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In early November, a dozen undergraduate and graduate students from CU Denver’s College of Engineering, Design and Computing traveled to the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) national convention in … Continue Reading CU Denver’s Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Makes a Post-COVID Comeback
A new program in the College of Engineering, Design and Computing at the University of Colorado Denver seeks to recruit, retain, and graduate underrepresented community college transfer students into bioengineering … Continue Reading Bioengineering Scholar Program Offers Underrepresented Students Launch Pad from Community College to Research Careers
Gender biases and inequities are prevalent across many scientific fields and biomechanics is likely no exception. While progress has been made to support women in the field, especially at biomechanics … Continue Reading International Women in Biomechanics: Promoting, supporting, and sustaining the careers of women in biomechanics
Political science graduate student Cynthia Rice and civil engineering professor David Mays have just published an article in the journal Advances in Engineering Education entitled, “Building Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion … Continue Reading A Challenge to Engineering Faculty
Alireza Vahid, assistant professor of electrical engineering, received the prestigious SONY Faculty Innovation Award to work on scalable and low power-consuming wireless communication technologies. For more information, visit: https://www.sony.com/research-award-program#FacultyInnovationAward
Employers in Colorado and throughout the nation seeking to fill engineering and other STEM jobs are coming up short – especially from the hiring pool of historically underrepresented groups. “The … Continue Reading <strong>DoD Grant Helps Forge Path from Community College to Engineering Careers for Underrepresented Groups by providing ‘College Capital’</strong>
A group of Six seniors in the Civil Engineering program were tasked with designing a pipeline system that would re-route the wintertime flows from the canal to Brooks Lake for … Continue Reading Civil Engineering Senior Design Team reimagines Columbia Basin pipeline systems
Earlier this year, Kyle Redmond received his first co-author credit for a paper published in a major scientific journal, a significant achievement considering he had not yet graduated from college. … Continue Reading <strong>Apprenticeship Program Helps Students Earn Real-World Experience and a Paycheck Without Leaving Campus</strong>
Cause For Applause – September quarter awards Cause For Applause is a quarterly CEDC staff recognition program for outstanding performance beyond standard job expectations in effort and achievement, service, innovative … Continue Reading Quarterly Cause for Applause Winners Named
The continuing growth in more densely deployed and higher data rate communications services coupled with the general increase in the dependency and importance of all spectrum services (e.g., radar, navigation, … Continue Reading Vahid and Sicker receive NSF grant to enable spectrum coexistence
One of CU Denver’s strategic goals is to become internationally known for its research and creative works, and that starts right in our own backyard with this year’s class of TIAA … Continue Reading Wes Marshall, Professor of Civil Engineering, awarded 2022-23 TIAA Chancellor’s Urban Engaged Scholar
When the ancient Romans designed and built roads, the infrastructure was intended to last forever. Fast forward a few thousand years to the current age and you’ll find most things … Continue Reading <strong>Reliability Engineering Micro-Credential Challenges Engineers to Build Better for the Lifecycle and Beyond </strong>
Wireless systems are in a transition phase, moving from degrees-of-freedom limited wireless networks (4G and before) to networks where the number of degrees-of-freedom is so large that it is becoming … Continue Reading Vahid receives an NSF grant to develop CompTenna
Civil engineering professor David Mays has recently published an article entitled, “How Diversity Makes Better Engineering Teams” in Journal AWWA published by the American Water Works Association (AWWA). Mays explains, … Continue Reading <strong>The Business Case for Diversity in Engineering</strong>
Electrical Engineering Assistant Professor Alireza Vahid (second from right) and his team met for lunch at Tivoli Brewing Co. to start summer research. The team works on a wide range … Continue Reading Vahid Team Meets to Start Summer Research
Pacific salmon are a valuable food and cultural resource in the Columbia River Basin, but their survival is threatened due to various drivers. Particularly, climate change causes changes in water … Continue Reading New study on complex drivers of salmon migration
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