Congratulations to the nearly 100 students who participated in the Spring 2013​​ Senior Design Competition on Friday, May 17. Every team showcased their best work, and after much deliberation, the five winners were chosen.

Overall best project: TheraGO: Motor-Assisted Therapeutic Tricycle

Best Departmental Projects:

• Civil Engineering: River North Park Enhancements
• Computer Science: Remote Systems Monitoring
• Electrical Engineering: IntraCell
• Mechanical Engineering: H2 Eco Challenger​

Below is a slide show of the event. Congratulations again!

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Thanks to everyone who attended the second annual College of Engineering and Applied Science Year-End Celebration. The weather was perfect, the food was delicious, and the company was top-notch! Congratulations on another successful academic year.

Below is a slideshow of photos from the event. Do you have your own photos from the event that you’d like to share? Post them on our facebook page at www.facebook.com/CUDenverEngineering.

Have feedback about the event? Send it to engineering@ucdenver.edu.

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Congratulations to civil engineering students Ronson Fox and Kevin Johnk who participated in the University Honors and Leadership Program graduation ceremony on May 10; they are part of the second class to go through the program.

Each student received a medal for their participation in the university-wide undergraduate honors program, and several students won special awards. Within the program, students are divided into two tracks: Academic Honors or Leadership Studies. Johnk received the Outstanding Graduate Award for the Leadership Studies Track.

You can read the entire story here.

Congratulations!

Heming Wang, a PhD student in civil engineering, has been selected to receive the inaugural Denver Campus Outstanding Dissertation Award. Recommended by Assistant Professor Jason Ren, Wang was one of many graduates nominated for this award.

The award includes a cash prize and a plaque.

Congratulations on this accomplishment!

Jimmy Kim, Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering has accepted an invitation to be the Chair of American Concrete Institute Committee 440I (Fiber Reinforced Polymer -prestressed concrete). Kim will lead the committee consisting of 34 members. Kim has been a member of the American Concrete Institute since 2004 and has been contributing to Committee 440 for 9 years. Kim has also been chairing Committee 345 (Concrete Bridge Construction, Maintenance, and Repair) consisting of 50 members since 2012. Kim led two technical documents, “Guide for Widening Highway Bridges” and “Guide for Maintenance of Concrete Bridge Members,” for the benefit of the bridge engineering community. Kim organized three technical sessions in Minneapolis, MN, in 2013 as part of the committee activity: “Advanced Materials and Sensors toward Smart Concrete Bridges: Concept, Performance, Evaluation, and Repair.”

Kim’s research interest includes infrastructure rehabilitation using advanced composite materials, intelligent structural systems, and science-based structural engineering. His research has resulted in 72 journal papers and one book “Recent Advances in Maintenance and Repair of Concrete Bridges. Another book is forthcoming in Fall 2013, “Advanced Composites in Bridge Construction”. Most of his papers were published in top-tier journals in his area of expertise. He currently advises four PhD and six MS students and two more PhD students will be joining his group in Fall 2013. Kim is a member of the editorial boards of three international journals and is a licensed professional engineer in the Province of Ontario, Canada.

The American Concrete Institute organized in 1904 is the world’s leading authority on concrete technology. It has 98 chapters worldwide, including more than 20,000 members in 108 countries. Conforming to its mission ‘Provide knowledge and information for the best use of concrete” the institute publishes technical documents, provides a standard certificate program for the industry, conducts educational seminars and encourage student involvement in the concrete field.

Chris Yakacki, assistant professor in mechanical engineering, recently served as a guest editor for Polymer Reviews, the second-most cited polymer review journal. As guest editor, he created a special issue entitled “Shape-Memory and Shape-Changing Polymers.”

“Shape-memory and shape-changing polymers are a dynamic class of materials that can challenge and transform the way we look at engineering materials,” says Yakacki. “I wanted to create an issue that covered as many aspects of these materials as possible: ranging from how to characterize their behavior, to how they can be utilized for medical devices, to how researchers can model their behavior. The issue has some great contribution from leaders in the field from all over the world.”

The opportunity to serve as a guest editor came as part of the CU Denver External Research Mentor Program. Yakacki won the award last fall with Patrick Mather of Syracuse University as his mentor. Mather is the Director of the Biomaterials Institute at Syracuse and serves on the editorial board of Polymer Reviews. He also visited the college as part of the CEAS seminar series in March.

Read the special issue here.