Female engineering students pose for a selfie at graduation

Congratulations, graduates of 2019!

May 8, 2019

This week we bid farewell to our #ForeverBuffs, including outstanding graduates like Sarah Withee, who switched careers in her 40s to join Gen Z engineers in the classroom, and Michael Anthony, who learned African dance as a form of cultural preparation for his trip this summer to Eswatini with Engineers in Action. Read their stories and share your own story on social by tagging @cuengineering and #ForeverBuffs.

open house participants watching a demonstration

Nanotechnology open house brings together researchers from across campus

May 7, 2019

The Materials Characterization Facility in the Colorado Shared Instrumentation in Nanofabrication and Characterization (COSINC) successfully hosted a focused ion beam (FIB) event in mid-April.

Elvin Viloria

Elvin Viloria, Architectural Engineering

May 7, 2019

Through his tireless efforts as the leader of several student organizations, Elvin Viloria has promoted architectural engineering on campus and strived to increase opportunities for students. He even resurrected the AEI chapter, which had been dormant since 2010, and grew it to more than 50 members.

Alex Ray

Alex Ray, Computer Science

May 7, 2019

Having "tech-y" parents who encouraged his interest in computers led Alex Ray to a degree in computer science and now, a job as a software developer with Amazon.

Jacob Crawford

Jacob Crawford, Computer Science

May 7, 2019

In addition to his academic accomplishments, Jacob Crawford also completed a minor in business and interned at LogRhythm, Sovrn Holdings and Aquatricity. He also participated in HackCU for three years.

Keith Julien, William Barham and Dean Bobby Braun

William Barham, Applied Math

May 7, 2019

William Barham says his years at CU have been among the happiest and certainly most challenging of his life, and they've prepared him to pursue his PhD in Applied and Computational Mathematics at the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences.

Mingxuan Zhang

Mingxuan Zhang, Applied Math

May 7, 2019

During his time as an undergraduate, Mingxuan Zhang created a pipeline for estimating and characterizing uncertainty in coastal storm surge levels, developed methods for diagnosing and sampling from multimodal distributions and served as a teaching assistant.

Catherine Witt

Catherine Witt, Electrical Engineering

May 7, 2019

Catherine Witt says her first electrical engineering class was incredibly difficult; she had to work incredibly hard just to keep up. Now she's graduating at the top of her class and continuing toward her PhD.

Sarah Withee

Sarah Withee, Electrical Engineering

May 7, 2019

In her 40s, Sarah Withee walked away from her career in language teaching to pursue her dream of becoming an engineer. She likened it to “jumping off a cliff with a parachute and no idea if it was going to open or not.”

Sean Okonsky near Colorado lake

Sean Okonsky, Chemical Engineering

May 7, 2019

On his path to graduation, Sean Okonsky faced the usual academic challenges of a chemical engineering major and also overcame the obstacles of a uniquely personal struggle through depression and substance use.

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