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Photo of the Week: Luis Zea of Smead Aerospace captured this great panorama of a beautiful Boulder day from the Aerospace Building on Tuesday.

The Engineering Staff Council and Human Resources are requesting staff members’ opinions on an upcoming change in the college.

For years now, the college has been awarding staff members $500 for every five-year incremental years of service to the college. Unfortunately, IRS regulations allow for a max award up to $400 only. Therefore, the college will need to change its process and is looking to propose an alternative. Please take this by June 9 to have your opinion count!

The  is among the highest honors bestowed by the faculty upon a ��ƷSM����ӰƬ colleague. Each year, the  requests nominations and a faculty review panel recommends one or more faculty members as recipients. 

The deadline for nominations has just been extended to Monday, June 7.  If you have questions, please visit the  or email rio@colorado.edu.

• Kristi Anseth of chemical and biological engineering is part of a multidisciplinary CU team awarded an .
• Chunmei Ban from Rady Mechanical Engineering received a two-year, $580,400 award from KULR Technology for “High-areal-capacity Battery Electrodes Via Aligned Carbon Fiber Framework.”
• Stephanie Bryant of chemical and biological engineering and Franck Vernerey of Rady Mechanical Engineering received a three-year, $545,500 award from the National Science Foundation for “The Role of Percolation in the Hydrogel-to-Tissue Transition for Cartilage Growth.”
• Xudong Chen of electrical, computer and energy engineering has been selected to receive the  from the American Automatic Control Council. The award "recognizes an outstanding young engineer in the field of automatic control." 
• Lucy Pao of electrical, computer and energy engineering has been . She was one of three international members named in the mathematics and science class.  
• Al Weimer of chemical and biological engineering and Rishi Raj of Rady Mechanical Engineering received a three-year $545,500 award from NASA Headquarters (Early Stage Innovation grant from NASA’s Space Technology Research Grants Program) for “Conventional and Flash Sintering of Tungsten and Tungsten Alloys Prepared by Robocasting of ALD-doped Precursors.”

Eight new members have been selected to join the Engineering Staff Council starting July 1. Congratulations to:

• Cameron Deverel-Rico (Advancement/Alumni Engagement)
• Kyle Freeman (Engineering Management)
• Karen Ganss (Dean’s Office)
• Jessica Lee (Computer Science)
• Carolyn Nalezny (Integrated Teaching and Learning Program)
• Amy Richards (Computer Science)
• Gabriel Sanchez (ATLAS)
• Ashley West (Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering)