Honors & Awards
- The Research & Innovation Office has announced the 2022 RIO Faculty Fellows cohort, comprised of 17 of the most promising faculty from across CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ. The group reflects the diversity of expertise, research and scholarship taking place across campus.
- Mechanical engineering student Mitchell Fulton won 'Best Performing Method' for a paper detailing his novel approach to autonomously identify regions of the heart using MRI scan images at the M&Ms-2 Challenge.
- Mechanical engineering Professors Mark Rentschler and Greg Rieker, as well as Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Professor Tin Tin Su, received the honor recognizing their thought-leadership and discovery on Monday, Nov. 1.
- PhD candidate Jeff Glusman, who was working as a Graduate Part-time Instructor at the time, is the first graduate student to receive the John and Mercedes Peebles Innovation in Education Award.
- The award recognizes an outstanding faculty or staff member who has demonstrated exceptional interest and accomplishments in innovation and entrepreneurship. Riffell is the first mechanical engineering faculty member to win the award.
- The Society of Women Engineers has awarded 289 scholarships in all, totaling more than $1,200,000, to undergraduate and graduate students for the 2021-22 academic year.
- The coalition's studies have led to the creation of safety protocols for singing and playing musical instruments to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
- The team, which included mechanical engineering student Hannah Livingston, developed a large solar PV system.
- In her role, she assists undergraduate students with degree requirements, college and university policies, campus resources and overall academic needs.
- The National Science Foundation has awarded six prestigious Graduate Research Fellowships to ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ mechanical engineering students, a signal of the innovative and impactful research they will perform in the years ahead.