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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 … Continue Reading Yakacki recently a guest editor for Polymer Reviews
In celebration of Earth Day, 9News featured the college’s eco-friendly hydrogen-powered prototype vehicle and Team H2 EcoChallenger.
Erica Lefeave, college communications specialist, has been chosen as this year’s CEAS Outstanding Staff. The award, which includes a cash prize as well as a commemorative plaque, will be presented at … Continue Reading Lefeave receives CEAS Outstanding Staff Award
Rachael Bronson, a graduate student in civil engineering, has received the 2013 Arthur S. Tuttle Scholarship from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Rachael competed against a national pool … Continue Reading Bronson receives Arthur S. Tuttle Scholarship from ASCE
On Friday, April 19, the ITE Student Chapter is partnering with ACT Research Group to host a lunchtime lecture from Dr. Daniel Rodriguez of UNC Chapel Hill, who will … Continue Reading ITE lunchtime lecture: Dr. Daniel Rodriguez discusses transportation and land use
In the April 11 issue of CU Connections, the CU system newsletter for faculty and staff, associate professor of mechanical engineering Ron Rorrer sat down with Cynthia Pasquale for five … Continue Reading Five questions for ME associate professor Ron Rorrer
On Friday, April 5, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering hosted a six-hour “Hackathon.” Students were invited to develop apps for Windows 8, working with the guidance of a … Continue Reading CSE department hosts “Hackathon” with Microsoft
The Department of Bioengineering was featured in two separate Denver Post articles. The first, on the front page of Sunday’s Business Section, PhD candidate Michael Zimkowski demonstrated his shape-memory polymer-coated … Continue Reading Bioengineering featured in The Denver Post
Congratulations to Arati Gurung, PhD student in bioengineering, on two research awards. Arati has been awarded a Whitaker International Summer Grant to take her research on EchoPIV to the Image … Continue Reading Arati Gurung, BIOE PhD student, wins two research awards
In subterranean labs at the Anschutz Medical Campus hospitals, a Promethean spark dances inside a $600,000 machine, transforming metal powder into a human appendage. Read more: Hospitals at Anschutz Medical Campus … Continue Reading In the News: Hospitals at Anschutz Medical Campus build precision body parts
HOUSTON – Determined to be the first team from the University of Colorado Denver to participate in and win the Shell Eco-Marathon Americas competition – which encourages students to design … Continue Reading ME Senior Design Team wins First Place at the Shell Eco-Marathon Americas
A paper from an electrical engineering senior design project, the Stirling Engine, will be published at the fifth annual IEEE Green Technologies Conference in Denver on April 4 – 5. … Continue Reading EE senior design project published at the 2013 IEEE Green Technologies Conference
Jimmy Kim, associate professor in civil engineering, was invited by the American Composite Manufacturers Association (ACMA) to deliver a lecture at an upcoming ACMA specialty conference (Corrosion, Mining, and Infrastructure). … Continue Reading Kim to give an invited lecture at American Composite Manufacturers Association
Local 3-D printer testing machinery could help artificial limb producers solve difficult problems AURORA | Richard Weir’s new toy takes up an entire room in this basement maze of laboratory space … Continue Reading In the News: Dr. Richard Weir and his lab group, Aurora Sentinel
Wes Marshall, assistant professor in civil engineering has been chosen as this year’s CEAS Outstanding Faculty in Teaching. The award, which includes a cash prize as well as a commemorative plaque, … Continue Reading Marshall receives CEAS Outstanding Faculty in Teaching Award
Mark Golkowski, assistant professor in electrical engineering has been chosen as this year’s CEAS Outstanding Faculty in Research. The award, which includes a cash prize as well as a commemorative … Continue Reading Golkowski receives CEAS Outstanding Faculty in Research Award
By Marcia Neville | University Communications DENVER – Surveying his new facility at the recently renovated 5th Street Hub, Ron Rorrer, PhD, PE, looked like a kid in a candy … Continue Reading Mechanical engineers & motorsports on the move
On Tuesday, March 12, Ryan Anderson and the H2 Eco-Challenger senior design team from the Department of Mechanical Engineering was featured on 9News at 7 a.m. Anderson discussed the team’s … Continue Reading ME senior design team featured on 9News
Richard Weir, Ph.D., a leading researcher in robotic technology for arm amputees, said the fabricator will allow his research team to develop better components — created faster and less costly … Continue Reading Metal prototype machine may revolutionize biomedical research
Molly Zimmerman reached down to scrub the filthy, old truck engine. Working alongside her teammates, she leaned in to give the job a little more elbow grease. Then, in a … Continue Reading Senior design project, The Scorpion, featured in University Student Stories
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