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By: Philip Taylor, civil engineering student Denver’s booming construction scene took center stage at the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Annual Convention last weekend at the Hyatt Regency hotel … Continue Reading CU Denver takes the spotlight at ASCE Annual Convention
Richard Benninger, associate professor of bioengineering, and members of his lab are using ultrasound technology to track Type 1 diabetes. On Friday, Sept. 21, Benninger and PhD student David Ramirez … Continue Reading Benninger’s diabetes research featured on CBS4
Last Friday, 30 engineering students participated in the university’s annual Research and Creative Activities Symposium—11 bioengineering, 5 computer science, 13 electrical engineering and 1 mechanical engineering—and students from the college … Continue Reading Engineering students make a strong showing at the Research and Creative Activities Symposium
On April 26, six collegiate start-up teams pitched their ideas to a panel of judges at THE CLIMB Pitch Night, hosted by the Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship at the … Continue Reading Project un[Contained] places second, receives social impact award at THE CLIMB
Faculty and students from the Smart Materials and Biomechanics (SMAB) lab in the Department of Mechanical Engineering collaborated with Nathaniel Dominy, an anthropologist at Dartmouth University, to study bone daggers … Continue Reading SMAB lab study, in collaboration with Dartmouth anthropologist, published
Three civil engineering undergraduates have been selected for awards from the Colorado Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). From left to right, they are Phil Taylor, Wesley … Continue Reading ASCE STUDENT OFFICERS WIN AWARDS FROM COLORADO SECTION
photos courtesy of www.facebook.com/UCDOdyssey/ A team of mechanical engineering senior design students—Team Odyssey—took second place last Friday in Huntsville, Alabama at the NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge. The team also brought … Continue Reading Team Odyssey takes second place at NASA rover competition
CU Denver’s delegation was small at this weekend’s American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Rocky Mountain Student Conference in Rapid City, South Dakota, but they punched well above their weight. … Continue Reading ASCE TWO FOR TWO IN SOUTH DAKOTA
The CU Denver Women in Computer Science (WICS) student group has been busy teaching classes at Highlands Ranch Middle School this semester. The computer science juniors and seniors taught middle school … Continue Reading WICS teaches coding to Highlands Ranch Middle School students
How does one become the engineer of record on dozens of Denver’s infrastructure rehabilitation projects? For Civil Engineering Professor Kevin Rens, PhD, PE – and the many students he’s mentored in … Continue Reading Rens and team featured in CU Today
The fall senior design event was a smashing success with 29 teams, nearly 100 students and almost 20 judges participating. Below is the list of winners: Overall: BLOX3R Bioengineering: Lung Model Manufacturing … Continue Reading Fall 2017 Senior Design Recap and Slideshow
“We were all in it together.” That’s how Jacob Altholz, a recent CU Denver graduate, remembers his experience in the undergraduate bioengineering program, which is part of the College of Engineering and Applied … Continue Reading CU Denver Today: First bioengineering undergraduates are prepared for the future
On Thursday, September 14, Bike Denver took the CVEN 5800 Urban Street Design class around Denver on a City Spin tour. They toured several bike lanes, including the new Broadway … Continue Reading Urban Street Design class tours the city with Bike Denver
Three College of Engineering and Applied Science students have been awarded 2017 ARCS scholarships: Aaron Buchanan, bioengineering; Scott Spurgeon, mechanical engineering; and Rachelle Walter, bioengineering. These scholarships are awarded by … Continue Reading Three students receive prestigious ARCS scholarships
This August the department of Bioengineering hosted its first ever Bioengineering Opportunities and Leadership Training (BOLT) for high school students. 25 students from around the metro area participated in the … Continue Reading Bioengineering hosts first-ever BOLT program
On April 6 – April 8, the CU Denver ASCE Student Chapter competed in the Rocky Mountain Student Conference hosted by the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. This annual … Continue Reading ASCE Rocky Mountain Regional Student Conference Results
Last weekend, a team of mechanical engineering students traveled to Huntsville, Alabama with their senior design project to compete in the NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge. It’s the first time … Continue Reading Team Epiphany wins Rookie, Best Design awards at NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge
This fall, the Office of Undergraduate Experiences offered a second 2016 round of Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) grants. UROP is a competitive program designed to financially support undergraduate research, … Continue Reading Three engineering students receive UROP mini grants
An electrical engineering senior design team—Carolina Guerrero-Rocha, Jackson Osborn and team advisor Jaedo Park—has received a $5,000 grant through the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Center for Grid Engineering Education … Continue Reading ELEC senior design team receives $5k EPRI-GRIDED grant
Three bioengineering undergraduate students, Jacob Altholz, Samantha Muse, and Rachelle Walter, were awarded ARCS scholarships this semester. ARCS is dedicated to “Advancing Science in America,” and annually awards scholarships through … Continue Reading Bioengineering Undergraduates Awarded ARCS Scholarships
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