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Spring 2020
New Biomedical Engineering Degree
Students within the College of Engineering and Applied Science will take their first courses in the new Biomedical Engineering degree program this fall. With it, undergrad and graduate students will take classes from across the university in engineering, biology and mathematics, learning from some of the best in the country along the way. The degrees are the first of their kind in the CU system, and no other university in the state offers a stand-alone undergraduate degree in the field.
New Interim Dean Keith Molenaar
In this episode of On CUE new Interim Dean Keith Molenaar outlines his priorities for the future of our college, including maintaining consistency with the goals, vision and culture that Bobby Braun put in place during his tenure here over the last three years. He also talks about his priorities for the future of the college and how he feels about stepping into the new role. Although this job is new, Moleenar is far from being new to CU Boulder. He completed all three of his degrees here and has held several faculty and administrative roles in the past.
Antimicrobial Resistance, Mitigation and Outreach - (ARMOR)
The Anti-Microbial Resistance Mediation Outreach Program, also known as ARMOR, is a graduate student led international effort to develop public awareness of and research into the threat of widespread anti-microbial resistance (AMR). The dedicated effort is being led out of the labs of professors Anushree Chatterjee and Prashant Nagpal right here on campus and in collaboration with ARC Laboratories. On this episode of On CUE, we sit down with the team and discuss the global threat AMR poses, the origins of the ARMOR program and steps the team has taken to shed a light on an unseen issue.
Season 3 - Fall 2019
A look into the ProReady initiative - Ben Weihrauch
This episode of On CUE spotlights a brand new initiative in the college for student professional development; ProReady. Senior Director of Student Professional Development Ben Weihrauch walks us through how the idea came about, what it will provide for students and how anybody can get involved.
Innovators in the college - Jacob Segil & Lucy Pao
On this edition of On CUE, we're looking at two research projects that are college that could be transformational at both the individual and global levels. First we speak to Jacob Segil about his quest to return the sensation of touch to amputees via smart prosthetics. Lucy Pao also joins the show to speak to us about her work on reveloutionary wind turbines which could drastically reduce the cost of wind energy.
"Colorado is the greatest state." - Brodie Hoyer
In this Veteran's Day special, Lieutenant Colonel Brodie Hoyer steps out of the lab and into the On CUE recording booth. We cover everything from military activity on campus, his experiences both studying and teaching engineering at West Point and the research he is currently conducting in the Advanced Medical Technologies Laboratory under the guidance of doctor Mark Rentschler.
Season 2
"It's fantastic hands-on experience" - Eric Frew
Professor Eric Frew joins On CUE to talk all all about Project TORUS: a two-year partnership between CU Boulder, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Texas Tech University, the University of Oklahoma and the National Severe Storms Laboratory. The goal is to collect data to improve the conceptual model of supercell thunderstorms to help with future forecasting and warning.
"We're essentially creating a new discipline in my lab" - Wil Srubar
Professor Srubar steps into the On CUE recording studio to tell us about the magic happening in his lab. Guided by the tenets of industrial ecology, his team's collective vision is to engineer next-generation infrastructure materials by blurring the boundaries between the built environment and the natural world.
"Tangible impact in real terms" - Evan Thomas
In this episode, we talk to Associate Professor Evan Thomas about his position as Mortenson Center director. The Mortenson Center was established by Engineering Professor Bernard Amadei, with a generous endowment from Alice and Mort Mortenson. He has a long history with the College of Engineering and Applied Science stretching back to 2001 when he began his undergraduate degree in aerospace engineering.
Season 1
"I'm an artist who found a canvas in engineering" - Dana Stamo
On CUE sits down with Dana Stamo. Dana is a fifth year chemical biological engineering student who is currently taking graduate classes and doing research with Professor Chatterjee. Dana is a recipient of the Chancellor's scholarship and a BOLD scholarship from the College of Engineering and Applied Science.
"Colorado isn't playing around" - Jack Fischer
NASA Astronaut Jack Fischer joins ON CUE podcast. Jack (Colonel, U.S. Air Force) was selected by NASA in July 2009. The Colorado native served as a Flight Engineer aboard the International Space Station of the Expedition 51/52. During his 2017 mission, he logged 136 days in space with two spacewalks.
"Sooner or later, someone will go to Mars" - Norm Augustine
On CUE sat down with Norm Augustine, former President and CEO of Lockheed Martin, and presidential commission namesake. More info on Norm can be found here. He's also on the Chancellor's Strategic Advisory Council.
Archive
"I'm a better engineer as a woman" - Connie Childs
On CUE sits down with Connie Childs, a fourth-year aerospace engineer. After years of contemplating life as a woman Connie began to transition from her assigned at birth male identity to the woman she is today. Today we'll talk about the transition, why she chose aerospace engineering, how being a woman makes her a better engineer, and about life beyond CU engineering after graduation.
"Don't get discouraged" - Jared Leidich
Jared Leidich is a 2009 mechanical engineering graduate from the College of Engineering and Applied Science at CU Boulder. He led the design of the life support pack and parachute system for a spacesuit that carried Google executive Alan Eustace to the stratosphere three times in 2014. He wrote a book about the experience called The Wild Black Yonder, and is now the aerodynamic systems lead at World View Enterprises.
"It was a privilege and a great delight to work with President Obama" - John Holdren
CU grad student and president of CU's Engineers Without Borders, Nikki Van Den Heever, sits down with Obama's Science advisor John Holdren to talk past, present and future.
"Because we are people, too." - DACA Series, Part Three
On September 5th, 2017, the current administration in DC rescinded the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) immigration policy. At that time, the University of Colorado announced our unified position of standing by these individuals – many of whom attend our university. We will continue sharing the stories of our Dreamers. In CU Engineering, we are all Dreamers.
"We are trying to make a difference for the whole world" - DACA Series, Part Two
On September 5th, 2017, the current administration in DC rescinded the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) immigration policy. At that time, the University of Colorado announced our unified position of standing by these individuals – many of whom attend our university. We will continue sharing the stories of our Dreamers. In CU Engineering, we are all Dreamers.
"In engineering, we're all Dreamers" - DACA Series, Part One
On September 5th, 2017, the current administration in DC rescinded the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) immigration policy. At that time, the University of Colorado announced our unified position of standing by these individuals – many of whom attend our university.
"A Tito eclipse of the sun" - Tito Salas
We sat down with Tito Salas of the Fiske Planetarium to talk about the Great American Eclipse. Tito has been at the Fiske planetarium here on campus since 1990 -- almost three decades. He grew up in Venezuela and then came to CU and has been here ever since. So we talked about the eclipse coming up and his plans for it, and also his background -- his story. How did he get here and what made him stay.
"This will just make everything better" - Shelly Miller
On CUE sat down with Dr. Shelly Miller to talk about her research and background, as well efforts to reach gender equity within our college. For more information, follow Dr. Miller on Twitter at or visit her website.
"Failure was an option" - Bobby Braun
For our first episode, we sat down with the new dean of engineering, Bobby Braun to talk about his background but also the first semester on the job here and what the future might look like for the college.