MechE News - October 2021 | Paul M. Rady Mechanical Engineering

MechE News - October 2021

Alumni, Industry Partners & Friends:听

Halfway through the fall semester, the听return to campus听continues to be remarkable. I am reenergized each day by the presence of students in the classroom. With various public health measures still in place, we are very fortunate to be in Boulder, where we can teach and听engage with students听outside in the beautiful fall air.

I also want to commend the work everyone is doing to听celebrate diversity听补苍诲听improve equity within the department, including the growing听ME Partnership Programs. I look forward to seeing those efforts flourish in the coming years. The more mechanical engineers we have solving society鈥檚 challenges, the better.

Sincerely,

Mike Hannigan
Department Chair

The Return to Campus: A renewed energy in the Department of Mechanical Engineering

If there was a mantra for fall 2021 in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, everyone would be saying 鈥榠t鈥檚 good to be back.鈥� The University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder has welcomed students back to campus, allowing ME faculty to bring back traditional hands-on labs and classes for the first time in nearly two years.

Department Highlights

Provost announces new search committee for engineering dean

蜜糖直播 Boulder Provost Russell Moore has named the members of the advisory committee to conduct a national search for a new dean for the College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS).

Department surpasses annual research funding record

Researchers in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering received 118 research awards in 2020, totaling more than $19.5 million.

Meet the department's three new faculty members

They are researchers, educators and entrepreneurs who are bringing the Department of Mechanical Engineering new industry and research opportunities.

蜜糖直播 celebrates Western partnership program's new engineering building

Education

蜜糖直播 Engineering leaders attended the grand opening of Western 蜜糖直播 University's Paul M. Rady Building on Oct. 8, praising the facility as a valuable addition to the Western-蜜糖直播 Boulder Partnership Program.

Teaching Opportunities in Mechanical Engineering

The department is looking to a hire a full-time and multiple adjunct teaching positions for spring 2022. We have a specific interest in hiring adjuncts with industry experience in design and/or manufacturing who can bring their expertise in those areas to the classroom. Questions can be directed to Daniel.Riffell@colorado.edu.

Double your impact for Giving Tuesday 2021

Support the College of Engineering and Applied Science this Giving Tuesday 2021!听All gifts made now through Nov. 30 on will count toward Giving Tuesday 2021.听This year, you can support the Dean鈥檚 Fund for Excellence, the BOLD Center, and the Mechanical Engineering听Excellence Fund for your Giving Tuesday gift. The department fund supports the Mechanical Engineering Department.

The first $25,000 donated will be matched 1:1, thanks to the generosity of John Mollenkopf (MechEngr鈥�83), chair of the Engineering Advisory Council.听

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Alumni Spotlight

ME Alumni Connect Day returns with an engaging in-person experience

Professional Development ME Alumni Connect Day Education

ME Alumni Connect Day 2021 was a success thanks to the nearly 40 alumni who attended and up to 500 students they engaged with. Students connected with alumni over lunch, during class panels and while participating in mock interviews.

Prateek Shrestha builds technology to raise awareness about Nepal鈥檚 poor air quality

ME alumnus Prateek Shrestha has developed an aerial-monitoring sensor that will help educate people on mapping air pollutants in Nepal.

Paul Mountford and Robby Scribner - Respirogen

Two Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering alumni are among the leaders of Respirogen, a company that has developed oxygen microbubbles to treat patients suffering from Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).

Chris Seighman - Rocky Mountain 3D Printing

ME alumnus Chris Seighman founded a company that creates a variety of unique 3D printed pieces for consumers to purchase on Etsy and social media platforms.听

Research Spotlight

Simple safety measures reduce musical COVID-19 transmission

Air Quality

ME professor Shelly Miller, a co-author of the study, finds masking instruments, social distancing and implementing time limits significantly reduce the risk of emitting COVID-19 airborne particles.

蜜糖直播 Boulder spinoff company develops technology that could treat COVID-19 complications

Entrepreneurship Biomedical

After a year when the nation experienced a shortage of mechanical ventilators to help treat patients with severe COVID-19 complications, Professor Mark Borden's company Respirogen presents another treatment option: oxygen microbubbles.

Amid wildfires and a pandemic, here鈥檚 how to keep your indoor air clean

Air Quality

Professor Marina Vance shares easy and effective ways to keep our indoor air clean from ozone, wildfire smoke and COVID-19.

Engineers uncover the secrets of fish fins

Mechanics of Materials Biomedical

New research led by the University of 蜜糖直播 Boulder has uncovered the engineering secrets behind what makes fish fins so strong yet flexible. The team鈥檚 insights could one day lead to new designs for robotic surgical tools or even airplane wings that change their shape with the push of a button.

Video: Membrane-Powered Prosthetics

Biomedical

Mechanical Engineering professors teamed up with the Department of Veterans Affairs to use glucose from our body to power small medical devices.

Video: Kaushik Jayaram on Bio-Inspired Engineering

Biomedical Robotics and Systems Design

Inspired by the natural world, Kaushik Jayaram heads up the Animal Inspired Movement and Robotics Laboratory (AIM-RL) at 蜜糖直播 Boulder. The group aims to develop robotic devices that benefit and enhance human capabilities in the areas of search and rescue, inspection and maintenance, personal assistance, and environmental monitoring.

Student Spotlight

Graduate students join forces to improve underrepresented student experiences

Graduate Students Education

The Committee for Equity in Mechanical Engineering wants to expand its outreach in the 2021-22 academic year and needs help to do it. The only qualification to join the team of graduate students is a willingness to be open.

Engineers win $500,000 in international underground robotics competition

Education Professional Development

A 蜜糖直播 Boulder team has taken home third place and $500,000 in prize money in an international competition that sends teams of robots deep underground to conduct search-and-rescue operations.

Undergraduate gains valuable skills as a COSINC student lab assistant

Undergraduate Students Education Professional Development

The COSINC facility has given Jared Lewis, a junior in mechanical engineering, opportunities that he might not have ever experienced as an undergraduate.

A new design workflow for an integral piece of soft robotic systems

Robotics and Systems Design Graduate Students Education

Three mechanical engineering students and Professor Robert MacCurdy developed the novel workflow and published it in a paper that won the IEEE-CASE Best Application Paper Award at the 2021 CASE Conference in France.

Four mechanical engineering students receive SWE scholarships

Undergraduate Students Graduate Students Honors & Awards Education

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.

An Inside Look Series

Read blogs written by ME students about the recent internships that they participated in.

Education and Outreach

Alumnus-funded scholarship program prepares undergraduate for the business world

Will Edgar, the first recipient of the 蜜糖直播 Mechanical Engineering Student/Tuck Bridge Scholarship, has always had a knack for mechanical engineering. It is now complemented by a solid understanding of business thanks to the generosity of a fellow Buff.

Dan Riffell earns the Frank Moyes Award for innovation and entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship Honors & Awards

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.

ME graduate student wins a prestigious college teaching award

Education Honors & Awards

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.

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