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A recent story posted by CNBC turns to experts for their insight about the proposed construction timeline for President Trump’s proposed controversial border wall. Civil engineering associate professor Caroline Clevenger … Continue Reading Clevenger weighs in on construction timeline for President Trump’s proposed wall
Rail transportation is fundamentally efficient, combining high capacity with low friction, which gives it a potentially transformative role to play as engineers design a carbon-neutral future with more trade and … Continue Reading ASCE organizes field trip to Rail Research Center near Pueblo, Colorado
Civil engineering professor Jimmy Kim has received the 2019 American Concrete Institute’s Chester Paul Siess Award for Excellence in Structural Research specifically “for the behavior of reinforced concrete beams strengthened with carbon fiber-reinforced … Continue Reading Kim receives ACI Chester Paul Siess Award for Excellence in Structural Research
CU Denver’s College of Engineering and Applied Science sent its largest-ever delegation of faculty, students and alumni to the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. This meeting, held in Washington, … Continue Reading CU Denver has record-breaking participation in the American Geophysical Union
Dr. Nikki Farnsworth, a Research Instructor working in the lab of Dr. Richard Benninger, was recently awarded a Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Advanced-Postdoctoral Fellowship to study novel mechanisms of pancreatic β-cell … Continue Reading JDRF Fellowship awarded to Farnsworth
Dr. Vira Kravets, a Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Richard Benninger’s lab was recently awarded the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship: an award for promising scientists entering their professional career … Continue Reading Kravets receives JDRF postdoc fellowship award
The Department of Bioengineering is excited to announce that we are hosting a one day seminar on February 8, 2019, Women as Innovators: Creating Success in the Workplace. Keynote and … Continue Reading Women as Innovators seminar – hosted by the Department of Bioengineering Feb. 8
Bioengineering associate professor Jeffrey Jacot’s research in regenerative medicine and his work with the Children’s Colorado Heart Institute was recently featured by the Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation. Jacot and other … Continue Reading Jacot’s research highlighted by Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation, NSF Science Nation
Leetsdale Drive in Denver is part of what the city calls a high injury network. It’s one of 27 streets where more than 50 percent of crashes happen, and it … Continue Reading Civil engineering PhD student Lily Lazarraga works on pedestrian safety around George Washington High School; featured on 9News
In a December 16 article, CU Denver Civil Engineering associate professor Caroline Clevenger shares insight with The Denver Post as a neutral expert in the Colorado Convention Center construction contract scandal. … Continue Reading Clevenger shares insight in the Colorado Convention Center construction contract scandal
Niki Clark is a PhD student in Dr. Bodine’s Socially Assistive Robotics lab. She received her undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Biology, and she now works … Continue Reading Cecilia Clark takes 3rd place in campus wide Three Minute Thesis Competition
Dr. Mitchell VeDepo, a Postdoctoral Fellow of Bioengineering at the University of Colorado Denver, was recently awarded a postdoctoral grant by the American Heart Association (AHA). This award will help … Continue Reading VeDepo receives AHA postdoctoral grant
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On Tuesday, November 6, nearly 275 students attended the CU Denver Engineering Internship and Job Fair in the Tivoli Turnhalle. This year’s job fair was the largest to-date, with 39 … Continue Reading Nearly 275 students attend largest Engineering Internship and Job Fair
On October 24, Cathy Bodine, associate professor of bioengineering and director of Assistive Technology Partners, moderated a panel for the National Academy of Engineering, Medicine and Science on the use … Continue Reading Bodine leads panel for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
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
