Office of the Associate Dean for Research College of Engineering and Applied Science. DMDII Workshop March 13, 2015

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1 Research at the College of Engineering and Applied Science Office of the Associate Dean for Research College of Engineering and Applied Science DMDII Workshop March 13, 2015

2 University of Colorado Total System Revenue $3.14B (FY14)

3 University of Colorado at Boulder ~ 30,000 students o ~25,000 ugrad o ~5,000 grad 1129 T/TT faculty Research funding: ~$420M new awards in FY 2014 Largest funding sources: NSF, NASA Campus revenue $1.30B in FY14

4 Association of American Universities An association of 62 leading research universities AAU Impact (2012) 3,253 Patents issued 2956 TTO license agreements 7,494 cumulative operational start-ups CU is a beacon in the mountain west

5 College of Engineering and Applied Sciences Six departments 12 ugrad & 11 grad degree programs 200+ Faculty 5635 Students (3,972 ugrad; 1,663 grad Fall 2014) Vision 2020 : 8000 students

6 Research Funding CU Boulder campus: FY 13: $352M FY14: $420M

7 Excellence in Research National Research Council rankings of PhD programs Four programs in the top 10 or top 10% US News & World Report rankings Undergraduate Ranking: 36 (20 among publics) Graduate Ranking: 34 (20 among publics) 72 young faculty awards from the National Science Foundation 7 new NSF early CAREER award winners in Members of the National Academy of Engineering

8 Aerospace Engineering Sciences 32 faculty, 494 ugrad, 256 grad students NRC Rank: as high as 3 of 31;US News rank: 9/6 Research thrusts: Aerospace Engineering Systems Astrodynamics and Satellite Navigation Systems Remote Sensing, Earth and Space Sciences Bioastronautics Centers in space life science, astrodynamics, unmanned vehicles, and aerospace structures and materials

9 Chemical and Biological Engineering 22 faculty, 695 ugrad, 106 grad students NRC Rank: as high as 7 of 106;US News rank: 14/8 Research Thrusts Membranes/separations Catalysis & reaction engineering Energy and environmental applications Biomaterials, tissue engineering Polymer engineering Complex fluids & microfluidic devices Biopharmaceuticals Computational science Metabolic engineering Centers in biofuels/biofiring, biotech, membranes, & polymers

10 Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering 43 faculty, 597 ugrad, 231 grad students NRC Rank: as high as 8 of 130;US News rank: 15/9 Research Thrusts Structural engineering and engineering mechanics Hydrology, water resources, environmental fluid mechanics Building systems engineering Construction engineering management Geotechnical engineering and geomechanics Environmental engineering Centers in engineering for developing communities & water tech.

11 Computer Science Engineering 32 faculty, 418 ugrad, 220 grad students NRC Rank: as high as 47 of 126;US News rank: 39/23 Research Thrusts Computational language Neural and statistical computation Database research Social computing Optimization Robotics and smart materials Software engineering Network security Sensor networks Centers in lifelong learning/design, computational pharmacology, emergency response, computational language & learning,

12 Electrical, Computer, & Energy Engineering 39 faculty, 380 ugrad, 273 grad students NRC Rank: as high as 31 of 136; US News rank: 34/18 Research Thrusts Biomedical engineering Communications and signal processing Computer engineering Dynamics and controls Electromagnetics, RF and microwaves Nanostructures and devices Optics and photonics Power electronics and renewable energy Remote sensing VLSI/CAAD Centers in power, optics, environmental technology, and nanofabrication

13 Mechanical Engineering 30 faculty, 894 ugrad, 176 grad students NRC Rank: as high as 9 of 127; US News rank: 34/18 Research thrusts: Micro and nanoscale engineering Biomechanical engineering Energy Environmental engineering air quality Centers in membranes, micro/nanotechnology, energy storage and high-temperature materials

14 Material Science & Engineering Program interdisciplinary Ph.D. and M.S. program aimed at six unique tracks of study: electronic, magnetic and photonics materials soft materials structural materials materials for energy biomaterials computational materials science 9 participating Departments: All 6 Engineering Departments Chemistry & Biochemistry Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology Physics

15 Research Excellence across the College 21 Research Centers in CEAS Including astrodynamics, unmanned systems, biotechnology, wind energy, software and society, power electronics, photopolymerization, biofuels, membrane science and developing communities

16 Unique Facilities Focused ion beam, field emission sem, scanning electron microscope. Lithography, thin film deposition, plasma etching, and more. Anechoic Chamber Geotechnical Centrifuge