Students in the junior-level mechanical engineering Component Design course showcased an array of bicycles they modified for use by children with disabilities. Instructor Daria Kotys-Schwartz directed the effort after students indicated they wanted to do a project with lasting impact.
The Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Minority Affairs (CACMA) will recognize the BOLD Center with its 2012 CACMA Diversity Service Recognition Award. The award will be presented at the 27th annual Equity & Excellence Banquet.
This annual award is given to campus units to recognize their continuing efforts to create a diverse and supporting, learning, working, and living environment, as well as their commitment to promoting an understanding of multicultural issues.
Specifically, BOLD team will be recognized for its efforts toward “achieving parity in diversity between CU engineering students and the greater Colorado population” through programming such as the GoldShirt Program, Residential Living and Learning Communities, BOLD Participation Scholarships, Summer Bridge, and industry mentoring and networking.
CU Engineering team H2BuffalO won the $1,000 third-place prize in the annual Student Design/Build/Fly Competition in Wichita, Kansas, April 13-15. Severe weather extended through two of the three competition days, shortening the competition so that final results were based only on the students’ written reports and scores of each team’s first two flight opportunities.
The DBF Competition, which encourages and recognizes excellence in aerospace engineering skills at the undergraduate and graduate level, drew 55 teams from 28 states and 12 foreign countries. Cessna Aircraft, Raytheon Missile Systems, and the AIAA Foundation sponsor the event each year.
The CU student team, advised by James Mack, Donna Gerren, and Brian Argrow, included students Garrett Hennig, Carl Marvin, Matthew Slavik, Andrew Moorman , John Marcantonio, Christopher Coviello, Jacob Varhus, Cameron Trussell, Grant Boerhave, Dominique Gaudyn, Matthew Zeigler, Joshua Smith, and Jake Adams.
The first nine graduates of the Colorado Mesa University-University of Colorado Partnership Program in mechanical engineering will be among the approximately 500 students receiving CU engineering degrees this month.
The CMU-CU students have attended classes full-time in Grand Junction, but they will get their degrees from CU-Boulder under the program directed by CU faculty member Tim Brower.
The partnership was established four years ago with the help of CU alumnus Arch Archuleta, and currently has 116 students at different stages of completion, along with 122 pre-engineering students who have expressed interest in the program.
Graduating this spring are Jeff Allen, Pace Bates, Zach Black, Aaron Clymer, Will Lustombo, Thomas Martens, Jeremy Styers, Greg Wall, and Derek West.
Clymer said he chose to attend the CMU-CU engineering program because it enabled him to earn a degree from CU while enjoying the smaller, more personal environment offered at Colorado Mesa. “The name really carries a lot of weight,” he said, adding that he also enjoyed small class sizes and “a lot of face time with instructors.”
Six of the nine graduates had already secured jobs a week before graduation.
Congratulations to the following individuals on their outstanding achievements:
Faculty
Staff
Students
The following “Outstanding Graduate” awards will be presented at the May 10 Engineering Recognition Ceremony:
Other student awards include:
Summer Session
Planning for Summer 2013? Check out the engineering course offerings posted on our website.
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CUEngineering magazine
Keep up with the latest news about the college by reading the 2013 issue of CUEngineering magazine online.
