Webinar Series
Webinar Series
The College of Engineering and Applied Science began hosting webinars in early 2020 with the goal of providing online learning across various topics. These webinars feature faculty experts whose research is shaping the future of the world we live in, along with accomplished alumni who are leaders in their respective industries.
In addition to the live webinars, recordings of past sessions are available to access anytime. Contact the Alumni Engagement Team at engalumni@colorado.edu if you have ideas for future webinars or if you are interested in presenting.
For more ways to get involved, view our College of Engineering Alumni Engagement events calendar.
Featured webinar
Faculty Research Spotlights
Engineering Sustainable, Resilient, and Smart Buildings
Designing and operating sustainable and resilient buildings is a critical component of addressing climate change. In this webinar, Prof. Moncef Krarti and Dr. Nick Clements will present two programs in Architectural Engineering addressing this need. The Building Energy Smart Technologies (BEST) Center is an industry-university cooperative research center (IUCRC) focused on advancing building energy systems through industry partnerships.
Failure is Not an Option: Techniques for Autonomous Robots at the DARPA Subterranean Challenge
When engineers in the robotics research community think of what we'd like autonomous agents to tackle in the future, we often target "dull, dirty, and dangerous" tasks. However, despite a sustained boom in robotics research over the last decade, the number of places we've seen robotics in use for these tasks has been uninspiring. In this webinar, hear from Associate Professor Chris Heckman as he explores his team's recent investigation into where the limits of robotic autonomy are for the highly sought-after application to subterranean emergency response operations.
ChatGPT: Fear, Hype, or Hope? Education and Research Practices and Ethics in the Generative AI Era
Hear from leading experts on the technical areas underlying ChatGPT and other generative AI, the uses of generative AI in university and K-12 education, and the ethical and societal issues associated with generative AI tools. Featured faculty speakers include: Professor Jim Martin (Department of Computer Science and Institute of Cognitive Science), Associate Professor Diane Sieber (Herbst Program for Engineering, Ethics & Society), and Associate Professor Tom Yeh (computer science).
More Faculty Research Spotlights
Professional Development
Life After CU Engineering: Navigating Early Career Transitions
Hear from fellow CU Engineering alumni on tips and tricks for navigating life and career opportunities in those first few years post-graduation. Panelists from the GOLD Board share their own experiences as recent alumni entering the workforce, the challenges they faced, and the lessons they learned along the way. Included panelists represent careers in research, aerospace engineering, systems design, and supply chain management.
GOLD Board Professional Series: Mentorship, Peer-Relationships, & Professional Organizations
The Graduates of the Last Decade Board produced a three-part professional development series for recent alumni. Each session will be focused on a different professional development theme. These events are aimed to help you identify and learn more about potential options that may be of interest to you. The final session in this series for recent graduates will focus on how to find, develop and leverage professional mentors. Hear from a panel of alumni who are actively working in industry and can provide insight into the importance of maintaining mentoring relationships and actively participating in professional organizations.
GOLD Board Professional Development Series: Advanced Degrees
The Graduates of the Last Decade Board produced a three-part professional development series for recent alumni. Each session will be focused on a different professional development theme. These events are aimed to help you identify and learn more about potential options that may be of interest to you. The first topic focuses on what drives young alumni to return for an advanced degree (MBA/MS/PhD) and how the additional schooling impacts job prospects. This recording features a panel discussion between three recent alumni, each with a variety of advanced degrees and different paths that led to their pursuit of those degrees.
GOLD Board Professional Development Series: Professional Certificates
The Graduates of the Last Decade Board produced a three-part professional development series for recent alumni. Each session will be focused on a different professional development theme. These events are aimed to help you identify and learn more about potential options that may be of interest to you. The second session will focus on training and learning opportunities that recent alumni can complete to bolster their technical or managerial skill sets. The panel features three alumni who have completed one or several extracurricular skill building courses (PE, LEEDS, technical courses, training programs, etc.)
Alumni Spotlights
The Solar Decathlon Build Challenge
As climate change threatens our environment and housing prices continue to skyrocket, how can we create homes and communities that are both sustainable and affordable? A group of CU Boulder students set out to find a solution in 2017 by creating a highly efficient house powered entirely by renewable energy. Their efforts were recognized this year when they won first place in the 2021 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon Build Challenge, an international collegiate competition in which teams compete to design homes powered by renewable energy.
Public Private Partnerships: Solving Complex Social and Civil Infrastructure Problems
As we move from stabilizing our economic decline to economic recovery and growth, we expect government investments in infrastructure and alternative delivery authorization to play a critical role. This panel of alumni experts will explore public private partnerships (P3) trends and the associated demands for alternative delivery solutions.
2021 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Awards
Honoring the outstanding achievements of our 2020 and 2021 alumni award recipients, Dean Keith Molenaar and the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado Boulder present the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Awards.
Football Analytics with Scott Flaska (MechEngr’14)
Scott Flaska (Mechanical Engineering '14), Senior Manager of Football Analytics with the Denver Broncos, discusses his career path since graduating from CU Boulder and how he landed in the world of football technology and research.
Engineering Buff Brewers
Buff Brewers Alumni Happy Hour Featuring Ratio Beerworks
Jason zumBrunnen (ChemEngr'97), owner of Ratio Beerworks, discussed the journey into the craft beer world, how engineering has helped him make improvements to the brewery and talked about a few of his favorite beers.
Buff Brewers Alumni Happy Hour Featuring Bootstrap Brewing Co.
Steve Kaczeus (MechEngr'82), owner of Bootstrap Brewing Company in Colorado and his family discussed their journey into the craft beer world, how they are using engineering concepts to make improvements to their process, and their transition into producing hard seltzers.
Buff Brewers Alumni Happy Hour Featuring FlyteCo Brewing
Engineering alumni Eric Serani and Jason Slingsby, owners of FlyteCo Brewing along with Aerospace Instructor Bobby Hodgkinson discussed the journey into the craft beer world, gave an inside look at their Denver brewery and taproom.
Family-Friendly Activities
Intro to Prototyping with the Idea Forge
Prototyping is less about building and more about answering questions. What is this going to look like? How will it work for a user? This applies for software, hardware, processes, and everything in between. In this workshop, you’re going to build something with your own two hands and learn how the process we teach you is infinitely translatable to your next big challenge.
Calling all future engineers! This overview of the new, online K-12 engineering modules features an introduction to Tinkercad's 3D Design & Arduino circuit simulator, Onshape CAD, and Coding.
Tinkercad - Family Friendly Basics of CAD
The entire family will be able to follow along in this fun, hands-on webinar where you'll learn how to create your own 3D design keychain and a creation of your choice.