“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Scholarships & Fellowships
Many EHP students earned prestigious scholarships over the years, including the…
International Service & Study
A large percentage of the EHP community chooses to get involved in the College’s international programs during their time at CU, including:
Some students also choose to pursue the College’s Global Engineering Minor.
Engineers Without Borders
Many students serve the Boulder chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) as both team captains and participants. EHP students have been team captains for the EWB projects in Peru, Rwanda, Nepal, and more. Erica Weiner’s (EHP Class of ’16) EWB Nepal story is currently featured here.
“Joining EWB was one of the main reasons I chose to come to CU for college. We have one of the most active chapters in the nation and there are tons of opportunities for students to get involved! I had the privilege of traveling to Nepal for three months in the summer after my freshman year in order to help build a spring source protection system for a local community in Ilam, Nepal. This experience taught me a lot about engineering and has definitely been a highlight of my undergraduate education thus far!”
Brittany Earle
“I’ve been (and continue to be) involved with the Peru Program of EWB-USA CU, and I’ve had the opportunity to travel with our team to Llacamate, Peru, where we are working on a sanitation project. The whole experience has been incredible, and I’ve learned more than I imagined possible about development, engineering, problem solving, and teamwork. I get to practice Spanish as a bonus!”
– Ben Greiner
Fullbright Scholarships
EHP students can also apply for Fulbright Scholarships to fund their studies abroad.
Design Awards & Projects
In Andrews Hall, Professor Scot Douglass has a passion for helping students with big ideas do great things. Elsewhere, EHP students have won awards in various competitions.
The Grand Orrery
One of the most notable accomplishments of one of our in-house design teams, is the Andrews Hall Grand Orrery.
Fourteen students put their heads together to plan, design, budget, build, and install a mechanical model of the solar system in the Andrews Hall Common Room.
You can read about the design process on the website of Eitan Cher, the design team’s organizer (who went on to earn his masters at Northwestern’s Segal Design Institute).
The Idea Forge Furnishings
EHP students aided in the design conversations regarding the building of the Idea Forge.
After it was completed, students spent a summer designing and building the furniture for its commons area.
They dreamed up mobile glass writing boards, work tables with storage compartments underneath, and work desks with a “steampunk” flare.
Andrews Hall Improvements
Students have organically teamed up over the course of Andrews Hall History to improve their environment.
Open the tabs to view each project.
Handmade Coffee Bar
Given the 24/7 demand for delicious teas and coffees, students felt an upstairs coffee bar in the crossover lounge would be an asset- and indeed it has been! An EHP student designed and fabricated this gorgeous handmade coffee bar and she made it right in our very own Makerspace!
The Andrews Hall Dragon
Paige Johnson (’14) loved to create sculptures out of CDs… and she gifted Andrews with its very own dragon, now on display in the Common Room.
Common Room Mural
The mural of an Albert Einstein quote in the Common Room was painted by an EHP student.
Technology Lab
David Rappaport (’14) designed and built custom computers for the Andrews technology lab and special ordered custom desks that fit the space perfectly. He also set up the network.
Study Bar
Students can study on the smooth surface of this study bar that overlooks the Common Room, thanks to a group of students who, back in 2011, built the entire thing without the use of nails! The pieces interlock.
Kitchen Expansion
The Andrews Hall Kitchen gets plenty of use between cooking for large events and just everyday culinary adventures. Unfortunately, it used to be pretty tiny. So Lauren Schmeisser and Fiona Pigott, two very forward-thinking students, drafted designs and worked with facilities to design the expansion of the Andrews Hall kitchen in 2013.
Grandfather Clock Rescue & Repair
In 2013, when Aimee (the Program Assistant back then), found an old, broken grandfather clock at a thrift store one day that was priced low due to it being completely broken, she knew it would find a good home in Andrews and people willing to figure out the complex task of repairing an antique clock. She was not disappointed as she watched a team of students organize themselves and get to work on this very difficult task. Now there’s a beautiful, fully-functional grandfather clock gracing the Common Room with its chimes.
Design Award Recipients
| Alternative Fuel Prototype for Shell Eco-Marathon – 1st Place: Matthew Sturm and his Senior Design Team |
| National AECOM Water Academic Design Competition: Bryan Bei, Daniela Castaneda, Eric Millinger, and Lauren Schmeisser |
| National EWB Award: Lauren Schmeisser Awarded for her work with Engineers Without Borders in Peru |
| 2013 AlChE Poster Competition (Materials Engineering and Sciences Division): Kayla Weston 1st Place A Method for Clean H2 Generation from Solar Heat and Water |
| 2013 AlChE Poster Competition (Computing, Simulation and Process Control Division): Rachel Viger 3rd Place Theoretical Model of a Thermochemical Metal Oxide Cycle for Hydrogen Production |
Graduation Awards
For each graduating class, the College of Engineering and Applied Science awards a number of students with Graduating Student Awards, based on their performance over their undergraduate career. Typically, EHP students are awarded a number of them each year. In 2014 and 2015, EHP students swept the Outstanding Graduate awards across the board.
Distinguished Senior Awards
The following College of Engineering and Applied Science awards are presented to graduating students to recognize excellent performance within their major departments.
Research Awards
Each year, the College awards graduating students for excellence in the area of research. The Discovery Learning Research Symposium is another award our students frequently receive.
National & International Awards
From the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to Aviation Week’s “The 20 Twenties”, EHP students have been busy taking the lead even outside of CU.
National Champions and Atheletic Scholar Awards
Many EHP students are athletes, and they compete with the same standard of excellence they put into their academic work.
International Mathematical Contest in Modeling Awards
The Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM) challenges teams of university students to clarify, analyze, and propose solutions to open-ended problems. The contest attracts diverse students–all sponsored by a faculty advisor–from over 500 institutions around the world.
Service
Students in Andrews participate in a wide variety of service-oriented organizations and some have even been awarded for their work. Here a few of the most popular ways EHP students serve both the local and global community.