Alumni Feature
- Sarah Gillis (AeroEngr’17) is a lead space operations engineer and astronaut trainer at SpaceX with literal out-of-this-world experience.The University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder alumna recently returned from a five-day orbital mission aboard Polaris Dawn
- Throughout college and in the eight years since graduation, Ben Mousseau (ChemBio’16) has felt grateful for the mentors who guided him. Now a global supply manager at Tesla, Mousseau gives back to Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder's Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering by mentoring students through the department’s Alumni Student Mentor Program.
- The 2023 Engineering Homecoming Tailgate was a huge success bringing together over 460 alumni, donors, and friends for a memorable evening of food, drinks, lawn games, camaraderie and live music from the band High Street Revival.
- Mike Moreau (AeroEngr MS’97, PhD’01) is NASA’s Goddard’s sample recovery manager for the mission that has seen an Earth-built probe fly more than 600 million miles to the asteroid Bennu, scoop up a sample of rocks, dust, and regolith from the surface, and fly back home.
- Paul Lichty’s journey from PhD student to running one of the world’s top atomic layer deposition (ALD) companies was shaped by his time at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder. Today, Lichty (MechEngr BS‘06, ChemEngr PhD‘11) is the CEO of Forge Nano, overseeing the development of the Thornton, Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-based company’s cutting-edge nano coating technology.
- Karan Dikshit (PhDMatSci’22) is the first author on a paper in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces around new adhesive materials that not only allow for easy sticking and unsticking but could eventually contribute to sustainability efforts around the globe.
- When Connor Winter (MechEngr’16) decided to pursue a Certificate in Engineering Management in conjunction with his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering, it put him on a path that would lead to the founding of his own startup company, ShoeSense.
- Kaitlin Mccreery (MechEngr MS’20, BioEngr PhD’22) is pushing the frontiers of human cartilage research as a biomedical engineering PhD graduate from the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder.Mccreery is one of the first students to earn a PhD from the
- Arthur Antoine (PhdCivEngr’17), senior project manager with Shrewsberry & Associates, stays involved as a Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Engineering Front Range Regional Network Ambassador.
- Rupa Dachere (CompSci’94) recognizes the challenges women software developers still encounter in the workforce. She recently moved back to Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ and is also looking to expand her network of women in science and engineering in Boulder.