Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering Department News - Nov. 4, 2024

This week’s department meeting will include the following:

• Announcements
• Science Talk by Dana Anderson
• Lunch: Sandwiches

We are excited to invite our alumni to our Alumni Networking Lunch at the Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering taking place on Saturday, December 7. 

Event Details:

• Alumni Networking Lunch: 12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
• Freshman Expo Project Judging: 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Location: Rustandy Atrium (between the Engineering Center and Business Building)

Following lunch, alumni is invited to view and/or judge our 32 first-year assistive technology design projects. If you can invite alumni to our event, please have them register by Nov. 20.

RSVP form

Happy Halloween from the ECEE! We hope you all had a safe, fun and, most importantly, groovy Halloween!

P.S. - can you guess who's who here? We were seeing double on Thursday!

PhD Recruitment Season:

• Posting about your group/recruitment:
  • If you would like to be highlighted on our application page or on our LinkedIn page to help notify students of your intent to take on new PhDs for Fall 2025, please contact Lori. We can post a flyer, a recent talk, or other information to alert applicants of your research group.
• Fee waivers:
  • In an effort to help boost Ph.D. student enrollment, the department is able to provide each faculty member with one international Ph.D. applicant fee waiver during the Fall 2025 admissions process. 
  • We have a list of international applicants who would like to request a fee waiver, along with their CVs and some basic information about their qualifications for the PhD. There are already roughly 180 potential applicants in this spreadsheet, and they have indicated a research area of interest, and in most cases, advisor and research area of interest. the link can be accessed here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cjsGaP_MSZZOfGh5Qcmv2EqNu2luI77z8GQD6yYOJDQ/edit?usp=sharing and Lori will grant access as requested. If you have any potential interest in recruiting one of these international students, please reach out to Lori by December 1 to request that they be provided with a fee waiver from the department. If you have any questions about this process, please feel free to reach out to Lori or Bri.
  • Domestic students can automatically receive a fee waiver from the graduate school if they apply early enough; please see this link for more information and pass it along to any domestic applicants you may be in communication with: https://www.colorado.edu/engineering/admissions/graduate-students/graduate-application-fee-waiver 
• Promoting the department in research talks:
  • If you are giving any talks at other universities or conferences, we encourage you to add the attached slide to the end of your presentation to inform potential students of where/how to apply to ECEE graduate programs.

We are looking for any department input on what makes CU Boulder and Colorado special to you. Please fill out this form to contribute!

Nov. 7, 1–2 p.m., CASE E422

Conference and research presentations don’t have to be boring! Join the Josephine Jones Speaking Lab and facilitator Audra Barber, a recent TEDxCU speaker, for a workshop designed to enhance all aspects of your presentation. In this workshop, you will learn methods for engaging your audience, polishing your delivery, memorization techniques, crafting meaningful slides, and reckoning with those public speaking jitters. Consider this your crash course in public speaking, you'll walk away with tools to use to hone your presentation skills and become a more confident public speaker. This workshop is hosted as part of our 3MT training program, but is open for all graduate students to attend.

The DOE NNSA SSGF seeks and supports students pursuing a Ph.D. in areas of interest to stewardship science, such as materials under extreme conditions, nuclear science, or high energy density physics. Renewable for up to four years, the fellowship is open to U.S. citizens who plan full-time, uninterrupted study toward a doctoral degree at an accredited U.S. university.

• Academic Eligibility:

  • Senior undergraduates
  • First-year doctoral students
  • Second-year doctoral students
  • Those matriculating into a Ph.D. program (e.g. employed or otherwise)

• Benefits:

  • A $45,000 yearly stipend
  • Payment of full tuition and required fees
  • Yearly program review participation
  • An annual professional development allowance
  • A 12-week DOE laboratory research practicum experience

Please consider joining fellowship staff as we host an informational webinar at 1:00 p.m. CT on Thursday, November 14. This Zoom session (register here) will provide an overview of the DOE NNSA SSGF and DOE NNSA Laboratory Residence Graduate Fellowship (LRGF) programs and guidance for applying. It will serve as a forum to ask related questions in a live Q&A format. A recording will also be made available via the fellowship website.

Meanwhile, you'll find application details and a downloadable poster here, and we encourage you to read more about the pursuits of fellows and alumni via our annual Stewardship Science publication here. A comprehensive FAQ and specifics regarding submission components and required supporting materials can be accessed via the application portal.

As always, we thank you for your support of the DOE NNSA SSGF, and we welcome the opportunity to answer questions ahead of the January 14 application deadline.

This is a courtesy reminder from the Office of the Registrar that students who intend to petition for a change from nonresident (out-of-state) to resident (in-state) tuition classification for the Spring 2025 term must submit a residency petition by the posted deadline to prove that they meet the requirements. International students are not eligible for in-state residency. 

We began accepting Spring petitions on October 1st, 2024. The final deadline to submit a petition for the Spring 2025 term is 5 p.m. on Friday, December 13th, 2024.

Per Colorado state law, to qualify for Spring 2025, students must:

• Have physically moved to Colorado on or before 01/12/2024
• Have taken the required steps to establish domicile within the grace periods allowed by law from 01/12/2024 forward, as outlined in the graduate student video and graduate student handout
• Submit an Adult Residency Petition for Spring 2025 (by the deadline listed above) to prove their eligibility

Students who are already classified as in-state do not need to submit a petition to reprove their eligibility.

Please don’t hesitate to contact tuitclass@colorado.edu if you have questions about the requirements or petitioning process.

Join us on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as ECEE PhD student Stefan Stroessner (Popovic Group) presents his comprehensive exam. The presentation will take place from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in DLC 1B70. Faculty, students, and staff are welcome to attend and support Stefan as he shares his research.

Join us for the next installment of the Fall 2024 CUbit Quantum Seminar Series featuring Dr. Peter Rakich from Yale University. Dr. Rakich will present on Monday, November 4, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the CASE Auditorium. Enjoy coffee and cookies starting at 3:30 p.m. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from a leading voice in quantum science!

The campus is implementing an initiative to make computing on campus more secure. CEAS is aggressively pursuing this initiative. ECEE is in the first phase of the initiative which is working with OIT to understand the scope and details of the project. This initiative entails that ECEE staff will work with every faculty member, graduate student working in labs, and each staff employee to identify every computer in use in offices and labs and record the requested information. The start date has not yet been determined. Update notices will be put in this newsletter and announcements made during department meetings. Questions about this initiative should be directed to Robin.Elliott@colorado.edu.

• Teaching Labs (Capstone, Embedded Systems, Power Lab, Optics, RF, Highspeed Measurements, Circuits) IT Support: http://itll.link/servicedesk
• Research Labs License Server Support: support@craftypenguins.net
• Research Computing: https://www.colorado.edu/rc/
• Research License Server (ecee-flexlm-2.colorado.edu): Submit a request to: support@craftypenguins.net 
• IT Service Center: Contact the IT Service Center (303-735-4357 or help@colorado.edu) for help with all OIT services including email and IdentiKey, Internet connectivity and other technology-related questions.
• Buff Techs Desktop Support: OIT provides no-cost software support for laptop and desktop workstations to faculty, staff, and students. You can also register your laptop to aid in recovery in case it is lost or stolen.
• Dedicated Desktop Support: Departmental IT Support customized for your needs.
• Network Troubleshooting: Submit this form to report network connectivity issues on campus.
• Classroom Technology Problem Reporting form: Submit this form to report an issue with technology malfunctioning in a classroom (except for the ECEE classrooms – contact Bret.Moreland@colorado or 303-503-7939 for support)
• Self-Service Help Request: Submit a request directly to the ITSC using ServiceNow
• Lightboard: Contact  Andy Garcia, Andrew.Garcia-3@colorado.edu, in the Mechanical Engineering department for scheduling and technical assistance
• OIT Website https://oit.colorado.edu/support
• All other issues, contact Robin.McClanahan@colorado.edu or 303-492-6736.