Nan Joesten and Dave Clough in 2012

Nan Joesten: #MyDaveCloughStory

June 19, 2017

[Editor's Note: This post is the first in a series sharing memories and stories of Professor David Clough as he approaches retirement. Join the conversation by using the hashtag #MyDaveCloughStory to share your memories on Facebook or Twitter, or submit your story online .] Professor Dave Clough and Nan Joesten...

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New Aerospace Building to be Hub of Innovation

June 15, 2017

Today is an exciting day for aerospace and for all of CU Boulder. The University of Colorado’s Board of Regents just approved construction of a dedicated building for the College of Engineering’s Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences! The state-of-the-art innovation facility comes at a critical juncture for this nationally-recognized aerospace research...

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Follow CU Engineering on Instagram

June 14, 2017

We are excited to announce that the College of Engineering and Applied Science is on Instagram . Follow us @cuengineering for an inside view of engineering life at CU Boulder. Here is a list of hashtags we'll be using regularly to tag our content: #engineeringbuffs #cuengineering #futurebuffs #foreverbuffs #spacebuffs #cuboulder...

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Competing in a NASA student satellite design contest

June 14, 2017

“Well, there goes our spring break!”, I thought as I read NASA’s email about the design document submission date for the Cube Quest Challenge. Once again, NASA representatives had changed a critical milestone, one that the team would not be pleased about. It was just another bump in the road that we would have to overcome...

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Sharing #MyDaveCloughStory

June 13, 2017

In 42 years at CU Boulder, Professor David Clough taught about 2,000 engineering students and mentored hundreds of student-athletes. Were you one of them? As he approaches retirement at the end of this month, we’re asking alumni and friends to share their favorite memories and stories of Professor Clough –...

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CU Engineering Magazine: Behind the Scenes

June 8, 2017

I am excited to share the most recent edition of CU Engineering magazine, which is now available online . I hope you enjoy the stories of our students, alumni and faculty as they harness the power of engineering to transform lives. There are several firsts with this issue. You’ll notice...

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GoldShirt program engineering success

June 8, 2017

In college athletics, players are often redshirted. They are enrolled but not competing, and that gives them more time to prepare. Tanya Ennis, director of the Engineering GoldShirt Program, says like redshirting, the GoldShirt-ed engineering students are preparing for the rigors of school. “They are pumping iron much like football...

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What is your Grand Challenge?

June 7, 2017

Science and engineering are all about thinking big. And if you like thinking big, then pay attention to this July 1 deadline . What are Grand Challenges? Grand Challenges are ambitious but achievable goals that harness science, technology, and innovation to solve important national or global problems and that have...

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Research, Career Opportunities Highlighted for Women in Aerospace

June 7, 2017

The 2017 CU Boulder-MIT-Stanford Women in Aerospace Symposium was hosted by the Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at CU Boulder on May 31 and June 1. Sixteen outstanding women doctoral and post-doctoral researchers in aerospace engineering disciplines participated, representing a variety of academic institutions across the country. Several male...

EngiNearMe: Bringing Engineering to Denver high schoolers

EngiNearMe: Bringing Engineering to Denver High Schoolers

June 5, 2017

A record of 55 Denver high school students will get a chance this week to earn $2,500 scholarships to CU Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science while experiencing the fun of hands-on engineering. All students participating in the weeklong Campos EPC EngiNearMe Program on the Boulder campus who are...

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