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Alumni Engagement Medal Award 2022 Systems Test Engineer, Ball Aerospace Broomfield, CO Career Path Jannine Vela-Rouw (EngrPlus’18) is currently a Systems Test Engineer at Ball Aerospace in Boulder, CO where her work focuses on assembling, integrating, and testing various satellite mechanisms for National Defense programs. She received her B.S. in...

Alumni Engagement Medal Award 2022 ERP Project Manager, PepsiCo Chicago, IL Career Path Irene Diep (MEngrMgmt’18) has 13 years of experience in leading cross-functional collaboration (manufacturing, warehouse, transportation, supply chain planning, and sales) to improve customer service and execute process and people change projects. She has 11 years of experience...

Alumni Engagement Medal Award 2022 CEO, EvoEndo, Inc. Colorado Springs Career Path Dr. Heather Underwood (PhDTechMedSoc’13) received her undergraduate degree in computer science from the University of Washington, her PhD in Technology, Media and Society from the ATLAS Institute, and completed a postdoc in the Stanford Biodesign Fellowship program for...

Alumni Engagement Medal Award 2022 President, Electro-Mechanical Products, Inc (EMP) Lakewood, Colorado Career Path Dave Wolenski (MechEngr’83) is currently Co-owner and President of Electro-Mechanical Products (EMP). EMP manufactures precision-machined components and thermal management systems used in the semiconductor, medical, laser, and commercial/high-tech sectors. Prior to that role, he was a...

Alumni Engagement Medal Award 2022 Principal, Corona Environmental Consulting ​ Denver, CO Career Path Dr. Chris Corwin (MCivEngr’07; PhD’10) is a graduate of our program (MS 2007, PhD 2010). Before coming to CU he was an engineer and project manager for 10 years. After graduating from CU he worked as...

Alex is a pragmatic and ever curious Data Scientist who has served numerous roles in the data sciences. Starting with his graduate work in the Applied Math department at CU, Alex has always had an inherent passion for the science of uncertainty.

Researcher, National Institute of Standards and Technology Recent Alumni Award Mohammad Amin Hariri-Ardebili (MCivEngr’14, PhD’15) is a researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). His main research interests are performance-based earthquake assessment of infrastructures, risk and resilience, alkali-silica reaction, uncertainty quantification, and machine learning. Hariri’s impressive body...

Vice president, Acuity Brands Lighting Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award: Industry and Commerce Jeffrey Quinlan (ArchEngr’92, MCivEngr’94) serves as vice president of engineering and illumination at Acuity Brands Lighting, where he has worked for the entirety of his 28-year career. Early in his career, he co‐developed what is now a mainstay...

Principal and chairman, Martin/Martin Consulting Engineers Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award: Industry and Commerce C. Ben Nelson (CivEngr’84, MS’88) is a proud alumnus of the University of Colorado Boulder and a diligent supporter of the structural engineering profession nationally. He is a principal and serves as chairman of the board for...

Recent Alumni Award Nima Keivan graduated from the College of Engineering and Applied Science in 2017 with a PhD in computer science. During his time as a student, his doctoral research was on the leading edge of robot perception and autonomy. The importance of his work was recognized by leading...