Awards

Susie See is President and Electrical Engineering Lead at MEYERS + ENGINEERS, bringing 30+ years of experience in high‑performance, sustainable design. A CU Boulder alum, she is a recognized industry leader, mentor, and advocate for inclusion, serving on CU’s Engineering Advisory Council and earning recognition as a San Francisco Business Times Woman of Influence.

Dennis J. Pretti (ElEngr'95) spent over 25 years at Micron advancing parametric test design, automation, and optical roadmap work before shifting to STEM outreach and university partnerships. A senior member of Micron’s Technical Leadership Program and the company’s technical ambassador to CU Boulder, he serves on multiple advisory boards and has authored several publications and a U.S. patent.

Kevin Martin is the founder & CTO of unspun, a certified B Corp transforming apparel manufacturing through automated and localized production. Martin graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering.

Kevin Seibert is a technical VP with Eli Lilly and Co. and holds a BS in chemical engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder, as well as MS and PhD degrees in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan. He has over 30 years’ experience working in small and medium molecule syntheses for both Merck and Eli Lilly. Seibert has been responsible for the process development and optimization of many early and late-phase products and led the technology transfer, validation and launch of several marketed compounds.

Anthony Pigliacampo (MechEngr'02) is a CU Boulder alumnus and entrepreneur whose career spans product design, consumer brands, and advanced manufacturing. He co‑founded Modern Market Eatery, helped grow it into a national restaurant platform, and now serves as CEO of Joseph Machine Company.

Don Kinderdick (ArchEngr'87) is president, CEO, and board chairman of BEGA North America, where he has led operations since joining in 2000. With prior roles at Zumtobel Staff Lighting and Sterner Lighting, he has built a career focused on high‑quality lighting design, manufacturing, and sustainability. A longtime supporter of lighting education, he chairs the Rocky Mountain Lighting Academy advisory board at CU Boulder.

Gregory Greenstreet, a CU Boulder MS CS alum, is a longtime software entrepreneur who founded and sold multiple companies and helped launch DigitalGlobe. He has led major engineering teams in Boulder, taught Big Data Architecture for over a decade, and mentors startups through TechStars. He lives in Four Mile Canyon with his family and enjoys mountain sports and playing mandolin.

Chemical and biological engineering senior Arianna McCarty has earned the prestigious Churchill Scholarship, becoming just the fourth student in university history to receive the honor. The award will support a year of master’s study at the University of Cambridge, recognizing her exceptional research achievements and academic excellence.

Evan Thomas, a professor and director of the Mortenson Center in Global Engineering & Resilience, has been awarded a career honor from the International Water Association for work that has reshaped how safe drinking water is delivered in some of the world’s most vulnerable regions.

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Elle Stark, a PhD student in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, was recently awarded a prestigious Gallery of Fluid Motion (GFM) Award for a video describing her research.