Student Feature: Aleksandra Scalco

Aleksandra Scalco is a PhD student in Systems Engineering while working full-time as an engineer for the Department of Navy (DON) at the Naval Information Warfare Center – Atlantic (NIWC Atlantic).  Before attending CSU, Scalco earned a Master’s of Engineering from Iowa State University in 2012, and a Master’s of Business Administration from University of…Read more

Steve Simske presents paper on illicit supply networks at virtual international conference

Steve Simske, professor in systems engineering, participated in the 18th International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems, which was originally planned to be hosted in Lisbon, Portugal from June 15 – 19. Simske, along with several co-researchers, presented via Zoom. They discussed work on illicit supply networks as part of…Read more

CSU research assisted state’s propane customers through COVID-19

Colorado State University engineering researchers conducted a survey of propane consumers for the state that led to government-mandated payment plans during the COVID-19 crisis. On April 30, Gov. Polis issued Executive Order D 2020 051 with a directive taken from the results of research from two CSU Systems Engineering professors. The order directed propane companies…Read more

Interdisciplinary team finds using an algorithm to manage rate of acceleration can improve fuel economy

Many cars today include cameras, radar, and hundreds of electronic units to monitor and control every aspect of the vehicle.  Although these components have primarily been used for improving safety of the vehicle, researchers CSU and Western Michigan University worked with Toyota engineers to understand if these systems could also be used to improve fuel…Read more