Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering Department News - May 5, 2025

There will be no ECEE department meeting this week. 

We encourage everyone to attend graduation on Thursday, May 8 and celebrate our graduates: details can be found here!

ECEE Graduation Ceremony & Reception
Thursday, May 8, 2025 | 4 - 6 p.m. | CU Boulder East Campus -  J.S. Caruthers Biotechnology Building (BIOT) - West Lawn

We’re proud to recognize the outstanding students, faculty, and staff who were honored at this year’s ECEE Sparkies Awards. These awards celebrate excellence across teaching, research, mentorship, service and overall impact in the ECEE community. Congratulations to all of our 2025 winners!

Teaching Awards

• Holland Teaching Excellence Award – Eric Bogatin
• Excellence in Teaching (Graduate) – Fiona Majeau
  Undergraduate Community Impact Award – Travis Wood, Andrew Hyun, Ayla Tabi

Research Awards

• Outstanding Faculty Researcher – Taylor Barton
• Excellence in Graduate Research – Aravind Venkitasubramony
• Electric Buffalo: Innovation – Charles Ferrer

Mentorship Awards

• Holland Mentorship Award – Melinda Piket-May
• Post Doc Mentor of the Year Award – Gonzalo Pena
• Electric Buffalo: Shaping Tomorrow’s Leaders – Robin McClanahan
• Electric Buffalo: Inclusive Excellence – Patty Sue Femrite

Service & Outreach Awards

• Faculty Service Award – Bri-Mathias Hodge
• Faculty Inclusive Excellence – Nicole Beiner
• Graduate Department Service – Arunima Singh
• Graduate Outreach – Dylan Meyer
• Electric Buffalo: Inspiration – Kim MacGregor
• Electric Buffalo: Positive Impact on Humanity – Kimberly Low

Overall Excellence Awards

• Outstanding Undergraduate – Gustavo Sanchez, Mathias Labuszewski
• Rising Star – Jonathan Bolz
• Best Thesis – Jooeun Lee
• Post Doc of the Year Award – Hakki Gurhan
• Outstanding Junior Faculty Member – Cody Scarborough

Dennis Pretti

Ed Ward

Jack Elston

Last Thursday, the College of Engineering & Applied Science celebrated alumni excellence at its annual Engineering Awards Banquet.

Congratulations to our outstanding ECEE alumni recipients:

• Ed Ward (ElEngrCompSci ’86) – Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award
• Dennis J. Pretti (ElEngr ’95) – ECEE Department Award Recipient
• Jack Elston (ElCompEngr ’03; MElEngr ’05; MAeroEngr ’07; PhD ’11) – Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences Department Recipient

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