Grad Profiles - University of Colorado Engineering

Overview
Graduate study in engineering and applied science at the University of Colorado at Boulder is conducted within the framework of a large and diverse university with an international reputation. The mission of the University is to lead in discovery, communication, and use of knowledge through instruction, research, and service to the public. As a comprehensive university, it provides for each graduate student an educational experience that is distinguished by the scope of its programs and course offerings, the outstanding quality of its research facilities, the diversity of its student body, and the professionalism and dedication of its faculty.

Total University enrollment is 29,756, including 4,860 graduate students. Enrollment in engineering is 3,891, including 1,155 graduate students.

Primary employment for Ph.D. graduates is in research and development positions in the engineering and computing industries, government laboratories, and academia (both in teaching and research). Primary employment for M.S. graduates is in technical, development, and research positions in the engineering, computing, and telecommunications industries, as well as in government laboratories and academia.

The Location and Community
The Boulder campus is located along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Outdoor recreation is near at hand, offering celebrated skiing, backpacking, fishing, mountain climbing, and cycling in a health- and fitness-oriented area. Boulder is a community of 96,000; metropolitan Denver, 30 miles away, offers all the cultural amenities of a large city and is easily accessible from Boulder by public transportation.

Programs of Study and Degree Requirements
Graduate study in engineering and applied science at the University of Colorado at Boulder is offered in three degree programs. Programs leading to the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees are provided for students who seek academic, professional, or research careers. A professional course of study leading to the Master of Engineering degree is intended primarily for students who wish to pursue further study in the professional disciplines. All three degrees are offered through the Graduate School, whose faculty is organized into fields of instruction.

Each student plans and carries out a program with the assistance of an advisory committee chaired by the faculty member with whom the student wishes to work. Minimal requirements concerning course level, credit hours, grades, residence, examinations, and the thesis are specified by the Graduate School for all three degrees offered. In general, the Master of Engineering degree requires satisfactory completion of 30 semester hours, 15 of which must be advanced-level engineering courses, and a report. The Master of Science involves successful completion of not fewer than 24 semester hours of thesis and/or engineering sciences course work. The Doctor of Philosophy is awarded for proficiency and originality in a field where the recipient has made significant research contributions. A minimum of 30 semester hours of advanced course work and 30 semester hours of dissertation credit are required for this degree.

Facilities & Resources
The Engineering Center on the Boulder campus is a complex of classrooms, faculty offices, computing facilities, a library, and more than eighty research laboratories that cover more than 10 acres of floor space. In addition to the facilities necessary to provide for a wide variety of research programs, the center houses a significant number of mass and electronic spectrometers, electron and other microscopes, the nation's most powerful geotechnical centrifuge, a structural testing facility, a unique commercial building HVAC testing laboratory, a class-10,000 clean room facility, and ion-implantation and microwave-propagation equipment. Eighteen research centers (listed on the reverse of this page) offer additional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and support.

Near the campus are government laboratories, including the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Center for Atmospheric Research, and the National Renewable Energy Lab. National laboratories and numerous industrial firms involve the College's students and faculty members in many joint research projects.

Each engineering department is extensively supported by workstations and personal computers. Networks for student use are available throughout the Engineering Center.

Expenses and Aid
Graduate tuition for Colorado residents is $2,126 for 6 credit hours and $3,467 for 9 to 18 credit hours per semester; nonresident graduate tuition is $8,278 for 6 credit hours and $11,917 for 9 to 18 credit hours per semester. Student fees are approximately $400 per semester.

Financial Aid:
Available financial aid includes research fellowships, research assistantships, teaching assistantships, and traineeships as well as other forms of support. Many appointments cover tuition and fees; they are comparable to those offered at other first-rate graduate institutions. Loan funding is also available.

Housing/Living Expenses:
On-campus housing was $4,858 per semester for a single room with nineteen meals per week. Information about single-student and family housing may be obtained from the Housing Office Web site (http://www-housing.colorado.edu/index.html) or by calling 303-492-6871. A separate housing application is required.

How to Apply
Requests from U.S. citizens and permanent U.S. residents for admission to the Graduate School should be sent to Graduate Admissions in care of the engineering department in which the applicant wishes to study. An application packet will be sent in return. Individual departments should be contacted directly for information concerning application deadlines. Qualified students are recommended for admission to regular degree status by the major department. International students have a December 1 deadline for the fall semester and an October 1 deadline for the spring semester.

Who to Contact
Graduate Admissions
(Name of Department and
Campus Box # from list below)
College of Engineering and Applied Science
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado 80309

Aerospace Engineering Sciences, UCB 429
Chemical and Biological Engineering, UCB 424
Civil, Environmental, and ArchitecturalEngineering, UCB 428
Computer Science, UCB 430
Electrical and Computer Engineering, UCB 425
Engineering Management, UCB 435
Mechanical Engineering, UCB 427
Interdisciplinary Telecommunications, UCB 530

Graduate Programs, Faculty and Research
• Aerospace Engineering Sciences. Lee Peterson, Chair. D. Akos: GPS. B. Argrow: fluid dynamics. P. Axelrad: global positioning. M. Balas: controls. S. Biringen: fluids. G. H. Born: astrodynamics. R. D. Culp: astrodynamics. W. Emery: satellite oceanography, remote sensing. C. Farhat: structural dynamics. C. Felippa: structural dynamics. J. Forbes: atmospheric sciences and remote sensing. E. Frew: controls, UAV's. D. Gerren: aircraft design. A. Hoehn: space bioregenerative life support. L. Kantha: ocean modeling. D. Klaus: spacecraft life-support systems. J. Koster: experimental fluids. K. Larson: geophysics. D. Lawrence: systems and controls. R. Leben: remote sensing. M. Lesoinne: computational fluid structural dynamics. X. Li: dynamics of earth's space environment. J. Maslanik: remote sensing. K. Maute: structural optimization. K. Mohseni: theoretical and computational fluid dynamics. S. Nerem: satellite altimetry, planetary geodesy, precision orbit determination and astrodynamics. S. Palo: radar remote sensing. K. C. Park: structural dynamics. L. Peterson: structures and controls. L. Stodieck: space life sciences experimentation. J. Sunkel: systems and control. J. Thayer: remote sensing.

• Chemical and Biological Engineering. Christopher N. Bowman, Chair. K. S. Anseth: biomedical engineering, biomaterials. C. Bowman: polymers. D. E. Clough: process modeling and control. R. H. Davis: biofluidics, complex fluids, membrane separations. J. L. Falconer: heterogeneous catalysis, membrane separations. S. M. George: atomic layer deposition, thin-film engineernig. R. T. Gill: metabolic and evolutionary engineering. D. L. Gin: polymer science, nanotechnology, materials engineering. C. M. Hrenya: fluidization, granular flows, aerosols. D. S. Kompala: biotechnology, mammalian cell cultures. M. Mahoney: drug delivery, tissue engineering. J. W. Medlin: surface science, catalysis, chemical sensors. R. D. Noble: chemical complexation, membranes. W. F. Ramirez: control, optimization. T. W. Randolph: biotechnology, supercritical fluids. R. L. Sani: fluid dynamics. D. K. Schwartz: interfacial phenomena. J. W. Stansbury: polymeric biomaterials, restorative dentistry, expanding monomers. D. M. Walba: organic stereochemistry, photonic materials, liquid crystals. A. W. Weimer: nanotechnology, reactor engineering, solar energy.

• Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering. JoAnn Silverstein, Chair. B. Amadei: rock mechanics. G. Amy: environmental engineering. R. Balaji: hydrology. A. Bielefeldt: bioremediation, environmental engineering. M. J. Brandemuehl: building energy systems. H. Brown: construction management. P. Chinowsky: construction engineering. R. Corotis: structural engineering, design and optimization. J. Crimaldi: water resources. R. Davis: illumination engineering. J. E. Diekmann: construction engineering. D. DiLaura: illumination engineering. J.O. Dow: structural dynamics. D. M. Frangopol: structural reliability and optimization. K. Gerstle (Emeritus): steel and concrete structures. V. Gupta: hydrological science. M. Halek: surveying and photogrammetry. G. Hearn: nondestructive evaluation of structures. M. Hernandez: environmental engineering. Hon-Yim Ko: geotechnical modeling and testing. M. Krarti: building energy systems. J. F. Kreider: building systems, renewable energy. D. McKnight: environmental engineering. K. Molenaar: construction engineering. R. Neupauer: groundwater modeling. R. Pak: soil-structure interaction. T. Pfeffer: glacier dynamics. H. Rajaram: environmental engineering. R. Regueiro: geotechnical engineering. J. Ryan: environmental engineering. V. Saouma: computer-aided design, fracture mechanics. J. Silverstein: biological wastewater treatment processes. M. Sivaselvan: structural dynamics and earthquake engineering. K. M. Strzepek: water resources planning. S. Sture: geotechnical engineering and mechanics. L. H. Summers: building energy management. R. S. Summers: environmental engineering. K. J. Willam: computational mechanics. Y. Xi: civil engineering materials. J. Zhai: building systems engineering. D. Znidarcic: soil mechanics and foundations.

• Computer Science. Elizabeth Bradley, Chair. K. Anderson: software engineering, hypermedia, human-computer interaction. J. Bennett: distributed systems. J. Black: security. E. Bradley: artificial intelligence. R. Byrd: numerical computation. X. C. Cai: scientific and parallel computing. A. Carzaniga: software. D. Connors: parallel computation. A. Diwan: program analysis. A. Ehrenfeucht: theory of computation. M. Eisenberg: educational technology, human-computer interaction. C. Ellis: systems, groupware. G. Fischer: artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction. H. Gabow: algorithms. G. Grudic: artificial intelligence, machine learning. D. Grunwald: parallelizing compilers, parallel systems. R. Han: software, systems. D. Heimbigner: software. E. Jessup: numerical computation. R. King: databases. C. Lewis: user interface design. T. Lookabaugh: software/systems. M. Main: theory of computation. J. Martin: natural-language processing, knowledge representation, machine learning. O. McBryan: numerical and parallel computation. S. Mishra: distributed systems. M. Mozer: cognitive science, neural networks. J. Mulligan: artificial intelligence, machine vision. G. Nutt: computer systems, performance measurement and modeling. L. Palen: human-computer interaction, computer-supported cooperative work, social analysis of information technologies. A. Repenning: visual programming, interactive simulation, computers in education, agents. B. Sanders: senior projects. R. Schnabel: numerical and parallel computation. D. Sicker: software/systems. T. Sumner: electronic scholarship, HCI. H. Tufo: numerical analysis. W. M. Waite: compiler construction. K. Winklmann: theory of computation. A. Wolf: software engineering, network security and survivability.

• Electrical and Computer Engineering. Robert W. Erickson, Chairman. J. Avery: microprocessors. S. Avery: radar remote sensing. F. Barnes: microwaves, quantum electronics, biology. E. Bradley: artificial intelligence, nonlinear dynamics. T. Brown: capstone design. T. X. Brown: networking, wireless systems. D. Connors: computer engineering. R. Dameron: software engineering. R. Erickson: power electronics. D. Filipovic: electromagnetics, RF, and microwaves. E. Fuchs: variable-speed drives, renewable and alternative energy, power quality. K. Gupta: microwave circuits, electromagnetic fields. J. Hauser: systems, control theory. V. Heuring: programming language design, optical computing. E. Kuester: electromagnetics, microwaves. M. Lightner: technology-enhanced learning. E. Liu: communications and signal processing. A. Majerfeld: optoelectronic materials and devices, nanotechnology, quantum electronics. D. Maksimovic: power electronics. P. Mathys: communication theory, coding theory, cryptography. R. McLeod: integrated optics, optical communications and computing. D. Meyer: control theory, manufacturing. F. Meyer: image processing, image compression, wavelets. A. Mickelson: optics, electromagnetics. O. Milenkovic: communications and signal processing. G. Moddel: optoelectronic thin-film materials and devices. C. Mullis: communications, digital signal processing. T. Murphy: robotics, nonlinear control theory, distributed systems. L. Pao: control systems, multisensor fusion, haptic and visual/haptic interfaces. W. Park: optics and photonics, solid-state materials and devices. R. Piestun: optics and photonics. M. Piket-May: computational electromagnetics. A. Pleszkun: computer architecture. Z. Popovic: microwave active antennas and circuits, RF photonics. J. Sauer: optoelectronics, bioengineering, software engineering. F. Somenzi: computer-aided design. M. Vachharajani: computer architecture, compilers, application-specific languages. B. Van Zeghbroeck: optoelectronic devices, integrated circuits. M. Varanasi: communication theory. H. Wachtel: biomedical engineering, bioelectromagnetics, neurophysiology, cancer therapeutics. K. Wagner: adaptive, nonlinear optical computing systems. W. Waite: programming language design and implementation. R. Zane: power electronics, renewable energy systems.

• Interdisciplinary Telecommunications. Tom D. Lookabaugh, Faculty Director. G. A. Mitchell, Associate Director. J. H. Alleman: economics. F. S. Barnes: fiber optics and advanced optical application. T. X. Brown: wireless communications, wireless lab. K. Epperson: networks, network management. H. E. Gates: data communications. D. N. Hatfield: policy. T. D. Lookabaugh: management. G. A. Mitchell: systems, theory and applications, traffic and queuing theory. J. R. Sauer: optics, optics lab. S. J. Savage: economics. D. C. Sicker: signaling protocols, lab director. P. Weiser: law and policy.

• Mechanical Engineering. Martin L. Dunn, Chair. M. C. Branch: experimental combustion. V. Bright: microelectromechanical systems. L. E. Carlson: design of prosthetic devices. J. W. Daily: combustion processes. S. K. Datta: wave propagation in elastic media. M. Dunn: solid mechanics. K. Gall: fatigue and fracture of metals. T. L. Geers: structure-medium interaction. A. R. Greenberg: polymeric and biological materials. J. Hertzberg: combustion. D. R. Kassoy: analytical fluid mechanics, combustion. Y. C. Lee: intelligent electronics manufacturing. R. L. Mahajan: electronics manufacturing and packaging. J. Milford: air quality modeling. S. L. Miller: indoor air quality, exposure assessment. H. J. Qi: solid mechanics, polymers and blastomers, biomaterials. R. Raj: ceramics, metal-organic chemical vapor deposition. R. Shandas: cardiovascular bioengineering. C. R. Stoldt: nanoscale materials processing. O. V. Vasilyev: computational fluid dynamics. P. D. Weidman: fluid dynamics. J. Zable: mechanical design methods.

• Engineering Research Centers. Center for Advanced Decision Support in Water and Environmental Systems (CADSWES): Edith Zagona, Director, c/o CEAE. Center for Aerospace Structures (CAS): Charbel Farhat, Director, c/o AES. Center for Applied Parallel Processing (CAPP): Oliver McBryan, Director, c/o CS. Center for Lifelong Learning and Design (L3D): Gerhard Fischer, Director, c/o CS. Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research (CCAR): George H. Born, Director, c/o AES. Bioserve Space Technologies Center: Louis Stodieck, Director, c/o AES. Center for Combustion Research (CCR): John W. Daily, Director, c/o ME. Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Packaging of Microwave, Optical and Digital Electronics: R. Mahajan, Director, c/o ME. Center for Software Systems Science (CS®MDSU¯3): Gary Nutt, c/o CS. Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (CPB): Theodore Randolph, Director, c/o CHE. Colorado Center for Information Storage (CCIS): Dirk Grunwald, Director, c/o ECE. Center for Drinking Water Optimization (CDWO): R. Scott Summers, Director, c/o CEAE. Center for Fundamentals and Applications of Photopolymerizations: Christopher N. Bowman, Director, c/o CHE. Colorado Institute for Research in Biotechnology: Robert H. Davis, Director, c/o CHE. Colorado Power Electronics Center (CoPEC): Robert W. Erickson and Dragan Maksimovic, Co-Directors, c/o ECE. Computer and Communications Security Center: Alexander Wolf, c/o CS. Integrated Training for Biotechnology Leadership: Robert H. Davis, Director, c/o CBE. Membrane Applied Science and Technology Center (MAST): Richard Noble and Alan R. Greenberg, Co-Directors, c/o CHE.