Haley Smith

Undergraduate Student of the Month - Haley Smith

May 9, 2017

My name is Haley Smith and I am a graduating senior in the mechanical engineering program. I am a member of the basketball team and my love of sports has sparked an interest in biomechanical engineering, specifically the prosthetic, orthotic, exoskeleton, and joint replacement segments of the medical device industry...

Alex O'Brien

April 2017 - Alex O'Brien

April 24, 2017

I am a fourth year undergraduate Mechanical Engineering student, and this is my second year working in Professor Mark Rentschler's Advanced Medical Technologies Laboratory (AMTL). My research is primarily focused on the effects of thermal tissue fusion on biological tissue. Most recently, I was selected for the Discovery Learning Apprenticeship...

Eduardo Sodeberg

Undergraduate Student of the Month - Eduardo Soderberg

April 10, 2017

I am a Junior pursuing a degree in Civil Engineering with an emphasis in building mechanical systems and construction management. I am currently performing a research study on the relationship between the air change rate and indoor air quality of homes in a ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ neighborhood under the Discovery Learning Apprenticeship...

Eric Acome

Eric Acome - Materials

April 10, 2017

Eric is a second-year PhD student working in the Keplinger Research Group, which specializes in soft machines and materials that can be used for actuators, sensors, and energy generation. Eric focuses on soft actuators and he is currently working on a new type of reliable, high performance soft electrostatic actuator...

Kyle Kolanowski

March 2017 - Kyle Kolanowski

April 10, 2017

My name is Kyle Kolanowski, and I am a Colorado native pursuing a degree in mechanical engineering at CU. I have really enjoyed seeing all that my engineering education has encompassed, and I'm excited to see how my education will allow me to contribute to society in the future. I...

Alexa Reed

February 2017 - Alexa Reed

April 10, 2017

I am a third year Mechanical Engineering student working on the Biomedical Engineering Minor. My interests include eating delicious food, petting dogs, skiing, and traveling with my family. I enjoy working with my research team to develop an autonomous hovercraft and a summer course teaching high school students to develop...

Xin Qian

Graduate Student of the Month - Xin Qian

April 1, 2017

Xin Qian is a PhD student working with Prof. Ronggui Yang. He works on modeling thermal transport in hybrid organic-inorganic crystals. His modeling of thermal transport in the organic-inorganic perovskite with green energy applications was recently highlighted as one of the Top 10 Most Cited Articles in Applied Physics Letters...

Colin Towery

Graduate Student of the Month - Colin Towery

March 1, 2017

Colin is a third-year PhD student in his sixth year overall at CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ. He joined the Mechanical Engineering master’s program way back in Spring 2012, a full semester before his eventual advisor, Dr. Peter Hamlington . After having some fun designing and testing a CubeSat at the Colorado Space...

Dakota Edwards

Undergraduate Student of the Month - Dakota Edwards

March 1, 2017

Hi! I'm a senior this year as well as a pretty big nerd! I became inspired to pursue engineering because of the passion I have for math and for learning. I greatly appreciate the professors and the faculty here at CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ because they push me and inspire me to...

Kailee Cox

Undergraduate Student of the Month - Kailee Cox

Feb. 2, 2017

My name is Kailee Cox and I am a 4th year student in the Mechanical Engineering program. I was recently accepted to the concurrent BS/MS program, and will be pursuing my Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering with a focus in Biomedical Engineering. I have wanted to be a Buff ever...

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