Duane Chesley at Engineering Scholarship Dinner 2012

Honoring Duane Chesley as students receive gift of education

Aug. 28, 2020

Duane Chesley (MechEngr’58) valued education because of how it impacted his life, taking him from humble beginnings on a farm in Nebraska to full colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves. At CU Boulder, he endowed a scholarship and established an earn-learn apprenticeship to support mechanical engineering students.

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Engineers helped lay foundation for campus quantum research efforts, new center

Aug. 27, 2020

A new $25 million center to advance quantum science on CU Boulder’s campus has deep roots in CU Engineering’s interdisciplinary research efforts.

Cresten Mansfeldt and Katie Reeves examine a wastewater monitoring station that collects wastewater from the Kittredge residence hall complex.

How sampling campus wastewater aims to keep COVID-19 in check

Aug. 27, 2020

Cresten Mansfeldt of civil, environmental and architectural engineering is leading an effort to monitor the wastewater leaving residence halls on campus to detect and intercept community spread of COVID-19.

Roger McNamara

Orbiting the future - aerospace alumnus honored for contributions to industry

Aug. 26, 2020

Roger McNamara (MAeroEngr’86, PhD’95) has built a career advancing the forefront of aerospace technology and is serving in a leading role on the next-generation Orion crewed space capsule. As a master’s and PhD alumnus of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ, he has put his skills to use on an array...

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Mains and Schlafmann earn fellowships in competitive Department of Defense research and engineering program

Aug. 26, 2020

Graduate students Kathryn Mains and Kyle Schlafmann have earned fellowships in the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program, a prestigious, national security-focused initiative.

CU Boulder postdoctoral researcher Rosy Southwell and undergraduate student Cooper Steputis demonstrate the use of a functional near-infrared spectroscopy device, which can monitor brain activity.

New $20 million center to bring AI into the classroom

Aug. 26, 2020

Take a seat in the classroom of tomorrow—where intelligent computers work side-by-side with groups of students to support their engagement in meaningful and productive learning experiences designed by their teachers.

Hayward, Hind, Shields, Sprenger and Toney against mountain backdrop

Five new early career and established researchers join ChBE faculty in 2020

Aug. 24, 2020

The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering welcomes five new faculty members to its ranks this year, with three professors beginning in the fall and two having started this past spring.

Ashley Pennington poses with the Capitol dome in the background

Alumna Ashley Pennington named AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow

Aug. 20, 2020

Ashley Pennington (ChemBioEngr ‘13) has earned an American Association for the Advancement of Science - Science & Technology Policy Fellowship and a position at the Department of Energy’s Federal Energy Management Program.

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New gift caps growth year for Mortenson Center in Global Engineering

Aug. 20, 2020

A gift of $2 million from the Mortenson family caps an impressive year of growth for the Mortenson Center in Global Engineering, including new federal and nonprofit funding totaling more than $11 million and significant research findings.

Arielle Hein

Arielle Hein to lead newly renamed Creative Technology and Design program

Aug. 19, 2020

Hein first joined the ATLAS faculty in 2016, but she was already well acquainted with the program, having been one of the first students to earn a TAM minor when she was an undergraduate, majoring in environmental design.

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