Engineering Graduate Student Visit Day

Friday, March 7, 2008
Lory Student Center, Colorado State University

Colorado State University's College of Engineering invites all prospective graduate students (admitted or exploring options) to attend a visit day. This day will be hosted by the college and its departments/programs in of biomedical engineering, chemical and biological engineering, civil and environmental engineering, electrical and computer engineering, and mechanical engineering.

2008 Visit Day Schedule

Friday, March 7

8:30 a.m.

Registration and continental breakfast, Cherokee Park Ballroom, Lory Student Center

9:00 a.m.

College overview with Dean Sandra Woods, Cherokee Park Ballroom

9:30 a.m.

Break out sessions with engineering departments

Biomedical Engineering Location: Lory Student Center 227
9:30-10:00 a.m.	Introduction to department
10:00-11:00 a.m.	Faculty research presentations
11:00-11:45 a.m.	CSU campus tour
Civil and Environmental Engineering Location: Grey Rock Room, Lory Student Center
9:30–11:00 a.m.	Welcome by Department Head Luis Garcia, faculty introductions, presentation by advisor Laurie Alburn, faculty meetings
11:00-11:40 a.m.	Meet current graduate students at their labs: A-10 CJ Riley, Materials & Concrete lab A-9 Jesse Dunham-Friel, Geotechnical lab A-7 Catherine Song, Geoenvironmental lab 140 Glover Gretchen Bohnoff, Geoenvironmental lab C-211 Mazdak Arabi, Harold Short lab C-213 Eric Morway, Water resource lab
Electrical and Computer Engineering Location: LaPorte Room
9:30 - 10:00 a.m.	Intro with Department Head Tony Maciejewski
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.	Faculty research presentations (specific schedule to be announced)
10:30-11:45 a.m.	Individual meetings with faculty
Mechanical Engineering Location: Engineering B106
9:30 - 10:00 a.m.	On-campus tour
10:00 a.m.	Introduction with Department Head Allan Kirkpatrick
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.	Research poster session with current graduate students, Engineering B106
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.	Faculty meet with participants

11:45 a.m.

Lunch with current graduate students, Cherokee Park Ballroom

1:00-5:00 p.m.

Break out sessions with engineering departments

Atmospheric Science
1:15p.m.	Travel by van to Atmospheric Science, Foothills Campus
2:00-5:00 p.m.	Research overview, faculty meetings, and tour of facility
Biomedical Engineering
1:00–3:30 p.m.	Off campus tour of labs
3:30–4:30 p.m.	Individual meetings with select faculty
Civil and Environmental Engineering
1:00 p.m.	Travel by van to Engineering Research Center (ERC)
1:30–2:30 p.m.	Series of ERC facility tours
2:30–4:00 p.m.	Individual and group meetings with faculty at ERC
Electrical and Computer Engineering
1:00–2:30 p.m.	Tour of CSU campus and ECE labs
2:30–3:30 p.m.	Reception with current ECE students and faculty, Internet Cafe, Engineering A104
3:30–5:00 p.m.	Individual meetings with faculty, Engineering Building
3:30–5:00 p.m.	Travel to ERC for tour and individual meetings with faculty in lasers, optics and applications
Mechanical Engineering
1:00 - 5:30 p.m.	Tours of off-campus research facilities
1:15 p.m.	Engineering Research Center (ERC)
2:30 p.m.	Motorsport Engineering Research Center (MERC) - Group #1; Engines & Energy Conversion Laboratory (EECL) Group #2
4:00 p.m.	Motorsport Engineering Research Center (MERC) - Group #2; Engines & Energy Conversion Laboratory (EECL) Group #1

6:00 p.m.

Food, conversation, and pool with current graduate students. CooperSmith's Poolside, 5 Old Town Square

Saturday, March 8:

8:00 a.m.	Students interested in mechanical engineering programs are invited to breakfast with Mechanical Engineering faculty in Engrineering B106
10:00 a.m.	Tour parts of Fort Collins (meet at the Lory Student Center large staircase, west end of the Engineering parking lot) We will walk across campus to the Engineering Academic Village and take a quick look at that facility, and leave by van at 10:30, taking in City Park, the entrance to Lory State Park, Horsetooth Reservoir, Hughes stadium, and into Old Town Fort Collins, arriving for a light lunch at The Rustic Oven in Old Town at 11:30. We will drop everyone back at the Engineering Building immediately after lunch.
1:30 - 4:30 p.m.	Possible re-visits to mechanical engineering labs

For more information, e-mail gradvisit @ engr.colostate.edu or call 970-491-8657.

Engineering Academic Affairs Office
Student Services
Room 102 Engineering Building
Campus Delivery 1301
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1301
Ph: 970-491-6220, Fax: 970-491-3429

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