Tory Bruno

Tory Bruno of United Launch Alliance to visit CU Boulder

March 16, 2018

Tory Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance , will host a seminar about ULA’s vision for a self-sustaining space economy and transforming the future of space launch during a visit to campus March 20. Bruno, a graduate of Cal Poly, took the helm at Centennial-based United Launch Alliance...

Katie McQuie, Claire Meyer and Cherish Spengler

Three CU Engineering women earn top scholarships

March 13, 2018

Katie McQuie, Cherish Spengler and Claire Meyer will be recognized at an award ceremony on March 29.

Alex St. Clair and Carson Brumley

CU Engineering students honored with Brooke Owens and Matt Isakowitz Fellowships

March 8, 2018

Two national fellowship programs are honoring CU Engineering students. The Brooke Owens Fellowship Program and Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship Program each provide industry internships and mentoring opportunities to promising engineering students and both are recognizing CU Boulder students as 2018 fellows. Aerospace junior Carson Brumley has been selected as a 2018...

CU ITP students participate in hackathon.

ITP team places first in NANOG hackathon

Feb. 27, 2018

The team included Arohi Gupta, Soham Dhiren Shah, Pranit Sanjay Yadav, Amar Chaudhari and Aditya Ahuja.

JT Abate skiing at Olympics

Q&A: Junior JT Abate serves as Olympic forerunner

Feb. 22, 2018

JT Abate, a junior mechanical engineering student, was invited to serve as forerunner for the ski events at the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang. He's spending 21 days in South Korea forerunning the downhill, super-G and super combined for both the men and women's events. Read our Q&A with JT about...

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An engineer’s guide to CU Boulder Next

Feb. 21, 2018

This Saturday, CU Boulder kicks off its first segment of CU Boulder Next in Los Angeles, and if you’re a scientist or engineer, you don’t want to miss it. CU Boulder Next is a first-of-its-kind event for our university that brings Chancellor Phil DiStefano and top faculty and students to eight cities to showcase the incredible research and education, artistic endeavors, and athletic feats happening on our campus – and the ones still to come. Think of it as TED Talks meets trade show mixed with one giant party.

Jill Tietjen (left) meets scholarship recipients at the college's 2017 scholarship dinner.

PBS to air profile of prominent CU supporter

Feb. 21, 2018

Tietjen has spent years doing her part to advocate for and recognize women, both in engineering and in fields like filmmaking. That advocacy, combined with her own professional accomplishments, earned her induction into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame in 2010. This month, the Hall of Fame is collaborating with Rocky Mountain PBS for a video series highlighting several of their inductees, including Tietjen.

Team celebrating after Slopesoakers competition.

Vote for engineering students in Red Bull contest

Feb. 20, 2018

I’ve taken my new love for Red Bull competitions as inspiration to also enter their “Red Bull Can You Make It 2018” challenge. My Colorado team, called “The Jabronies,” is competing to be selected to travel through Europe using nothing but our charm to barter Red Bull as our only currency.

Student preparing for egg drop

Engineering Week returns Feb. 19-23

Feb. 16, 2018

As the director of Engineering Week for the University of Colorado Engineering Council, I have the privilege of planning and organizing Engineering Week 2018 on Feb. 19–23.

Inclusive Pedagogy Corner: Using examples that resonate with students

Feb. 14, 2018

An inclusive classroom means that all students are engaged in the learning process, and this engagement can lead to better retention and better engineers. What better way to engage students than with examples that have relevance! For example, I still remember my fluid mechanics professor coming in spitting mad about...

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