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Chris Yakacki, associate professor of mechanical engineering, and his tech startup company Impressio, Inc. won the Advancements for Protective Equipment category at the NFL’s “1st and Future” competition last Saturday … Continue Reading Yakacki’s tech startup wins big at NFL 1st and Future competition
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
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
Mechanical engineering assistant professor Dana Carpenter presented a TEDx Talk at TEDxUCLA last month about space travel and its effects on the human body. Watch it now!
The University of Colorado Board of Regents approved tenure appointments for two College of Engineering and Applied Science faculty: Richard Benninger, bioengineering Christopher Yakacki, mechanical engineering In addition, the Regents … Continue Reading Benninger and Yakacki awarded tenure
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 and Applied Science. Dunn, who was hired following a national search, … Continue Reading Regents approve Dunn’s appointment as new CEAS dean
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
On Friday, October 7, more than 40 students, staff and faculty convened on the CU Denver athletic field to play kickball. The weather was beautiful, and everyone had a great … Continue Reading CEAS kickball 2016-photos and recap
On May 13, more than 250 faculty, students, staff, alumni and guests attended the fifth annual College of Engineering and Applied Science Year-End Celebration. Guests enjoyed a catered BBQ lunch, … Continue Reading Year-End Celebration recap
Photo credit: Kate Seppala Photography On Friday, May 13, 24 teams participated in the Spring 2016 Senior Design Competition and Open House. Nearly 100 students from civil engineering, computer science, … Continue Reading Students Shine at Spring Senior Design
Chris Yakacki and Dana Carpenter, assistant professors of mechanical engineering, co-published a paper titled “Finite Element Analysis of a Pseudoelastic Compression-Generating Intramedullary Ankle Arthrodesis Nail” in the Journal of Mechanical … Continue Reading Carpenter and Yakacki publish paper in Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
Chris Yakacki, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has been selected as one of this year’s Graduate School Dean’s Mentoring Award recipients. This award was created by the Graduate School to … Continue Reading Yakacki receives Graduate School Dean’s Mentoring Award
Maryam Darbeheshti, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Engineering Student Services Center, has been named the CU Denver Faculty Feminist of the Year by the Women’s Resource … Continue Reading Darbeheshti named CU Denver Faculty Feminist of the Year
Congratulations to HyperLynx, a team of eight undergraduate mechanical engineering students! This past weekend, HyperLynx participated in SpaceX’s Hyperloop Pod Competition Design Weekend, and they are one of 22 teams … Continue Reading ME students compete at SpaceX Hyperloop Design Weekend; advance to testing competition
A team of mechanical engineering students received a grant from the Gene Haas Foundation for support of their senior design project, Lynx Motorsports Formula SAE. The team plans to compete … Continue Reading Lynx Motorsports FSAE receives Gene Haas Foundation grant
The Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce has produced rankings that claim CU Denver does the best job at getting average students higher-than-average salaries. Read the story published on Vox.com.
A team of mechanical engineering students are designing and building a pod for a Hyperloop—a low-pressure tube designed to transport people from Los Angeles to San Francisco—for their senior design … Continue Reading HyperLynx senior design team featured on the Denver Channel
Dana Carpenter, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and a team of researchers, led by Bob Schwartz and Wendy Kohrt in the CU School of Medicine’s Division of Geriatrics, recently received … Continue Reading Carpenter receives VA grant to establish a Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center
Maryam Darbeheshti, advisor and assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has accepted the position of director of the Engineering Student Services Center (ESSC). Maryam will be responsible for improving the quality … Continue Reading Darbeheshti named ESSC director
The fourth annual College of Engineering and Applied Science Year-End Celebration took place on Friday, May 15, at Ninth Street Park on the Auraria Campus. Nearly 200 people from the … Continue Reading Year-End Celebration Slideshow and Recap
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