Alumni Stories

Siri Roman (EnvEngr’03) the next leader of the Eagle River Water & Sanitation District When you turn on a faucet, you expect clean water to pour out, but making it happen takes a massive network of pipes, treatment infrastructure, reservoirs and environmental engineers like Siri Roman. As director of operations...

Ashley Williams is advancing a lifelong passion for aerospace and making backcountry excursions safer through new iPhone technology. Williams, a 2006 CU Boulder graduate with dual degrees in aerospace engineering sciences and applied math, is a leader on the modeling and simulation team within the Satellite Connectivity Group at Apple,...

Four Catalyze CU startups pitched their ventures to local investors in the culmination of the 12-week accelerator program.

Many of John Melanson's patents are in the field of audio and electronics, particularly in analog-to-digital signal processing technologies that are instrumental in today’s digital devices.

Kaitlin Mccreery (MechEngr MS’20, BioEngr PhD’22) is pushing the frontiers of human cartilage research as a biomedical engineering PhD graduate from the University of Colorado Boulder. Mccreery is one of the first students to earn a PhD from the program, which began at CU Boulder in 2020 to bridge the...

After a scholarship made a difference during alumnus Jim Shaw's senior year, he has tried to pay it forward by supporting CU Engineering seniors in the same way.

Researchers at CU Boulder have developed and validated a new sensor for E. coli risk detection that features an impressive 83% accuracy rate when detecting contamination in surface waters.

Arthur Antoine (PhdCivEngr’17), senior project manager with Shrewsberry & Associates, stays involved as a CU Engineering Front Range Regional Network Ambassador.

True to the University of Colorado Boulder motto, "Let Your Light Shine," Doug Smith (MCivEngr’75) has led construction projects that quite literally brought in the light to nearly every building of the college.

Ben Finan earned his bachelor of science degree in Engineering Plus with an emphasis in mechanical engineering and a concentration in business and entrepreneurship. While earning his degree, he was also a lead teaching assistant for a variety of engineering courses.