Students
At 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s May 8 recognition ceremony for civil, environmental and architectural undergraduate engineering students, alumnus Marco Campos (CivEngr’98) surprised the crowd by offering to pay off a graduating senior’s remaining student debt, transforming the ceremony into a genuine celebration of generosity and hope.
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...
51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Concrete Canoe team earned third place overall at the regional ASCE Rocky Mountain Student Symposium. The popular student group—known for designing and racing a concrete canoe each year—continues to grow, with 28 51³Ô¹ÏÍø students participating in this year’s event.
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.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø took home first place in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Chem-E-Car competition, securing 51³Ô¹ÏÍø a spot at the national AIChE competition in Boston this November.
On Friday, April 25 at the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, engineering students will present their capstone design projects at the annual Engineering Projects Expo. This year's event will feature projects from mechanical engineering; computer science; electrical, computer and energy engineering; biomedical engineering; and civil, environmental and architectural engineering.
Seven teams from 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's architectural engineering capstone class will present their building design ideas to the public at the university's Engineering Projects Expo 2025. Each team designed a 20,000-square-foot student support building for the Business Field on the university's main campus.
After a summer in 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Young Scholars Summer Research Program (YSSRP), Kate Lamb was inspired to change her path, transferring from community college to 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering as a biological engineering major.
Nathan Mahary is a fourth-year undergraduate student in the Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering Department. He interned at Medtronic, a global medical device company, and has been heavily involved with the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) during his time at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø.
The American Indian Science and Engineering Society has recognized 51³Ô¹ÏÍø as a top college for Indigenous students in its 2024-2025 national rankings.