College of Engineering, Design and Computing News
University of Colorado Denver
At the fall faculty/staff event, held October 24, Tau Beta Pi President Madison Gast and Vice President Amanda Suydam presented Outstanding Faculty Awards for the 2018/19 school year, as voted on … Continue Reading Tau Beta Pi honors faculty for 2018/19
Beginning in fall 2019, the CU Denver College of Engineering, Design and Computing launched a peer mentor program to assist incoming first-year and transfer students with the transition into the … Continue Reading College exceeds goals with new mentorship program
MACH Rocketry, a team of mechanical engineering students, went to the Black Rock Desert in Nevada for BALLS 28 from September 20-22, 2019. Over the course of the summer and … Continue Reading MACH Rocketry launches rocket more than 35,000 ft
John Tolva, urban technology expert and visionary of the smart cities movement, joined CU Denver’s College of Engineering, Design and Computing as a Scholar in Residence to lead research that … Continue Reading Tolva joins college to lead smart cities research and education
Jimmy Kim, professor of civil engineering, organized the Bridge Engineering Institute Conference in 2019 (BEI-2019) in Honolulu, HI. The theme of the conference was Frontiers of Bridge Engineering. More than … Continue Reading Kim Organizes an International Conference in Bridge Engineering
Professor recognized for impact on Department of Bioengineering Dr. Robin Shandas’ work at CU Denver extends far beyond the classroom. In addition to building Colorado’s first stand-alone Department of Bioengineering … Continue Reading Shandas named CU Distinguished Professor
Effective September 1, the following four College of Engineering, Design and Computing faculty received promotion. Min-Hyung Choi, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Mark Golkowski, Professor of Electrical Engineering Wesley … Continue Reading Four faculty receive promotion
Jimmy Kim, professor of civil engineering, was the plenary speaker for the Korea Concrete Institute Convention held in Jeju, South Korea in May. The event was particularly meaningful for celebrating … Continue Reading Kim Delivers Plenary Speech for the Korea Concrete Institute
Corey Mattson, a PhD student mentored by Brad Smith has been awarded a F31 pre-doctoral fellowship by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The three-year award for $120,660, titled … Continue Reading Mattson receives Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)
BioScience 3 is slated to open April 2020. It will house a professional design and technology development studio for medical device innovation, a clean room to support bio-fluidics research, new … Continue Reading New building to support fast-growing bioengineering program on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus
CU Denver engineers design portable, high-bandwidth wireless network for robots with hardware assist from Doodle Labs August 17, 2019 The dark, cavernous depths of an old Pittsburgh mine will test the … Continue Reading Robots compete in DARPA Tunnel Circuit with CU Denver Communication system
Fifty high school students from Colorado and beyond spent a week on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus learning about how engineers solve important clinical problems as part of Bioengineering Opportunities and … Continue Reading Two more successful sessions of BOLT!! A fun atmosphere providing exposure for high school students to learn about bioengineering
In the most comprehensive look at bicycle and road safety to date, researchers at the University of Colorado Denver and the University of New Mexico discovered that it’s not the cyclists, … Continue Reading Cycling lanes, not cyclists, lower road fatalities
David Ramirez, a PhD Candidate in the lab of Dr. Richard Benninger, was recently awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity … Continue Reading David Ramirez awarded NIDDK F31
A team of researchers from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus has received a grant to commercialize a miniature microscope that fits on the head of a mouse and can peer … Continue Reading Drs. Gibson, Restrepo, and Kilborn win Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) NIH R43 grant
left to right: Yakacki, Carpenter, Jenkins; not pictured: Yu, Poddar Christopher Yakacki, associate professor of mechanical engineering, along with mechanical engineering associate professor Dana Carpenter, professor Peter Jenkins, assistant professor … Continue Reading Yakacki and team receives Pac-12 Student-Athlete Health and Well-Being Initiative funding
