Graduate Students
- Sean Humbert, professor in mechanical engineering and director of the Robotics graduate program, chats with CBS News Colorado about some of the technology him and his students are working on at Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder. One of their builds is a robot that the Boulder County Sheriff's Office uses to support their bomb squad team.
- The Paul M. Ray Department of Mechanical Engineering has launched a new research area in design. The new focus area, geared toward PhD students, involves the study of the design process and how various contexts (environmental, psychological, political, etc.) affect the artifacts that today’s engineers aim to create.
- Olivia Felton is a PhD student in the Welker Lab at the Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ. Their main focus: to use assistive technology to help both able-bodied individuals and those with disabilities.
- Jatinder Sampathkumar is a PhD graduate from Mechanical Engineering and is currently working on new renewable energy technologies at Amogy.
- Tyler Huebsch is a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering. He completed an internship with the Convergent Aeronautics Solutions team at NASA. Tyler Huebsch Where did you intern and what was exciting
- The National Science Foundation has bestowed three prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards to Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ mechanical engineering graduate students.The national awards recognize and support
- The Kenneth Johnsen Graduate Student of the Month awards recognize outstanding students who excel academically and are an exemplar for the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Samuel LamontWhat is your hometown?My hometown
- The ME Fall Festival, sponsored by the department’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Working Group, celebrates the diversity of cultures within the department.
- The Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Racing Team recently competed in the Formula SAE student design competition, rising above 101 other university teams from across the world to come in 20th overall.
- The Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ will offer a master’s and doctorate program in robotics starting in the fall to meet the growing demand of students and the industry.