Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering Department News - Oct. 5, 2022

CU Engineering Homecoming Tailgate

Saturday, Oct. 29
Enjoy food, drinks, lawn games and live music with your fellow alumni, families and friends.

Bay Area Alumni Networking Event

Wednesday, Nov. 16
Hear a brief update from Dean Keith Molenaar on exciting college developments and network with your fellow Engineering Buffs.

• Dragan Maksimovic wins two IEEE awards for power electronics contributions
• Lucy Pao was recognized as an Outstanding Postdoc Mentor of the Year during National Postdoc Appreciation Week
• Zoya Popovic received an honorary doctorate from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid in Spain 
• Eric Wustrow will use CAREER Award to fight Internet censorship

• Mark Solomon (MElEngr’91) was named president of intellectual property law firm Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds. He specializes in intellectual property rights and has won various awards for his work. He also served as president and founding co-chair of the Boston Patent Lab Association. He lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.
• Tim Stelzer (ElCompEngr’99) recently joined LineVision as chief technology officer. LineVision is accelerating the clean energy transition by equipping electric utility partners with a platform for real-time monitoring and advanced analytics that improve the capacity, resilience and safety of the grid. As CTO, Stelzer is responsible for guiding the company’s technical direction, leading a team of software, analytics, R&D engineering and IT/security professionals. Do you share LineVision’s passion for accelerating the net-zero grid of the future? They are hiring for a number of technically challenging and impactful engineering positions.

Keep in touch with Class Notes! Learn about the professional accomplishments of fellow alumni or share your own news. 

We wanted to take a moment to acknowledge two unexpected recent losses in our community. 

PhD student Michael Brand passed away on Sept. 4 in Boulder. Michael’s positive impact was  felt throughout the department through his research with Professor Kelvin Wagner; through his volunteerism with capstone projects, K-12 programs and recruitment events; and through his general kindness and support of his peers at the graduate and undergraduate level.

Read Michael's obituary

Ciara Jekel (ElEngr’20) passed away on Sept. 5 in Huntington Beach, California. Ciara was very involved in the department as an undergraduate and went on to pursue graduate studies at the University of California Davis. She was working as a firmware engineer at Pi-Lit, a technology start-up in Tustin, California. 

Read Ciara's obituary

Our thoughts are with Michael and Ciara’s family and friends during this difficult time.