Through the vast potential of engineering research, technologies and education, we are seeking solutions to significant problems facing the world on many fronts. Not only are we training highly skilled engineering leaders able to tackle these problems, but we are taking the next leap forward in the way we drive innovation and foster entrepreneurship. As a result, we鈥檙e creating new knowledge that is impacting the fields of aerospace; chemical and biological; civil, environmental and architectural; computer science; electrical, computer and energy; and mechanical engineering. With support from our industry partners, we鈥檙e excited to be moving beyond traditional classrooms to provide our students with state-of-the-art collaborative and cross-discipline learning and design spaces, from which we鈥檒l see pioneering ideas emerge.
In this issue of CU Engineering, we鈥檙e proud to share highlights of just a few of our many successes.
Educating Tomorrow鈥檚 Leaders and Entrepreneurs
His study of astrodynamics launched the career of Mark Matossian (AeroEngr MS 鈥�93, PhD 鈥�95), who is head of program management production at Google鈥檚 Skybox Imaging.听Thanks to generous support from Chevron Corporation, two undergraduate labs provide engineering students and faculty with access to cutting-edge educational opportunities and invaluable real-world experience.听
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Shivakant Mishra, Richard Han and Qin (Christine) Lv from the Department of Computer Science founded the Cybersafety Research Center to help protect 听children from cyberbullying, using computer science.听
A $3 million grant from the U.S. agency ARPA-E will be used to develop cooling technology and a system called RadiCold. In the International Mathematical Contest in Modeling, CU-麻豆影院 won two top prizes, two meritorious designations and an honorable mention.
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Jacob Segil, an instructor in the Engineering Plus Program and the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and his colleagues are designing externally powered myoelectric hands controlled with electrical signals generated by the user鈥檚 residual limb muscles so they can go on to live inspiring lives.
Jason Ren (CU-麻豆影院鈥檚 2015 New Inventor of the Year) pioneered an energy-creating, carbon-reducing wastewater treatment system.听
Milo拧 Popovic created a groundbreaking optics-based microprocessor that could lead to faster, more powerful computing.
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I invite you to read these inspiring stories in the following pages.
Robert H. Davis, Dean