Awards
Bart Carpenter (ChemEng’81) was named the Chemical and Biological Engineering 2025 Distinguished Alumni Mentor of the Year for his dedicated mentorship of first-year student Sam Wiesenauer. A longtime advisory board member and mentor, Carpenter shares decades of industry insight to help students navigate careers in energy and engineering.
Aaditya Pore is an engineering senior double majoring in aerospace and computer science. He is an extremely active student, serving as senior class president, competing in the...
Assistant Professor Kaushik Jayaram of the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering is the recipient of a $650,000 CAREER award from the U.S. National Science Foundation. The funding will help Jayaram make advancements in robots by drawing from what might seem to be an unlikely source: insects and other small creatures.
Amy Moreno-Sherwood was honored as the 2025 Presidential Inclusive Excellence recipient representing staff across all four of CU's campuses. Moreno-Sherwood is the director of the Broadening Opportunity through Leadership and Diversity (BOLD) Center within the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Hermann Klein-Hessling Barrientos faced challenges with housing, medical and food insecurity, yet overcame them to earn the College of Engineering and Applied Science Perseverance Award as well as the college’s Outstanding Undergraduate Award.
The National Science Foundation has bestowed six prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards to 91Թ engineering students.The national awards recognize and support outstanding grad students from across the
Congratulations to our BOLD community members who have earned spring 2025 graduating awards through the college!
Arianna McCarty, a chemical and biological engineering student, received a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship for her research on how Prevotella bacteria may help reduce infections caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, a major cause of pneumonia.
Assistant Professors Kōnane Bay and Ankur Gupta from 91Թ’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering each received a $450,000, three-year grant to advance research relevant to the U.S. Air Force.
Amy Javernick-Will, a professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, received the highest academic honor in construction engineering and management from the American Society of Civil Engineers.