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Kai Yu, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, along with associate professor Christopher Yakacki, received a grant from the National Science… READ MORE
At the fall faculty/staff event, held October 24, Tau Beta Pi President Madison Gast and Vice President Amanda Suydam presented Outstanding… READ MORE
Beginning in fall 2019, the CU Denver College of Engineering, Design and Computing launched a peer mentor program to assist… READ MORE
MACH Rocketry, a team of mechanical engineering students, went to the Black Rock Desert in Nevada for BALLS 28 from… READ MORE
left to right: Yakacki, Carpenter, Jenkins; not pictured: Yu, Poddar Christopher Yakacki, associate professor of mechanical engineering, along with mechanical… READ MORE
On Friday, April 26, students from across the college participated in the 22nd annual Research and Creative Activities Symposium. Our… READ MORE
The CU Board of Regents approved appointments or awards of tenure for the following faculty, effective April 5. Emily Gibson,… READ MORE
Dean Martin Dunn presented the college’s new strategic vision and name at a faculty/staff celebration on February 28, setting the… READ MORE
Team HyperLynx, comprised of 18 students from mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and computer science, has advanced the the final stage… READ MORE
On Tuesday, November 6, nearly 275 students attended the CU Denver Engineering Internship and Job Fair in the Tivoli Turnhalle.… READ MORE
Researchers from CU Denver, CU Boulder and Boston-based Scientific Systems Company have partnered to design drones that can explore underground… READ MORE
The University of Colorado Board of Regents approved tenure appointments for three College of Engineering and Applied Science faculty at… READ MORE
Last Friday, 30 engineering students participated in the university’s annual Research and Creative Activities Symposium—11 bioengineering, 5 computer science, 13… READ MORE
On April 26, six collegiate start-up teams pitched their ideas to a panel of judges at THE CLIMB Pitch Night,… READ MORE
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… READ MORE
Chris Yakacki, associate professor of mechanical engineering, and his tech startup company Impressio, Inc. won the Advancements for Protective Equipment… READ MORE
The fall senior design event was a smashing success with 29 teams, nearly 100 students and almost 20 judges participating.… READ MORE
Three College of Engineering and Applied Science students have been awarded 2017 ARCS scholarships: Aaron Buchanan, bioengineering; Scott Spurgeon, mechanical… READ MORE
Mechanical engineering assistant professor Dana Carpenter presented a TEDx Talk at TEDxUCLA last month about space travel and its effects on the… READ MORE
The University of Colorado Board of Regents approved tenure appointments for two College of Engineering and Applied Science faculty: Richard… READ MORE
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Denver (June 16, 2017) – The University of Colorado Denver announced today the appointment of Martin Dunn, Ph.D. as dean of the College of Engineering… READ MORE
Last weekend, a team of mechanical engineering students traveled to Huntsville, Alabama with their senior design project to compete in… READ MORE
Photo credit: Kate Seppala Photography On Friday, May 13, 24 teams participated in the Spring 2016 Senior Design Competition and… READ MORE
Chris Yakacki and Dana Carpenter, assistant professors of mechanical engineering, co-published a paper titled “Finite Element Analysis of a Pseudoelastic… READ MORE
Chris Yakacki, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has been selected as one of this year’s Graduate School Dean’s Mentoring Award… READ MORE
Maryam Darbeheshti, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Engineering Student Services Center, has been named the CU… READ MORE
Congratulations to HyperLynx, a team of eight undergraduate mechanical engineering students! This past weekend, HyperLynx participated in SpaceX’s Hyperloop Pod… READ MORE
A team of mechanical engineering students received a grant from the Gene Haas Foundation for support of their senior design… READ MORE
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The Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce has produced rankings that claim CU Denver does the best job at getting average students… READ MORE
A team of mechanical engineering students are designing and building a pod for a Hyperloop—a low-pressure tube designed to transport… READ MORE
Dana Carpenter, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and a team of researchers, led by Bob Schwartz and Wendy Kohrt in… READ MORE
Maryam Darbeheshti, advisor and assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has accepted the position of director of the Engineering Student Services… READ MORE
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Christopher Yakacki, assistant professor, has been named the 2015 campus winner for the Faculty Excellence in Research and Creative Activities… READ MORE
Christopher Yakacki, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has been selected as the 2015 recipient of the College of Engineering and… READ MORE
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Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Christopher Yakacki received a 2014 National Science Foundation CAREER Award. Yakacki’s CAREER award project, “A… READ MORE
Mechanical engineering assistant professors Dana Carpenter and Christopher Yakacki have published their first jointly authored paper, which is featured in… READ MORE
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Congratulations to Chris Yakacki, mechanical engineering, and Robin Shandas, bioengineering, for receiving CU Denver | Anschutz Technology Transfer Awards. Chris… READ MORE
Congratulations to all the students who participated in the spring 2014 Senior Design Competition. We had 28 teams and nearly… READ MORE
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Johann Kailey-Steiner, freshman at South High School, has been experimenting with model rockets for a number of years and has joined the mechanical… READ MORE
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CU Denver students design 1,000 MPG car. As featured on 9NEWS at 4 p.m. on May 08, 2014. READ MORE
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Ron Rorrer, associate professor in mechanical engineering, has been selected as the campus recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Mentoring Award.… READ MORE
Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professors Christopher Yakacki and Dana Carpenter have received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Award (R21) to develop spinal cages. Yakacki and Carpenter have partnered to establish the Smart Materials and Biomechanics Lab to discover new biomedical materials and to investigate uses for biomedical devices. This new funding of more than $348,000 is supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. It is for their project “Porous, Patient Specific Interbody Fusion Cages with Enhanced Loading Characteristics to Reduce Subsidence” The research interests of these colleagues complement one another: Yakacki… READ MORE
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