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The Perseverance Award recognizes undergraduate students who persevere despite adversity above and beyond the inherent perseverance needed in any engineering major.

What is your favorite memory from your time at CU Boulder? It's hard to choose just one favorite memory from my time at CU Boulder, but I can say that the people I met throughout my journey here will always stay in my memory. The professors, classmatesand friends I made have been crucial to my experience. Without their guidance and support, my journey wouldn't have been as smooth, and I might not be where I am today. I would like to take this opportunity to thank them all.

What accomplishment are you most proud of, either academically or personally? I am personally very proud to see my parents happy about my accomplishments, but I am equally proud that after all these years, the knowledge I gathered will finally be put to use in helping people in the real world and improving their lives. The experiences and learning I gained over the past few yearsfrom various classes, participation in different student organizations and involvement in on-campus activitiesconstitute my greatest accomplishment. This accomplishment will be truly fulfilled if I can use everything I have learned to make at least one person's life easier.

Tell us about a moment (or moments) when you felt like you hit your stride or felt like you were officially an engineer. The moment occurred during the recent Ring and Pin Ceremony. As I began to realize my professional and ethical responsibilities to society and people, I truly felt like an engineer for the first time.

What was the biggest challenge for you during your engineering education? What did you learn from it? After completing my first year of college, I neededto take a gap year and never thought I would be able to start again. However, my determination and passion helped me return and continue my journey without losing hope. The biggest lesson I've learned from my experience is that maintaining your determination will ultimately help you achieve your goals.

What is your biggest piece of advice for incoming engineering students? If you find yourselfin a bad situation physically, academicallyor emotionally, never lose hope. Be strong and try to keep yourself motivated. Try to work hard untilthe last moment. Nothing is impossible if you are honest with yourself and your effort. Be involved with the community. Dont hesitate to reach out, whether toyour professor, friends, classmatesor academic tutoring services. Taking the first step is essential. Being involved with the community will help you grow and will open up many opportunities you could not imagine. We are lucky to have a community like CU Boulder engineering. Also, as I mentioned before, getting involved in the community is essential for personal growth, and helping your community to grow is also crucial because it is possible to change the world if we all work together.

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A leader in bulk handling solutions, Martin Engineering, is marking the 50th anniversary of its invention of the worlds first low-pressure air cannon.

Air cannons have transformed material flows in bulk processing systems, eliminating problematic internal buildups and blockages. After five decades of continuous innovation, Martin Engineering says it remains at the forefront of air cannon advancements, enabling industrial plants to run more profitably, efficiently and safely than ever.

The company launched the worlds first low-pressure pneumatic air cannon its Big Blaster in 1974. It was devised and developed by Carl Matson, a member of Martins senior team and cousin of the firms founder Edwin F. Peterson.

The patented technology was designed to dislodge stubborn material stuck to the inside walls of hoppers and silos by firing precisely timed bursts of compressed air to keep bulk material flowing and preventing the growth of serious build-ups and blockages.

The air cannon was originally aimed at the same quarrying applications as the Vibrolator, the Martin-patented industrial ball vibrator on which the companys success had been built since its inception in 1944.

By the 1980s, as Martin Engineering expanded its global presence, the Big Blaster was already being reimagined for use in high-temperature industrial applications to maintain the flow of sticky materials through the process and minimise unscheduled downtime.

Martin air cannons soon proved to be transformational for sectors such as cement, for the first time signalling an end to workers having to access the interior of preheater vessels to manually break off hefty material build-ups using a high pressure water jet one of the most unpleasant and hazardous jobs on a cement plant.

By the 1990s Martin Engineering had developed an extreme heat and velocity version of the Big Blaster, the XHV, with an all-metal construction capable of withstanding the harshest of conditions. In the 2000s Martin became the first to introduce safer positive-pressure firing valve with its Tornado air cannon technology that prevents unintentional firing if theres a drop in system pressure, and also allows solenoid valves to be positioned up to 60 m from the air cannon for easier access and maintenance. Designed with safety in mind, the positive firing valve also delivers a more powerful blast.

Soon after that came the introduction of the Hurricane valve, located in the rear of the air cannon tank rather at the tank and nozzle junction, greatly improving safety and ease of maintenance. The exterior-facing design eliminates the need for removal of the tank so maintenance is a simple one-worker operation requiring only minutes for replacement.

In 2008, Martin Engineering opened its industry-leading Center for Innovation, which accelerated the companys air cannon technology advancements including: SMART Series Nozzles with multiple nozzle tips, one of which features a retractable design that extends the 360 nozzle head into the material stream only when firing, protecting it from repeated abrasions and extreme temperatures. Its clever Y-shaped assembly means the nozzle can be installed, accessed and serviced without removing the air cannon or further disruption to the vessel structure and refractory.

The Martin Thermo Safety Shield acts as a safety barrier to allow timely and safe maintenance of air cannon systems. It protects workers from exposure to severe temperatures so that maintenance can take place safely and production stays on schedule.

Martin Engineerings current air cannon designs are the result of the research and development in the Center for Innovation, located at the companys headquarters in Neponset, Illinois. The center will open its doors to visitors in the Summer of 2024 as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations.

Brad Pronschinske, Martin Engineerings Global Air Cannon Product Manager, said: From the very beginning our air cannons were specifically designed to produce a quiet but powerful, high-velocity discharge of plant-compressed air to dislodge buildups and enhance material flow. They were developed to be capable of handling the high temperatures, harsh gases and abrasive, corrosive materials associated with heavy industries, and yet have low maintenance requirements and low costs. Since the launch of the Big Blaster 50 years ago we have continued to innovate, introducing smarter and ever more powerful air cannon systems that improve efficiency, productivity and safety.

Were especially proud that Martin air cannons have become so important in reducing the health and safety risks associated with clearing blockages manually such as working in confined spaces, working at height, falling materials, and working in hot and dusty environments. Our team is always working on new developments and were looking forward to bringing the next generation of air cannon technologies to our customers all over the world.

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The wireless spectrum has become very crowded real estate, and work is underway through a new technology research center to improve spectrum access, co-existence, and security. Addressing these challenges will require new technology applications and resources, said Alireza Vahid of Rochester Institute of Technology.

Vahid is one of the university representatives on the Spectrum Management with Adaptive and Reconfigurable Technology (SMART) Hub, an industry-academic partnership based at Baylor University. With a background in understanding wireless data communication, his collaborative work will involve building system algorithms to coordinate the multi-faceted transmission demands of wireless networks.

The center is the start of a journey that brings new opportunities to improve the resource that we all use and share in some way, said Vahid, an associate professor of electrical engineering in RITs Kate Gleason College of Engineering.

Formally launched early this year, the SMART Hub is led by Charles Baylis, a professor of electrical and computer engineering in Baylors School of Engineering and Computer Science. SMART Hub consists of 17 institutions contributing expertise in communication systems, radar, circuits, spectrum security, economics, and policy. Demands on the overall system are a result of many more commercial, defense, and general users. Other factors include the need to manage general use with strategic applications.

In certain frequencies, more than one application may need to co-exist with others introducing additional challenges. There are many factors to be considered when using the radio spectrum today and in the future such as spectrum efficiency, security, privacy, and co-existence, said Vahid, who is an expert in wireless communications systems and networking as well as modern data storage technologies.

These problems are not new, he said. We have known of these for decades, but it was not as pronounced a problem as it is today with the 5G and 6G networks, and the increased demands across a shared network.

Leading wireless spectrum users such as the Army have specific needs; others need adaptable resources to support different applications and frequencies.

How much sensing capability is needed? How many users can be served? In terms of policy, data limits or access, what can we manage and what is the tradeoff between this and privacy concerns? he asked.

Both military and corporate organizations recognize the dwindling spectrum space will soon have an impact on users. The need has led researchers to pursue new approaches to spectrum communication, which will be the focus of SMART Hub.

We will be working on groundbreaking technology that will revolutionize how we use the spectrum, Baylis stated in a recent SMART Hub release. Rather than fixed systems that use the same frequency and stay there, were designing systems that can adapt to their surroundings and determine how to successfully transmit and receive. Its a true paradigm shift that requires the type of collaboration we will have in SMART Hub.

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LAWRENCE Three University of Kansas professors have been elected as 2023 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) fellows, a distinct honor within the scientific community.

This years fellows:

The 2023 class of AAAS fellows includes 502 scientists, engineers and researchers across many disciplines. The fellows are recognized for their scientifically and socially distinguished achievements.

"I want to congratulate Professor Bowman-James, Professor Ginther and Professor Subramaniam on this prestigious honor, Chancellor Douglas A. Girod said. These three researchers have demonstrated true excellence in their fields and have done so in a way that reflects well on our entire university. As one of the nations leading research institutions, KU strives to make discoveries that change the world and these three scholars are helping us fulfill that mission every day.

Bowman-James was recognized forsignificant contributions to supramolecular anion coordination chemistry, advancing diversity and inclusion in the chemical sciences, and service to the research enterprise in Kansas.

Her research involves the strategic design of organized molecular frameworks as selective receptors for anions, as well as potential ligands for transition metal ions work with the potential to meet challenges like nuclear waste site cleanup and depletion of the worlds available phosphorus reserves.

Bowman-James joined KU's chemistry department in 1975 after earning a bachelor's degree and doctorate from Temple University and completing a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Ohio State University.

Ginther was recognized for distinguished contributions to the understanding of scientific labor markets and gender differences in employment, particularly in academia, and children's educational outcomes.

She is best known for studying gender, race and ethnicity differences in the sciences and academia. In 2011 and 2018, Ginther published papers showing significant racial disparities in funding from the National Institutes of Health, which later became known as the Ginther gap. This led to the creation of a task force and mentoring program at the agency to address these disparities.

Ginther earned a bachelors degree and doctorate in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Prior to joining KU in 2002, she served as a research economist and associate policy adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and taught at Washington University and Southern Methodist University.

Subramaniam was recognized for seminal contributions in sustainable catalysis and engineering research via publications of high impact, licensed technologies and professional leadership, including the founding of KUs Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis.

Subramaniam has invented technologies to reduce the carbon footprint of chemical processes used to make products for everyday life, such as plastics, pharmaceuticals, detergents and adhesives. Many of these technologies employ plant-based biomass and end-of-life plastics as feedstocks to promote a circular economy. Several chemical companies collaborate with Subramaniam and CEBC to implement sustainable technologies that minimize adverse impacts on the environment and human health.

Subramaniam earned a bachelors in chemical engineering from the A.C. College of Technology, Chennai, India, and a doctorate in chemical engineering from the University of Notre Dame. He also has held visiting professorships at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, and Institute of Process Engineering, ETH Zrich, Switzerland.

Including the three new honorees, KU now has 31 AAAS fellows as active faculty members across all its campuses.

To become a fellow, a researcher must be nominated by either one of the AAASs 24 steering groups, the organizations CEO or three previously elected fellows, so long as two of those three fellows are not from the nominees institution. The nomination is referred to a relevant steering committee, which sends a list of finalists to the AAAS Council for selection.

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Professor Steven Barrett has been appointed Regius Professor of Engineering at the University of Cambridge, effective 1 June. He joins the University from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he is head of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AeroAstro).

Barretts appointment marks his return to Cambridge, where he was an undergraduate at Pembroke College, and received his PhD. He was a Lecturer in the Department of Engineering from 2008 until 2010, when he joined the faculty at MIT.

The Regius Professorships are royal academic titles created by the monarch. The Regius Professorship in Engineering was announced in 2011, in honour of HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburghs 35 years as Chancellor of the University.

Its a pleasure to welcome Steven back to Cambridge to take up one of the Universitys most prestigious roles, said Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Prentice. His work on sustainable aviation will build on Cambridges existing strengths, and will help us develop the solutions we need to address the threat posed by climate change.

Barretts research focuses on the impact aviation has on the environment. He has developed a number of solutions to mitigate the impact aviation has on air quality, climate, and noise pollution. The overall goal of his research is to help develop technologies that eliminate the environmental impact of aviation. His work on the first-ever plane with no moving propulsion parts was named one of the 10 Breakthroughs of 2018 by Physics World.

This is an exciting time to work on sustainable aviation, and Cambridge, as well as the UK more generally, is a wonderful platform to advance that, said Barrett. Cambridges multidisciplinary Department of Engineering, as well as the platform that the Regius Professorship provides, makes this a great opportunity. Ive learned a lot at MIT, but Id always hoped to come back to Cambridge at some point.

Much of Barretts research focuses on the elimination of contrails, line-shaped clouds produced by aircraft engine exhaust in cold and humid conditions. Contrails cause half of all aviation-related global warming more than the entirety of the UK economy. Barrett uses a combination of satellite observation and machine learning techniques to help determine whether avoiding certain regions of airspace could reduce or eliminate contrail formation.

It will take several years to make this work, but if it does, it could drastically reduce emissions at a very low cost to the consumer, said Barrett. We could make the UK the first Blue Skies country in the world the first without any contrails in the sky.

Stevens pioneering work on contrail formation and avoidance is a key element in reducing the environmental impact of aviation, and will strengthen the UKs position as a world leader in this area, said Professor Colm Durkan, Head of Cambridges Department of Engineering. Together with Stevens work on alternative aviation propulsion systems, this will strengthen Cambridges vision of helping us all achieve net zero at an accelerated rate.

In addition to the Professorship in Engineering, there are seven other Regius Professorships at Cambridge: Divinity, Hebrew, Greek, Civil Law and Physic (all founded by Henry VIII in 1540), History (founded by George I in 1724) and Botany (founded in 2009, to mark the Universitys 800th anniversary).

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