Engineering Graduate Student Visit Day
Friday and Saturday, March 5-6, 2010
Engineering Building and 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 atmospheric science, biomedical engineering, chemical and biological engineering, civil and environmental engineering, electrical and computer engineering, and mechanical engineering.
Sample Visit Day Schedule from 2009
(an actual schedule will be posted closer to the event date.)
| Friday |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Registration and continental breakfast, North Ballroom, Lory Student Center |
| 9:00 a.m. |
College overview with Dean Sandra Woods, North Ballroom (Lory Student Center upper level map) |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Break out sessions with engineering departments
Biomedical Engineering
Location: Lory Student Center 227 |
| 9:30-10:30 a.m. |
Overview of the School of Biomedical Engineering, Dr. Sue James and Sara Neys |
| 10:30-11:00 a.m. |
Campus tour |
| 11:00-12:00 a.m. |
Current student panel |
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Location: LaPorte Room, Lory Student Center |
| 9:30 -10:00 a.m. |
Welcome/overview of the CBE department with Dr. Matt Kipper.
Faculty intorductions. |
| 10:00-11:00 a.m. |
Individual meetings with faculty and current graduate students |
| 11:00-12:00 a.m. |
Lab tours in Glover Building with current grad students |
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Location: Grey Rock Room, Lory Student Center |
| 9:30–10:00 a.m. |
Welcome by Department Head Luis Garcia, presentation by advisor Laurie Alburn |
| 10:00-12:00 noon |
Faculty introductions and individual faculty meetings |
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Location: North Ballroom, Lory Student Center |
| 9:30 - 10:00 a.m. |
Presentation by Department Head Tony Maciejewski
Faculty arrive to meet students for individual meetings in faculty offices |
| 10:00 - 12:00 noon |
One-on-one meetings: ECE faculty and students; Tour of EUV ERC for selected students |
Mechanical Engineering
Location: B106 (also known as the B/C Infill), Engineering Building |
| 9:30 - 10:00 a.m. |
Tour Engineering Building and local campus |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Introduction with
Associate Department Head Azer Yalin |
| 10:15 - 12:00 noon |
Research poster session with current graduate students |
| 10:30 - 12:00 noon |
Faculty available to meet with participants |
|
| 12:15 a.m. |
Lunch with current graduate students, North 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 |
| 2:00-2:30 p.m. |
Tour of Atmospheric Science and Atmospheric Chemistry |
| 2:30-4:00 p.m. |
Overview of department and faculty presentations |
| 4:00-5:00 p.m. |
Meet with ATS graduate students |
| Biomedical Engineering |
| 1:00–3:30 p.m. |
Lab tours |
| 3:30–5:00 p.m. |
Individual faculty meetings |
| 5:00-6:00 p.m. |
Break |
| Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| 1:15 p.m. |
Meet at transit center shuttle parking lot for trip to Engineering Research Center (ERC) |
| 1:45–4:00 p.m. |
ERC facility tours and faculty meetings |
| Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| 1:00–3:00 p.m. |
One-on-one meetings: ECE faculty and students |
| 1:00-2:00 p.m. |
Optional Campus tour: Visitors may take a tour of CSU campus, with CSU Admissions Office staff |
| 3:00–4:30 p.m. |
Research Poster Session and Reception with visiting students, current ECE graduate students and faculty, Engineering Building, B/C Infill |
| 4:30–5:45 p.m. |
Free time prior to dinner |
| Mechanical Engineering |
| 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. |
Tours of off-campus research facilities (ERC, MERC, EECL) |
|
| 6:00 p.m. |
Food, conversation, and pool with current graduate students. CooperSmith's Poolside, 5 Old Town Square |
| Saturday: |
| 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 leave by van, taking in City Park, the entrance to Lory State Park, Horsetooth Reservoir, Hughes stadium, some central shopping areas, 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 and the nearby hotels immediately after lunch. |
For more information, e-mail gradvisit @ engr.colostate.edu or call 970-491-3366.