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Natasha Ouellette (MechEngr’20)

Feb. 14, 2023

Ouellette, who uses they/them pronouns, graduated from CU Boulder with a BS in mechanical engineering. They held a variety of engineering roles, including working as a civilian nuclear engineer for the U.S. Navy in Honolulu before returning to CU Boulder. They started as an engineering project consultant for the Integrated...

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Cassandra Goodby (TAM’18, MTechMedSoc’20)

Feb. 14, 2023

Cassandra Goodby earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the ATLAS Institute in 2018 and 2020, respectively. During her studies, she held a research fellowship at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as part of their professional research experience program. She also served as the lead organizer for...

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Anne Cox (ChemBioEngr’19)

Feb. 14, 2023

Anne Cox graduated with a BS in chemical and biological engineering and a minor in biomedical engineering in 2019. As a student, Cox was president of the Biomedical Engineering Society student chapter and interned with Tensentric. Upon graduating, she joined Tensentric, a local contract product engineering design and development company...

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Bart Carpenter (ChemEngr’81)

Feb. 14, 2023

Bart Carpenter has had a long and distinguished career, with over 40 years of diversified engineering and management experience in petroleum refining, gas processing and industrial biotechnology. Upon graduating from CU Boulder in 1981 with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, he spent nearly 30 years at Conoco/ConocoPhillips in various...

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Lloyd Botway (MCompSci’70)

Feb. 14, 2023

Lloyd Botway graduated with a master’s degree in computer science from CU Boulder in 1970 — the second master’s degree ever awarded by the department. He went on to spend 30 successful years in the software and hardware industry. He has worked as a data analyst, created specs for databases,...

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Kate Bergeron (MMechEngr’95)

Feb. 14, 2023

Kate Bergeron (MMechEngr’95) has been with Apple Inc. for more than two decades and currently serves as a vice president of hardware engineering. Early in her career, she was part of the team that designed hardware such as the 2003 17-inch PowerBook and the original unibody MacBook Pros, which revolutionized...

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Herb Vogel (MechEngr’82)

Feb. 14, 2023

In 2020, Herb Vogel (MechEngr’82) was appointed president and chief executive officer of SM Energy, a public S&P 600 company headquartered in Denver with oil and gas production operations primarily in Texas. Vogel has more than 38 years of experience in the energy business. He started his career with ARCO...

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Turkey earthquake a ‘poster child’ for what could happen in Southern California

Feb. 14, 2023

Professors Mueller and Dashti discuss what researchers can learn from the earthquake and how California can prepare for the inevitable.

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Justin Whiteley (MMechEngr’14, PhD’16)

Feb. 13, 2023

Justin Whiteley (MMechEngr’14, PhD’16) is a materials scientist, industrial mycologist, and CTO and co-founder of Meati, which makes mushroom-based versions of chicken and steak. He grew up in Santa Cruz, California, developing his scientific view of the world with the help of a family full of people with doctorates. He...

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Bhavna Chhabra (CompSci’95)

Feb. 13, 2023

Bhavna Chhabra (CompSci’95) grew up in India and Dubai before moving to the U.S. to graduate with a computer science degree from CU Boulder. After graduation, Chhabra worked as a software engineer, spending 17 years at Qualcomm and eventually becoming a senior director of engineering. One of her key roles...

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