College of Engineering, Design and Computing News
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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
by Kahla Weber Jennifer Wagner has been an Instructor in the Department of Bioengineering at CU Anschutz since July 2015 and has made tremendous contributions to the success of the bioengineering program. Teaching a variety of courses, including Biodesign (Introduction and Capstone), … Continue Reading Jennifer Wagner: Building a Legacy
The University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus student chapter of the Society for Biomaterials (CU SFB) hosted the inaugural Rocky Mountain Biomaterials Day on October 15. The goal … Continue Reading Society for Biomaterials successfully hosts inaugural Rocky Mountain Biomaterials Day
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
Micro-credentials—small programs that allow people to gain relevant skills needed in today’s workforce—are a growing trend in higher education and in today’s economy. To provide CU Denver students with the … Continue Reading College launches six micro-credentials
Within CU Denver’s visionary 2030 strategic plan, goal four marks the creation of an open innovation district that will cultivate new technology, partnerships and programming, diverse talent, and in-demand jobs, all in one … Continue Reading New Engineering, Design and Computing Building will serve as Anchor for CU Denver Innovation District
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”
The new learning panels include power electronics, DC/AC power circuits, solar power, wind power, battery storage systems, electromechanical systems, and AC power transmission. This semester the Department of Electrical Engineering … Continue Reading Revamped Energy Systems Lab Launches with new Learning Panels and Curriculum
Two computer science and engineering faculty, serving as PIs, recently received Department of Education Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) awards. Associate Professor Farnoush Banaei-Kashani (PI), along with … Continue Reading CSCI faculty receive GAANN awards
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
Four College of Engineering, Design and Computing staff have received the first quarter Cause for Applause award. This quarter’s recipients are: Erica Lefeave, Dean’s Office Christy Ridd, Computer Science and … Continue Reading Quarterly Cause for Applause winners named
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
David Crooks, a civil engineering senior, has received a 2021/22 Tau Beta Pi scholarship. According to their website, the Tau Beta Pi Association Scholarship Program was established in 1998 with … Continue Reading Crooks receives Tau Beta Pi Scholarship
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
A decades-long project and collaboration concluded earlier this month with the publication of The Design Innovation (DI) Methodology Handbook, Embedding Design in Organisations. The DI Methodology Handbook is a collaboration … Continue Reading DI Methodology Handbook makes DI available to all
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
Two College of Engineering, Design and Computing staff have received the fourth quarter Cause for Applause award. This quarter’s recipients are: Karen Gilbert, Department of Bioengineering Andrew Henderson, Inworks The … Continue Reading Quarterly Cause for Applause winners named
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