Professional Development

The 2021-22 Distinguished Seminar Series gives students, faculty and others the opportunity to learn from seven impressive mechanical engineering thought-leaders.

Will Edgar, the first recipient of the CU Mechanical Engineering Student/Tuck Bridge Scholarship, has always had a knack for mechanical engineering. It is now complemented by a solid understanding of business thanks to the generosity of a fellow Buff.

ME Alumni Connect Day 2021 was a success thanks to the nearly 40 alumni who attended and up to 500 students they engaged with. Students connected with alumni over lunch, during class panels and while participating in mock interviews.

Dane Richardson is a junior in Mechanical Engineering. He interned during summer 2021 with Shimmick Construction.

A CU Boulder team has taken home third place and $500,000 in prize money in an international competition that sends teams of robots deep underground to conduct search-and-rescue operations.

Katie Schutt is a junior in Mechanical Engineering and an ME Student Apprentice. She is currently interning with Sandia National Laboratories. Where are you working this summer and what made them stand out in your search? Since the beginning of August I have been working remotely as a Virtual Technologies...

Spencer White is a senior in Mechanical Engineering. He interned during summer 2021 with Electro-Mechanical Products, Inc. He is also a proud member of the CU Cycling Team. Where did you intern over the summer and what was exciting for you about that opportunity? This summer I had the amazing...

Megan Conard is a Mechanical Engineering Student Apprentice. She interned during summer 2021 and summer 2022 with Phillips 66. Megan Conard Where did you work over the summer and what kinds of projects did you work on? During summer 2021, I interned as a refinery engineer at Phillip 66’s Billings...

Dario Garcia is a senior in Mechanical Engineering. He is currently interning with FIRST RF. Where have you been working this summer and what made them stand out in your internship search? This summer I had the pleasure of working at FIRST RF! I found the application through Indeed and...

The COSINC facility has given Jared Lewis, a junior in mechanical engineering, opportunities that he might not have ever experienced as an undergraduate.