Class Notes

Zoe Yeros (Fin) is an analyst at the Chartis Group, a healthcare management consulting company. Before joining the Chartis Group, Zoe worked for DaVita, a healthcare company headquartered in Denver. She lives in Chicago.

"Bio battery" gurus Tyler Huggins (PhDCivEngr) and Justin Whiteley (PhDMechEngr) received an alumni campus sustainability award from CU’s Environmental Center. The duo, who co-founded the startup technology company Emergy Labs, are transforming wastewater from the beer brewing process into energy cells for “bio” batteries.

Filmmaker Eric Stewart (MFA) is working on Off Country, an experimental documentary film and oral history archive that examines the nuclear landscapes of three regions in the West — the former Rocky Flats Plant, the White Sands Missile Range and the Nevada Test Site.

Maithreyi Gopalakrishnan, (EngrPhys, MPhys), founder and CEO of Surya Conversions, a Boulder-based startup that provides hybrid conversion kits for vehicles in developing countries, will travel to India to test the kits for efficiency and emissions reduction. Maithreyi founded Surya Conversions in October 2013 while a student at CU Boulder. The Superior, Colo., native graduated in May.

Although she graduated in the spring, CU Boulder club triathlete and Denver native Brittany Warly (MechEngr) qualified to represent the U.S. in the World University Championships in Switzerland in August by winning the USA Triathlon Collegiate Club National Championships. Brittany began her post-collegiate career as a professional triathlete on July 9 by racing in the Balanced Art Multisport Triathlon in Utah.

Muhammad Khan (MBA’17) is a community gardener and environmental activist who has won several awards for his tireless work in the environmental domain. His day job is in digital advertising at Adcellerant, a digital marketing company, where he also is the head of the company’s charitable arm, Adcellerant Gives, and the sole proprietor of Adcellerant’s zero waste initiative. He helped earn the company Denver’s Certifiably Green Business designation and a zero-waste designation in less than two years. Muhammad served as an activist with Boulder-based Eco-Cycle, an advocacy group for zero-waste policy and business practices.

Since graduating from CU, Frederick “Flick” Mooradian (StComm’17) has launched a sparkling tequila company, Tequio. A tequila cocktail in a can, Tequio is made with 100% additive-free blue agave tequila, sparkling water and a hint of lime. The word “tequio,” which means “community service” in the Aztec language, was the inspiration for his brand. Tequio supports local Mexican communities that make its business possible. Tequio has won a gold medal in the San Francisco World Spirits Competition and raised close to $1 million in funding. Tequio is created in Arandas, Jalisco in partnership with the family who started Cazadores Tequila.

Brothers Sean Chenoweth (EnvSt’17) and Wylie Chenoweth (ChemBioEngr, MCDBio’12) founded Aircada, an industrial augmented reality HMI (human machine interface) and SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) company, which helps maintenance and manufacturing teams simplify their operations. Wylie taught industrial automation after graduating from CU, and saw a need for industrial technicians to have better access to their facility’s data. Aircada offers augmented reality displays of plant data so workers can point their camera at their equipment and see 3D meters, machine schematics, maintenance records and other documentation. Visit aircada.com.

Sean C. Slattery (Soc’17) graduated from the New York City Police Academy in December 2021. Sean is currently working as a police officer in Manhattan.

In his free time, Garrett Cease (Engl, Phil; MEdu’20) can be found rock climbing, skiing, meditating and practicing yoga. As a teacher, he often uses methods learned from rock climbing, such as risk mitigation and staying present, to guide his actions in the classroom.

Commercial real estate appraiser Jim Presley (Econ) was named one of Tulsa Community College’s 50 notable alumni.

While studying at Colorado Law, Ariel Diamond (Law) served as editor-in-chief of the Colorado Technology Law Journal and an active member of the Silicon Flatirons student group. Now, as an associate attorney at the global law firm DLA Piper, she advises telecommunications industry members on compliance issues. She also does pro bono work representing clients in immigration cases.

Joey Azofeifa (PhDCompSci) was named to this year’s Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list. He is founder and CEO of Arpeggio Bio. Housed at CU’s BioFrontiers Institute, Arpeggio develops important RNA drug-screening processes, providing critical data and improving drug success.

Chelsea Heveran (PhDMechEngr) and Juan Pablo Gevaudan (PhDArchEngr’19) were selected as one of seven winners of the National Science Foundation’s Idea Machine competition. Their idea centers on durable, recyclable structures that could be used on Mars. The competition solicited 800 entries. Chelsea is an associate professor at Montana State, and Juan Pablo recently accepted a position at Penn State’s architectural engineering department.

Allison Hester (Law) joined Moye White law firm as an associate in the litigation department. She was previously a law clerk to Chief Justice Steven Bernard of the Colorado Court of Appeals.

John Cevaal (CivEngr) joined Ascent Engineering Group in Winter Park, Colo. He is an engineer-in-training working on designing residential and commercial structures.