Faculty Community Involvement
Faculty Athletic
Representative
Serving in both an academic and athletic capacity for the University of Colorado at Boulder, Professor David Clough, offers his expertise in the classroom as a faculty member for the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, and as an advisor within the athletic administration.
Professor Clough works closely with the Director of Athletics, Mike
Bohn, to support students as part of the student body and as an athlete.
His involvement in the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) is extensive. He plays an integral part as the institutional representative, committee member, legislative translator, and
implementer of NCAA policies within our athletic program.
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Professor Clough has taught the course “Spreadsheet Power ... for Chemical Engineering Calculations” as part of the continuing education offerings of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers since 1989 for a count of 107 times. Professor Clough team teaches the course with Miles Julian, a retired DuPont engineer.
The course is taught over two-days with an optional third day on VBA programming with Excel. Professor Clough and Miles Julian have taught the course in public offerings in many locations across the U.S. and in-company private offerings for many companies both in the U.S. and abroad. This is AIChE’s longest-running continuing education course with the most offerings.
American
University of Iraq – Sulaimani (AUIS)
Professor Clough is assisting the American
University of Iraq – Sulaimani (AUIS) in the development of an undergraduate degree program in engineering and also to extend the outreach of CU-Boulder to AUIS. Professor Clough visited Iraq in May 2011 to tour the AUIS campus, meet with faculty and students, discuss engineering laboratories and layout the engineering curriculum.
Professor Clough will continue his outreach work with AUIS including helping to find a chair for the program and visiting again in 2012.
Board Member for Voices for Children
Voices for Children has been providing services for abused and neglected children for over 24 years. The agency is a non-profit organization built on highly trained volunteers called CASAs (Court Appointed Special Advocates). Currently there are about 100 active CASAs. Over 25% of CASAs have been with Voices for Children for over five years. Professor Rich Noble served as a CASA for six years before volunteering his expertise as an engineer and educator on the Board of Directors. He has recently worked closely on the foundation of a new program within the agency which supports new parents by providing success strategies on common situations that face new parents and their child from zero to two years old.
Editor of Langmuir
Professor Daniel Schwartz celebrates the 25th anniversary of the American Chemical Society's journal Langmuir as one of the 12 Senior Editors. This interdisciplinary journal includes articles regarding the chemistry of colloids and surfaces. Langmuir is the third largest ACS journal and the preeminent journal worldwide in its topical area. As Senior Editor of Langmuir, Professor Schwartz receives about 350 manuscripts per year. With the help of his assistant, Karen Nielsen, he identifies scientists who are international experts on the topic of each manuscript and who can provide a technical review of the article. Professor Schwartz then analyzes the peer reviews and decides the fate of the article within Langmuir. When Professor Schwartz was asked, by the Editor in Chief of Langmuir, to join the team five years ago, he viewed this opportunity as a way to continue to preserve the lifeblood of science.
Advanced Placement Preparation Program
The Advanced Placement Preparation program is run by 21 graduate student volunteers and currently reaches out to 19 students from two Boulder community high schools. The graduate students meet with the students once a week for 2.5 hours, covering material to prepare them for the Chemistry and Physics Advanced Placement exams. With help from the Engineering Excellence Fund (EEF), Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN), University of Colorado Physics department and several local restaurants, the program is able to provide dinner for these students, during their weekly meetings, and even pay for their testing fees. This program helps give the opportunity to succeed in high school, prepare for college and even relieve some financial burdens of higher education by providing the tools necessary for students to complete introductory courses in high school instead of college.
