麻豆影院

Skip to Content

Search

Search

Paul M. Rady Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering and Applied Science
Paul M. Rady Mechanical Engineering

Main menu

  • 麻豆影院 Us
  • Academics
  • Admissions
  • Research
  • People
  • News & Events
  • PhD Request for Information
  • K-12 Outreach

Secondary Menu

  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Engage
  • Hire ME Buffs
  • Partner
  • Work Here

Mobile menu

  • 麻豆影院 Us
  • Academics
  • Admissions
  • Research
  • People
  • News & Events
  • PhD Request for Information
  • K-12 Outreach
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Engage
  • Hire ME Buffs
  • Partner
  • Work Here
  • Faculty & Staff Resources
  • Contact Us
  • Accreditation
  • Strategic Vision

MechE Student News - February 2019

MechE Students,

Welcome to the Department of Mechanical Engineering student newsletter where you can read about听the amazing things听your听peers, professors and听ME alumni are doing. Check out research in the department, see your classmates and instructors featured, learn听how you can get involved with student groups and take a peak at our list of upcoming events and opportunities you won't want to miss. Keep up the great work!听

Go buffs,

Mike Hannigan
Department Chair

Jeff Knutsen teaching his first class in 2009

Jeff Knutsen awarded the Charles A. Hutchinson Memorial Teaching Award

Mechanical engineering Senior Instructor Jeffrey Knutsen was awarded the 2018 Charles A. Hutchinson Memorial Teaching Award in honor of Applied Math Professor Charles A. Hutchinson, recognizing his outstanding contributions to teaching.

Student Spotlight

ME Alumni Connect Day 2018 panelists

Alumni bring ME Alumni Connect Day 2018 to life

ME Alumni Connect Day Professional Development Education
Alumni are changing the way students connect with industry, demonstrated by the 500+ students and 45 alumni attending ME Alumni Connect Day 2018. The third annual ME Alumni Connect Day was a huge success!
Yao Zhai headshot in lab

Outstanding Dissertation Award: Yao Zhai

Postdoctoral Associate Yao Zhai鈥檚 love for science began when he was young. He remembers looking up to his grandfather, who went from having nothing to establishing a manufacturing company all by himself. Zhai received the Outstanding Dissertation Award.
levi pearson

Outstanding Graduate for Research: Levi Pearson

Levi Pearson, Outstanding Graduate for Research, said his research gave him a strong base in control theory, showed him how to uncover what he doesn鈥檛 know to find a solution and taught him how to have confidence in himself.
ASME tabling

ASME gaining momentum at CU 麻豆影院

CU 麻豆影院's student-led chapter of ASME is reaching new heights. With eyes on the future, ME students are not only connecting with their peers but have also started a series of events to build connections between students, faculty, alumni and the mechanical engineering community.

Alumni Spotlight

Jared Leidich

Jared Leidich receives Kalpana Chawla Outstanding Recent Graduate Award

Jared Leidich (MechEngr'09) brought a high-flying man safely down to Earth, but the trajectory of his career goes only upward. Leidich was awarded the Kalpana Chawla Recent Graduate Award for exceptional contributions to his field.
Alec Thomas headshot

CU 麻豆影院 alumni continues work in biomedical imaging at Oxford

Alec Thomas (MechEngr'18) aims to solve a big problem in targeted delivery of therapeutics at his new position with the University of Oxford in England following the research he conducted as a PhD student at CU 麻豆影院.

Research Spotlight

drone humbert

CU researchers go deep, design drones for subterranean search and rescue

Researchers from CU 麻豆影院, CU Denver and the SSCI have partnered to design drones that can explore underground environments such as subway tunnels, mines and caves after receiving $4.5M in funding from DARPA.
Carson Bruns Tattoos

'Chameleon' tattoos change color, may help diagnose illness

Materials
New tattoo inks are being designed to change color in response to signals that could alert people to changes in blood chemistry or help doctors diagnose illness. Carson Bruns spoke about his work at the TEDxMileHigh: Reset speaker series.
fire ant

Fire ant colonies could inspire molecular machines, swarming robots

Mechanics of Materials
Think of it as mathematics with a bite: Researchers led by Franck Vernerey have uncovered the statistical rules that govern how gigantic colonies of fire ants form bridges, ladders and floating rafts, one of the most ingenious networks in nature.
cooling material yin and yang

Low cost, low energy cooling system shows promise

Materials
Researchers have scaled up a new low-cost cooling system that can provide efficient cooling for homes and beyond using minimal electricity. The system is built from a highly reflective glass and polymer material slightly thicker than aluminum foil.
soft robotics

ME faculty part of $2M NSF grant for soft robotics work

Robotics and Systems Design
Soft robotics promises substantial advantages over traditional rigid robots. ME faculty are working toward widespread adoption and practical applications for soft robotic HASEL actuators through a new $2M award from the National Science Foundation.
respiratory system

Air pollution leads to millions of ER visits for asthma attacks worldwide

Air Quality
Nine to 33 million visits to the emergency room for asthma worldwide may be triggered by breathing in air polluted by ozone or fine particulate matter according to a study published by Associate Professor Daven Henze and collaborators.
greg rieker in lab

Greg Rieker selected for the Peter Werle Early Career Scientist Award

Thermo Fluid Sciences
Greg Rieker was selected for the Peter Werle Early Career Scientist Award, considered among the highest honors for young scientists in his field. He received the award while attending the sixth FLAIR international conference in September 2018.

Upcoming Events & Opportunities

- Wed, 2/20 through Fri, 2/22
- Mon, 2/25, 5 p.m.听
- 2/18, 2/19, or 3/6 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.听
听- Wed, 4/3, 5:30 p.m.听
- Fri, 4/26
- Tue, 4/30, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.听
Spring 2019 Commencement- Thur, 5/9

View More Upcoming Events

Share Your Good News for a Feature in the ME Newsletter
What else would you like to see in MechE Student News? Send feedback to mecheng@colorado.edu.

  • Share

听 听

Departments

  • Paul M. Rady Mechanical Engineering

Programs

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Engineering Education
  • Engineering Management
  • Engineering Physics
  • Integrated Design Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Materials Science &听Engineering
  • Robotics

Affiliates & Partners

  • ATLAS Institute
  • BOLD Center
  • Discovery Learning
  • Engineering Leadership
  • Entrepreneurship

听

  • Herbst Program for Engineering, Ethics & Society
  • Idea Forge
  • Global Engineering

Footer menu

  • Faculty & Staff Resources
  • Contact Us
  • Accreditation
  • Strategic Vision

Connect With Us

Paul M. Rady Mechanical Engineering

1111 Engineering Drive
UCB 427
麻豆影院, Colorado 80309-0427
ME Front Desk: 303-735-8054
General Inquiries: mefrontdesk@colorado.edu
Graduate Program Inquiries: megrad@colorado.edu
Undergraduate Program Inquiries: ceasadmissions@colorado.edu


Phone: 303-492-5071
Email:听cueng@colorado.edu


© 麻豆影院
• •

Return to the top of the page