Sandekian,
303-735-6708.
ENGINEERING ADVISORY COUNCIL
Friday, Sept. 29, Discovery Learning Center. Information: Sharon
Powers, 303-492-7006.
FACULTY/STAFF MEETING
Friday, Oct. 6, 3-4 p.m., DLC Bechtel Collaboratory, followed by
First Friday reception, 4-5 p.m., DLC Atrium. Information:
303-492-7006.
FALL CAREER FAIR Tuesday, Oct. 10, 1-7 p.m., Coors Events Center.
Information:
http://careerservices.colorado.edu/
public.cs?studentFairs
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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CU-Boulder Students to Launch Payload at Inaugural New
Mexico Spaceport Flight
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CU-Boulder Receives DARPA Grant to Establish
Nanotechnology Research Center
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New Study Identifies Driving Force Behind El Niño-induced Drought
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CU Engineers Without Borders Team Installs ‘Bring
Your Own Water’ System in Rwandan Village
(story)
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CU Engineering Fast
Facts
The Twenty Ninth Street shopping center in Boulder, which is
scheduled to open Oct. 13, will feature several interactive science
exhibits, reflecting a new trend in retail developments that some
experts attribute to growing interest in conservation and fears that
American schoolchildren are falling behind in science and math.
Exhibits will include a “Planet Playground,” a 35-foot tall sounding
rocket previously used for atmospheric studies, and a solar and wind
energy exhibit, among others. (Source: The Denver Post)
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Earn-Learn Program Continues to
Grow
The college’s Earn-Learn
Apprenticeship Program continues to grow and now provides funding for 70
students per semester to assist with courses, laboratories, computer
programming, K-12 outreach, and other meaningful work within the college.
The program has more than doubled in size in the last two years due to
its popularity with the departments and programs that are able to hire
student employees at half their actual cost, and the enthusiasm of private
donors who are matching the departments’ investment with more than
$290,000 in private gifts to-date. The college-wide Earn-Learn Program
was launched as a pilot program in spring 2004 with 15 student apprentices
and grew to 28 students the following fall.
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CU Engineering Ranks 19th Among
Public Engineering Programs
CU-Boulder’s
undergraduate engineering program ranked 19th among public universities
offering doctoral degrees in the 2007 Best Colleges ranking by U.S. News &
World Report, released Aug. 18. CU-Boulder tied with UC-Davis, UC-Santa
Barbara, and the University of Virginia in the list.
In the
undergraduate engineering ranking including all doctoral universities,
public and private, CU-Boulder ranked 34th—above the Colorado School of
Mines, which ranked 53rd, and Colorado State University, which ranked
71st.
Aerospace
engineering and civil engineering were ranked among the top 20 specialty
programs overall, at 18th and 19th respectively (and 13th and 12th among
publics).
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I/UCPC in ME Department Attracts
27 Projects
The
Industry/University Cooperative Project Center (I/UCPC) in the mechanical
engineering department has obtained 27 industry sponsored projects for
this coming year. The total fees to be collected for these projects will
be in excess of $300,000. The sponsored projects are coming from companies
like IBM, HP, Shell, Ball, Tyco Healthcare, Lockheed-Martin, Sikorsky,
Seagate, MicroMotion, Ford, and many others. Additional sponsored senior
design projects are coming from NREL, UCHSC, Tech Transfer, and a start-up
company. Students also will be doing two entrepreneurship projects in
partnership with the business school, as well as the SAE racing car and
ASME human-powered vehicle projects.
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Over 250 Female Engineering
Students Attend Fall WIEP Welcome Lunch
The Women in
Engineering Program held its most successful Fall Welcome Lunch ever this
week. More than 250 female engineering students flooded the WIEP resource
center for food, cake, and the chance to meet and bond with other women in
the College of Engineering and Applied Science. The group devoured 27
platters from Silver Mine Subs, signed up for volunteer opportunities, and
took photos for a new "faces of WIEP" bulletin board coming soon to the
WIEP small study room.
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Honors and Awards
Congratulations
to the following individuals on their outstanding achievements.
Faculty
Y.C. Lee
of mechanical engineering is the primary investigator on a new DARPA
Focus Center on Nanoscale Science and Technology for Integrated Micro/Nano-Electromechanical
Transducers (MINT) in the college. The center has secured $1.53 million
for its first-year research expenditures through a grant from DARPA,
industrial sponsorships, and matching support from CU-Boulder and NIST.
Expenditures are expected to grow annually and total more than $10
million in six years.
Xinlin Li
of aerospace engineering sciences is co-PI on two LASP projects aimed at
understanding the Earth's energetic particle radiation environment, which
is hazardous to astronauts, orbiting satellites, and even passengers on
aircraft over polar routes; and deputy PI on the Mission Opportunity
Radbelt Experiment, which has been selected for initial phase studies.
Fred Glover
of business/electrical and computer engineering was awarded an honorary
doctor of sciences degree from the Institute of Cybernetics of the
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
Rich Noble
of chemical and biological engineering has been named a Fellow of the
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Division of the American Chemical
Society.
Lee Peterson
of aerospace engineering sciences was awarded the Gary L. Roubos Chair.
Marty Dunn
of mechanical engineering was awarded the Charles V. Schelke Chair.
Kurt Maute
of aerospace engineering science was named the Joseph H. Smead Faculty
Fellow.
James Curry
of applied mathematics was reappointed as the J.R. Woodhull/Logicon
Teaching Professor.
Staff
Jim
Sherman,
former assistant dean for student services, received the college’s
Outstanding Staff Advisor Award at his retirement party Sept. 1. Jim gave
35 years of outstanding service to CU-Boulder, including 24 years advising
students and managing student records in the College of Engineering and
Applied Science.
Vicki Kunz,
graduate student advisor for computer science, was selected to receive the
Employee Recognition Award for September.
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Faculty and Staff
Welcome to
the following new college staff:
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Mary Steiner,
assistant dean for students
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Katie Siek,
assistant professor, computer science
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