MechE Student News - February 2020 | Paul M. Rady Mechanical Engineering

MechE Student News - February 2020

MechE Students,

I am excited to announce that the mechanical engineering department at CU Boulder听has been named the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering听in honor of donor Paul M. Rady. Being recognized as a named department will allow us to share more broadly how we as a top-ranked mechanical engineering program excel in areas such as project-based learning, high-impact research, and outreach and partnership efforts across baby直播app and beyond.听

Go buffs,

Mike Hannigan
Department Chair

CU Boulder Mechanical Engineering Department gets new name

The highly-ranked Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of baby直播app Boulder is being named after baby直播app philanthropist and businessman Paul M. Rady, thanks to his generous support of the college. This is the second department to be named in the College of Engineering and Applied Science.

Student Spotlight

Grad student Josh Taca helps make prosthetic sockets out of recycled plastic

PhD student Josh Tacca traveled to Quito, Ecuador last year and saw a need for well-fitting prosthetics for amputees. Tacca worked with the Range of Motion Project (ROMP) to provide prosthetic and orthotic care to people without access to these services.

Podcast: Veteran's Day Special with Lieutenant Colonel Brodie Hoyer

Lieutenant Colonel Brodie Hoyer, a current PhD student shares about military activity on campus, his experiences studying and teaching at West Point and the research he is conducting in the Advanced Medical Technologies Laboratory.

Morgan Kauss, MechEngr'20

Senior Morgan Kauss says the #ILookLikeAnEngineer hashtag means you don't have to fit a mold to study or work in the engineering field. Physical appearance and background should be unrelated to intellect and interest in any field of study.

Puppy Pal Prosthetics: Giving Dogs a Leg Up on Disability

Seniors Bruno Geoly and Niki Duer founded Puppy Pal Prosthetics (PPP) to help canines with disabilities live their lives to the fullest as part of their engineering capstone design course.

Alumni Spotlight

Fresh start at CU Boulder leads to a lifetime of success for World War II veteran

CU Boulder gave World War II veteran Bill Jann (MechEngr鈥�49) a fresh start after he returned from combat. He went on to work on the Pershing Weapon System during the Cold War.

Connecting beyond the classroom at annual ME Alumni Connect Day

ME Alumni Connect Day Professional Development Education

Thanks to over 50 mechanical engineering alumni volunteers, students were able to engage with alumni over lunch and breakfast, on 12 class panels and during more than 90 mock interviews at ME Alumni Connect Day.

Research Spotlight

3D printing in space with Gregory Whiting

CU researchers to explore 3D printing in reduced gravity with NASA grant

Materials

Gregory Whiting and his research group are preparing for the thrill of a lifetime: two parabolic flights, each expected to provide around ten total minutes of reduced gravity to test and model how 3D printing of functional materials works in lunar gravity.

Drones go underground in high-stakes competition

Over three years, teams of researchers from across the world will vie against each other to push their robotics knowledge to the limits鈥攄esigning vehicles that can navigate underground environments.

Keck funded research offers new tool to understand cells better

New research at CU Boulder, funded by a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation, aims to create a new system to study the mechanical properties of cells using surface acoustic waves.

Robotic skin could transform manufacturing, human robot interactions

Mechanics of Materials

A talented group of researchers across the college is creating skins for robots to maximize their local sensing capabilities, improving operational safety and human-robot interaction along the way.

New ways of estimating, tracking pollution earn student Harvard postdoc spot

PhD student Zhen Qu has been interested in air quality since she was a child growing up in Beijing, China when the air was highly polluted from emissions and dust storms. Now, she will soon begin a postdoctoral position at Harvard University.

Salt solution: Researcher sets out to make desalination more efficient

Micro/Nanoscale

University of baby直播app Boulder postdoctoral researcher Omkar Supekar of mechanical engineering is working on a technique that could make desalination facilities more efficient by changing the way they detect chemicals that clog up their filters.

Outreach & Education Spotlight

Student Experiential Education origin story photo of students networking

Student Experiential Education transforms professional development for mechanical engineers at CU Boulder

A generous donation began the official launch of Student Experiential Education, an effort designed to enhance connections between students and industry.

Industry input sparks new experiences for manufacturing students

CU Boulder鈥檚 manufacturing class now incorporates guest speakers, company tours, a manufacturing industry panel and a variety of active learning opportunities thanks to input from industry professionals.

ME educators recognized by college for supporting students beyond the classroom

The College of Engineering and Applied Science awarded Katherine McConnell the Outstanding Staff Award and Julie Steinbrenner the Charles A. Hutchinson Memorial Teaching Award.

Professor John W. Daily retires after over 30 years at CU Boulder

Professor John W. Daily retired after over 30 years at CU Boulder. In his "Last Lecture," Daily addressed not only his gratitude for a career as a professor but also shared personal words of wisdom about caring for one鈥檚 mind, body, spirit and relationships.

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