Applications open for paid Extension Internship Program
Undergraduate and graduate students can now apply for hands-on summer 2021 internships.
Latest Headlines
All-campus town hall outlines what to expect for Spring 2021
Leadership outlined the university's sustained efforts around teaching and learning, even as year 2 of the COVID-19 pandemic arrives.
CSU civil engineers find link between hospitals and schools key to community resilience, develop tool for measuring social services stability
Associate Professor Hussam Mahmoud and Ph.D. graduate student Emad Hassan found extensive direct and indirect relationships between health care and education, indicating recovery of one system relies on recovery of the other.
CSU announces plan for required COVID-19 screenings during spring semester
Colorado State University leaders have announced plans for screening students, faculty and staff for COVID-19 as the spring semester gets under way.
Synergistic collaboration leads to new strategy for biomedical 3D imaging
Collaboration between Colorado State University and Colorado School of Mines defined a new technology to collect incoherent light emitted by fluorescent molecules and reconstruct 3D digital models of the object.
Spring 2021 Engineering Exploration Week
High school and transfer students interested in engineering can meet with student design teams, check out laboratory demonstrations, and learn about engineering careers during the free virtual Engineering Exploration Week, February 15 – 20, 2021.
New analysis of state legislation on advanced energy available from CSU’s Center for the New Energy Economy
Between 2013 and 2019, state-level decisionmakers enacted transformative energy policies.
Students
Extension internship takes Mechanical Engineering student back to CSU's roots; application period opens January 19
The application period for CSU Extension internships, which give students applied research opportunities, opens January 19.
Computer engineering master’s student interning with Tesla in Spring 2021
A passion for automobiles has led an engineering master's student to Tesla for a spring internship.
Outstanding Grad: Tanner Foreman, Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering
“Looking back, anything I’ve overcome, it’s been because someone cared about me. Whether a professor, or the staff at the Engineering Success Center, or my classmates – someone went out of their way to help when I needed it.”
Meet Michelle Hefner: Chemical and Biological Engineering student, SHPE president serves as role model
Michelle Hefner is busy with studies, research and advocacy, but you won't hear her complain.
Research
CSU civil engineers find link between hospitals and schools key to community resilience, develop tool for measuring social services stability
Associate Professor Hussam Mahmoud and Ph.D. graduate student Emad Hassan found extensive direct and indirect relationships between health care and education, indicating recovery of one system relies on recovery of the other.
Synergistic collaboration leads to new strategy for biomedical 3D imaging
Collaboration between Colorado State University and Colorado School of Mines defined a new technology to collect incoherent light emitted by fluorescent molecules and reconstruct 3D digital models of the object.
Pasricha honored by international computing society for helping ‘propel digital age’
Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Sudeep Pasricha has earned one of the highest honors from the world’s largest computing society.
CSU team to develop drone to identify harmful algal blooms
Chemical and Biological Engineering Professor Brad Reisfeld has an EPA grant to build a sensor that will identify harmful algal blooms.
Engineering Community
Collaboration leads to new online student seating chart system
Thanks to a collaborative effort by several units on campus, Colorado State University has launched a new online system for faculty to submit seating charts for their spring classes, streamlining and accelerating the contact tracing process used when a person tests positive for COVID-19.
Women scientists focus on a secret weapon to fight climate change: Moms
New group of mom scientists, including CSU researchers Melissa Burt and Emily Fischer, are launching “Science Moms”, a $10 million educational campaign to engage other mothers. (Washington Post)
CBE alum finds engineering background a perfect fit for patent law career
CBE alum Kelly Scharlau realized patent law was the perfect fit for her after taking a graduate-level systems engineering course about intellectual property.
IAspire leadership program supports engineering manager, students on path to success
Rachael Johnson is developing a math "boot camp" for first-year students as part of her iAspire training grant.
Events
Spring 2021 Engineering Exploration Week
High school and transfer students interested in engineering can meet with student design teams, check out laboratory demonstrations, and learn about engineering careers during the free virtual Engineering Exploration Week, February 15 – 20, 2021.
Spring 2021 Virtual Engineering Career Fair
The Spring 2021 Virtual Engineering Career Fair will be held on Handshake on February 11, 2021, with new and exciting advantages for engagement between CSU students and recruiters.
REDEFINE Engineering Education: Disrupting Systemic Barriers to Equity and Inclusion
Guest speaker Dr. Yvette E. Pearson will present "REDEFINE Engineering Education: Disrupting Systemic Barriers to Equity and Inclusion," on December 3, 2020.
Fall 2020 Virtual Graduate Student Showcase
The Fall 2020 CSU Graduate Student Showcase is coming virtually the week of Nov. 16.
In the News
We need better face masks—and origami might help
“It doesn’t matter how good the filter is if you don’t have a good fit,” says CSU's John Volckens, who led an intensive testing effort to document the filtration efficiencies for an array of materials. (National Geographic)
Welcome to ‘Hail Alley,’ a U.S. Region Prone to Pelting Ice
“My car got really dinged up the second year that I was here,” says Sam Childs, a researcher at Colorado State University. After that, "I decided I’d like to take a look at hail.” (Discover)
A Five-Year Challenge Roadmap for Photonics-Based Computing
Silicon photonics has been proving its worth in telco and communications but there is a much brighter opportunity photonics-based computing. (Next Platform)
Women scientists focus on a secret weapon to fight climate change: Moms
New group of mom scientists, including CSU researchers Melissa Burt and Emily Fischer, are launching “Science Moms”, a $10 million educational campaign to engage other mothers. (Washington Post)