CU-ENGINEERING SAMPLER 2016: Registration is now closed

Are you ready to discover what CU-Engineering has to offer? Don't miss the 2016 Engineering Sampler! This one-day program includes an overview of possible majors and careers, Q&A sessions with students, and information about financial aid, scholarships, residence halls, and much more!

This event is open to high school students entering their junior or senior year. Parents, teachers and counselors are welcome to attend (due to space constraints we limit guests to two per student participant.) Please note that ALL participants and guests MUST be registered in order to attend. This event fills up quickly, so please don't forget to register your guests!

Please see the information below for a complete list of sessions available, and select those that interest you most on the registration form. For any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to give us a call at 303-492-6606 or email bold@colorado.edu. We look forward to seeing you at Engineering Sampler!

Morning Sessions:

The morning sessions are designed to help students and guests become acquainted with some of the specialty programs offered by the college and get a taste of the campus and life as a Buff. The sessions and tours that are offered in the morning are as follows:

• ATLAS Tour - Encompassing design studios, a hackerspace, and computing and robotics labs, ATLAS Institute is the home of the new CU Engineering major, BS-Technology, Arts & Media. The unique program offer students the ability to learn, develop and practice technical and design skills.
• Admissions Information Sessions - Learn about the admissions process at CU.
• Career Services Information Sessions - Learn about the ways that the career services office can help you throughout your engineering career, with resume reviews, internship awareness and job placement.
• Engineers Without Borders - Learn how to partner with developing communities to improve their quality of life through the implementation of environmentally sustainable, equitable, and economical engineering projects.
• Housing Information Sessions - Learn about the housing process at CU. This will not include a dorm tour which is listed seperately below.
• Herbst Humanities - Learn about the different classes offered by the Herbst Program of Humanities and how they equip engineering students with the right tools to gain intelligent and relevant access to the great ongoing conversations of human existence.
• Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory (ITLL) - Learn about the resources provided by this state-of-the-art classroom facility including individual study rooms, computer usage complete with engineering software, engineering demonstrations, after-hours access, and much more.
• Colorado Space Grant Consortium (CSG) - Find out how the nation's aeronautics and space programs are used to inspire, educate and develop America's future technological workforce through the Colorado Space Grant program at CU Boulder.
• Study Abroad - Interested in making a worldwide difference as an engineer? Find out how you can integrate an international experience into your college career.
• Scholarships and Financial Aid - Find out how to fund your degree with inside information on scholarships and financial aid.

• Aerospace Engineering Sciences - Prepares students in the design, testing, and operation of complex aerospace and related systems. Career opportunities range from becoming an astronaut, to designing the next generation of aircraft or spacecraft, or working on the technical requirements of advanced projects, to monitoring our global habitat via remote sensing from space.
• Applied Mathematics - Prepares students to mathematically model and solve problems that are at the core of many scientific, engineering, and business disciplines. The applied mathematician on a research and development team serves as a key resource, contributing a broad knowledge of mathematical techniques to the analysis, modeling and design of new products.
• Architectural Engineering - Prepares students to design and build facilities that improve our standard of living and quality of life. Architectural engineers are problem-solvers who meet the challenges of energy needs, building systems, urban development, and community planning. Sub-disciplines include structural systems, lighting and electrical systems, mechanical systems, and construction management.
• Chemical Engineering - Prepares students for careers in a range of industries including energy, consumer products, petrochemicals, semiconductors, medicine, environment, and materials. Modern industry depends on chemical engineers to tailor manufacturing technology to the requirements of their products, and chemical engineers play a central role in development of new polymeric materials, alternative energy sources, and safe, efficient processes for chemical synthesis.
• Chemical and Biological Engineering - Prepares students for careers in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medicine and materials. This degree program adapts a core chemical engineering curriculum to allow for greater depth in biological aspects of chemical engineering. Exploring the structure of protein molecules, the functioning of cells, and the growth and regeneration of tissues are among the new frontiers that chemical and biological engineering students will address.
• Civil Engineering - Prepares students in the design and construction of structures and transportation systems, the transmission of water and control of rivers, the development of water resources, land reclamation, and to solve problems in the physical environment. Civil engineers are meeting the challenges of pollution, drinking water, energy and transportation needs, urban development and community planning, to enable day-to-day operations of society.
• Computer Science - Prepares students for a wide range of careers in the computing field through knowledge of computing at all levels, its theoretical and mathematical aspects, the interdependence of hardware and software, and the challenge of large-scale software production and engineering principles used to meet that challenge. Elective areas of study include computer networks, artificial intelligence, databases, and computer graphics.
• Electrical Engineering - Prepares students to design and advance new electrical or electronic systems, devices, and instruments, which play a role in nearly every industry. Areas of specialization include electromagnetics and wave propagation, optoelectronics, digital signal processing and communications, power electronics, solid-state materials and devices, controls, and computer engineering.
• Electrical and Computer Engineering - Prepares students to work in the field of computer engineering, advancing computer hardware design and the construction of digital systems. This degree combines the fundamentals of electrical engineering with computer system design and programming, making graduates well positioned for a career in many industries.
• Engineering Physics - Prepares students for research, development and entrepreneurial careers in many frontier areas of engineering, including quantum devices, ultra-fast lasers, adaptive optics, cryogenic electronics, computer simulation of physical systems, solar cells, magnetic storage technology, micro-mechanical systems, and molecular electronics.
• Engineering Plus - Seeking a flexible, design-focused engineering degree in preparation for the next-generation technically savvy workforce? The General Engineering Plus degree may provide the unique pathway you are looking for: choose a disciplinary engineering emphasis (mechanical, electrical, civil, aerospace, environmental or architectural engineering), and “plus it up” with a concentration either within, or external to, engineering. E+ has 16 concentrations, including Technology, Arts and Media (TAM); Business; Environmental Policy; Entrepreneurship; Pre-Med; Russian Culture and Language; Economics; and many others. And, if you have a passion to teach, choose the CU Teach Engineering concentration to earn your engineering degree while simultaneously completing the requirements for math or science teacher licensure.
• Environmental Engineering - Prepares students to assess and develop engineering solutions to environmental problems impacting the quality of the biosphere, land, water, and air. Environmental engineers work in a multidisciplinary arena on issues of safe drinking water, wastewater processing, solid and hazardous waste disposal, indoor and outdoor air pollution, human health and ecological risk management, and pollution prevention through product or process design.
• Mechanical Engineering - Prepares students for careers in a variety of sectors through the study of engineering design, manufacturing, and systems engineering. Specific technical areas include biomedical engineering, micro- and nanotechnology, environmental engineering, design and manufacturing, fluid mechanics, industrial engineering, materials science, solid mechanics, systems engineering and thermal science.
• Technology, Arts & Media (TAM) -  Encourages students to investigate creative applications of technologies within studio-based environments. Small classes, radical exploration and rigorous design are the norm. The new engineering major opens doors to many existing and emerging 21^st-century careers and opportunities, including game design, mobile apps, virtual reality, data visualization, robotics, interactive technology, physical computing, web design and UI/UX.