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EE Students Present at Applied Computational Electromagnetics Symposium

EE Students pose in hotel atrium prior to presenting at Applied Computational Electromagnetics SymposiumMatthew Dodd, Charles Vath, Nelson Angles, Silje Ostrem, Grace Martinez, Elizabeth Peterson, Kenny Hora, Lisa Elmiladi, Trevor Wolf and Drs. Atef Elsherbeni, Peter Aaen, and Jamal Rostami members of the ARC research group at Mines participated in the Applied Computational Electromagnetics Symposium, held in May 2024 in Orlando, FL.

They presented 6 papers (Matthew Dodd, Charles Vath, Nelson Angles, Silje Ostrem, Kenny Hora, Lisa Elmiladi), co-shared four sessions (Charles Vath, Nelson Angles, Silje Ostrem, Elizabeth Peterson) and all managed the conference registration and help desk. Four other members participated in the presented work (Nolan Grant, Cameron Evanovich, Colin Kringlen, Trevor Wolf), but could not attend the conference.

Please visit the LinkedIn post for the list of presented papers.

Quantum COmmons in Arvada

Groundbreaking of siteGroundbreaking started of the 70-acres of Quantum COmmons in Arvada. Quantum COmmons will be owned/operated by Colorado School of Mines and being developed with Elevate Quantum partners to accelerate growth of the quantum industry and workforce. All made possible by investments from the State of Colorado and the Federal TechHub program, and the visionary leaders involved.

Please visit the LinkedIn post for the full article.

NASA University Students Research Challenge (USRC) Winners!

Team that won the highly competitive NASA University Students Research Challenge (USRC). Photo includes Mahzad Gholamian (Team Lead, Electrical Engineering), Garret Reader, Mykola Mazur, Mirali Seyedrezaei, and their mentor Dr. Omid Beik.

Congratulations to EE and Mines’ team for winning the highly competitive NASA University Students Research Challenge (USRC)! The team from left to right consists of Mahzad Gholamian (Team Lead, Electrical Engineering), Garret Reader, Mykola Mazur, Mirali Seyedrezaei, and their mentor Dr. Omid Beik. Over the next year the team will be developing a first-of-its-kind high-voltage supersonic electric turbofan for a supersonic commercial aircraft using a dual-rotor electric motor and a high-voltage DC power system.

Dr. Phal Awarded NASA Grant for Innovative Chiroptical Image!

Professor awarded grant along with Co-Investigators

Dr. Yamuna Phal, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and the Quantitative Biosciences Program at the Colorado School of Mines, has been awarded the prestigious PICASSO program grant for $0.9 million from NASA for her project to develop a chiroptical imager with space flight capability. The Mid-InfraRed AdvanCed Life-detection Explorer (MIRACLE), led by Dr. Phal, along with Co-Investigators Dr. Michael Wakin, Dr. John Spear, and Dr. Christopher Dreyer, aims to develop a revolutionary spectroscopic imager. In the photo above from left to right is Dr. John Spear, Dr. Yamuna Phal, Dr. Christopher Dreyer and Dr. Michael Wakin.
Please visit the LinkedIn post for the full article.

Congratulations to one of our undergraduate students, Roya Akrami!

The EE department would like to congratulate one of our undergraduate students, Roya Akrami, on tying for the #3 Best Oral Presentation at last Spring’s UG Research Symposium. Roya is a freshman and is part of the FIRST Program here at Mines and has already been making waves in the undergraduate research areas she is a part of. Roya has been working over the summer doing undergraduate research with Dr. Yamuna Phal. In her free time, she likes to visit Clear Creek, crochet, and make tea lattes; she also has a wonderful 4-year-old Rottweiler named Bear. In the future, she would love to contribute to more spectroscopy-based research and participate in other fields of EE-based research.

For a brief overview of her presentation and the research she is doing, please visit the LinkedIn post.

Spring 2024 CAPSTONE groups

Students in May Capstone courseThis past May we had some wonderful Senior CAPSTONE groups participate in their senior showcase! For the entire year, seniors work in groups to design, manage, and create a finished project for the company they were working with. This is a requirement of all our students to go through CAPSTONE, which preps them for their transition into industry work and learning how to not only work in groups but manage a project and come out with a successful product or project as an engineer. Faculty member Dr. Chris Coulston was there during the showcase, not only as a mentor and faculty member, but as someone who has been there since day one for these students on their education journey.

For more photos, please visit the LinkedIn post.

Congratulations to Lisa Elmilad!

Lisa Elmiladi shaking Paul Johnson's hand at CommencementMassive congratulations to Lisa Elmiladi for being one of our outstanding seniors for EE this year! Lisa spoke at commencement and was recognized by the Colorado Engineering Council Certificate as well! If you are interested in what it means to be an EE Mines student, please check out what Lisa had to say and additional photos at the following LinkedIn post.

Order of the Engineer

Spring 2024 students that attended and made their pledge at the Order of the EngineerOur students attended the Order of the Engineer & made their pledge! This is an ethical pledge to always foster pride and responsibility in the their profession, to bridge the gap between training and experience, and to present to the public a visible symbol identifying the engineer.

Kelsie Diaz wins a DI&A award!

Kelsie Diaz with one of her dogs in front of a lake with mountain backdropEveryone please congratulate Kelsie Diaz, our amazing grad program manager, on winning one of the campus wide Diversity, Inclusion & Access (DI&A) awards for the year: Creating a Culture of Inclusion! DI&A awards are given out to people who are exceptional with their understanding, efforts, and work in the diversity, inclusion, and access world. If you don’t know – Kelsie is currently one of the co-chairs for the Women’s Mines Community Alliance (W-MCA), she is on the steering committee for the LGBTQ+ W-MCA, and is on both the EE and CS DI&A committees within the departments themselves. Outside of these commitments, Kelsie is constantly striving to learn more about the people around her, educating others on the DI&A world, and spends her time reaching out to people across campus (staff, faculty, and students alike) to be the person they can go to when things are rough and/or needs someone to lean on. For additional information and photos, please check out what the following LinkedIn post.

Kenny Hora presented at Mines’ GRADS symposium

One of our amazing combined students, Kenny Hora, presented at the GRADS symposium last month! GRADS stands for the ‘Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium’ hosted by Mines every Spring. This is a great opportunity to present your hard work and innovation to peers, faculty, and industry professionals who provide valuable feedback and collaboration opportunities. Dr. Atef Elsherbeni has been pivotal in helping and guiding these students through their research.

For additional information, please check out the following LinkedIn post.

In 2024, the year of our 150th anniversary, we will celebrate Colorado School of Mines’ past, present and possibilities. By celebrating and supporting the Campaign for MINES@150 you will help elevate Mines to be an accessible, top-of-mind and first-choice for students, faculty, staff, recruiters and other external partners. When you give, you are ensuring Mines becomes even more distinctive and highly sought-after by future students, alumni, industry, and government partners over the next 150 years. We look forward to celebrating Mines’ sesquicentennial with you and recognizing the key role you play in making the MINES@150 vision a reality through your investments of time, talent and treasure.

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