College of Engineering, Design and Computing News
University of Colorado Denver
With the start of a new year and the university’s continued efforts to actualize the 2030 strategic plan, university administration is focusing on the Office of Information and Technology (OIT) … Continue Reading Sicker named interim information strategy and services officer
Dean Emeritus Paul E. Bartlett, who served as dean of the College of Engineering, Design and Computing at CU Denver for 28 years and professor of civil engineering at both … Continue Reading Remembering Engineering Dean Emeritus Paul E. Bartlett
During the Annual Symposium of National Center for Transportation Infrastructure Durability and Life-Extension, held virtually from December 6 to 7, 2021, College of Engineering, Design and Computing researchers received Outstanding … Continue Reading CSCI and CVEN Researchers Win Outstanding Poster and Presentation Awards
Jimmy Kim, professor of civil engineering, was elected to the Council of the International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC) during the 10th International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil … Continue Reading Kim Elected to the Council of an International Society
Effective fall 2021, the Institute of Regulatory Law & Economics (IRLE) moved under the CU Denver College of Engineering, Design and Computing (CEDC). IRLE is an interdisciplinary educational and outreach program … Continue Reading Institute for Regulatory Law & Economics moves to CU Denver
by Kate Hoch The Department of Bioengineering is pleased to announce Morris Huang, PhD, and Arjun Fontaine, PhD, as our newest faculty members. Dr. Huang joined the department October 1st as Assistant Research Professor. … Continue Reading Bioengineering welcomes new faculty
At the November 3 CU Board of Regents meeting, electrical engineering professor and chair Stephen Gedney was named a CU Distinguished Professor. Gedney becomes one of only 129 distinguished professors … Continue Reading Gedney appointed CU Distinguished Professor
In early 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic turned higher education on its head, faculty had to act quickly to develop new and innovative methodologies to teach and engage students. In … Continue Reading Learning Modules Expand Accessibility of Engineering Education
Martin Dunn, dean of the College of Engineering, Design and Computing and chair of the CU Denver Strategic Planning Steering Committee, recently took on another role as interim chief research officer to … Continue Reading Q&A with Dean Dunn: “Research is becoming a team sport”
Congratulations to bioengineering faculty Emily Gibson and Richard Weir who were the inaugural speakers at the new TED for your HEAD happy hour for neurosciences, hosted by the Department of … Continue Reading Gibson and Weir present at TED for your Head
Senior associate dean Kristin Wood and a team of researchers have received one of two 2020 Journal of Mechanical Design Editors’ Choice Award for their paper “Machine Learning-Based Design Concept Evaluation.” The Journal of … Continue Reading Wood and team receive 2020 Journal of Mechanical Design Editors’ Choice Award
In the coming decade, we anticipate the emergence of massively connected networks of billions of devices, leading to unprecedented exponential growth in data rates and in the number of wireless … Continue Reading Vahid receives two NSF grants for future wireless network solutions
Responding to the need for leadership to develop a cross-campus task force to create a vision and program plan for a transformational initiative in interdisciplinary computing, Provost Constancio Nakuma has … Continue Reading Sicker Appointed as CU Denver Chief Computing Officer
Computer science and engineering professor Min Hyung Choi has been invited to present as part of the IEEE Digital Reality Webinar Series. Join him on Wednesday, August 18, 2021 at … Continue Reading Choi to present IEEE Digital Reality Webinar
On June 17, the University of Colorado Board of Regents approved 77 awards and appointments of tenure. Among those was Farnoush Banaei-Kashani, faculty in computer science and engineering, who was … Continue Reading Banaei-Kashani awarded tenure
Associate professor Ron Rorrer has been named chair for the Department of Mechanical Engineering, effective July 1, 2021. Since joining the college in 1997, Rorrer has developed and taught a … Continue Reading Rorrer named chair of mechanical engineering
Engineering faculty and staff understand why people want to become engineers: Engineers get to use their creative side and their analytical side. It’s fun to work on a team. Exploring … Continue Reading Engineering Professors Tackle Barrier to Inclusion: Their Own Culture
Bhanu Babaiahgari, a PhD candidate in electrical engineering, has been offered and accepted a tenure-track assistant professor position at Penn State Hazelton with their Department of Electrical Engineering. Babaiahgari will … Continue Reading Babaiahgari named assistant professor at Penn State Hazelton
Kai Yu, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at CU Denver, has received the Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the foundation’s most prestigious … Continue Reading Yu receives NSF CAREER award to support research in active polymers
Chelsea Magin, assistant professor of bioengineering, was named a 2021 “40 Gators Under 40” from her alma mater University of Florida. The winners were announced via social media, and Magin … Continue Reading Magin named a 40 Gators Under 40 awardee
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