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Sanjeev G. Redkar (PhDChemEngr'94)

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 22:13:26 +0000

Sanjeev G. Redkar (PhDChemEngr'94) Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 02/14/2024 - 15:13

Sanjeev Redkar, 2024 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award recipient

2024 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award recipient

Sanjeev G. Redkar (PhDChemEngr'94) is the president, executive director and co-founder of Apollomics Inc., an oncology-focused company developing therapeutics for difficult-to-treat cancers harnessing the immune system and targeting specific molecular pathways. Redkar has 30 years of scientific, managerial and executive experience in hematology and oncology drug discovery and development, especially for small-molecule drugs. Redkar co-founded Apollomics, which was recently listed on Nasdaq (APLM), and has raised over $250 million in venture and private equity funding from leading investors. Apollomics’ late-stage programs include vebreltinib, which is being developed in non-small cell lung cancer and glioblastoma multiforme, and uproleselan, an E-Selectin antagonist that has the potential to be used adjunctively with standard chemotherapy to treat acute myeloid leukemia.

In his previous role, Redkar was senior vice president of product development at Astex Pharmaceuticals, an Otsuka company. He led the development of several oncology therapeutics through IND and global launch, including Dacogen®, Nipent™, Inqovi® and Mitozytrex™. Additionally, Redkar worked on multiple drugs through their FIH submission and clinical trials that led to the buyout of Astex to Otsuka for $886 million. He has over 25 peer-reviewed publications and 200 patents. Redkar earned his PhD from University of Colorado Boulder, MBA from St. Mary’s College of California, and bachelor’s from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. Redkar is an adjunct faculty and a board member at the University of the Pacific School of Pharmacy in Stockton, California; advisory board member and entrepreneur in residence at the Jie Du Center for Entrepreneurship; and teaches Design Thinking for Biotech Entrepreneurs at the Jie Du Center.

Redkar has shown a strong commitment to giving back to his community and teaching the next generation of leaders and entrepreneurs, promoting innovation along the way. As a university instructor, he goes above and beyond by facilitating networking opportunities for students and bridging the gap between scientific expertise and entrepreneurial understanding. Redkar also has stayed engaged with the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at ��ý�Ļ��Ʒ, including serving on the department’s external advisory board for four years. Over the years, Redkar has been a part of critical conversations to improve the biological engineering curriculum for undergraduate students, served as a guest lecturer and made connections between his vast network in the pharmaceutical industry and the department to facilitate student internship opportunities. Redkar continues to be a loyal and engaged alumnus of chemical and biological engineering and the college as whole, and his accomplishments as a scientist, manager and entrepreneur in pharmaceuticals has and will continue to leave major impacts in the industry.

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Diana Manning (MechEngr'84)

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 22:05:18 +0000

Diana Manning (MechEngr'84) Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 02/14/2024 - 15:05

Diana Manning, 2024 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award recipient

Engineering Alumni Awards

2024 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award recipient

Diana Manning (MechEngr'84) received her degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder in 1984 and has used that knowledge to obtain over 35 years of experience working primarily in the aerospace industry. Her career spans several areas such as design, analysis and systems integration in addition to leadership roles. Most of those 35 years, Manning worked at The Boeing Company, working primarily with jet engines and other propulsion systems. While at Boeing, she worked on all of the Seattle-based commercial models, contributing to Boeing’s success in the creation and operation of 747, 757, 767, 777 and 787 aircraft, and finishing as the chief propulsion engineer for 787 before retiring in 2017. Manning also spent time as a consultant at Base 2 Solutions/Belcan, an engineering services firm. She used her experiences to ensure her clients successfully completed various engineering projects, ranging from autonomous cars and large airplane freighters to rocket engines.

During those 35 years in industry, Manning witnessed many changes in the technical world. Not only has technology changed and expanded, but the makeup of the workforce has shifted as well. Beyond Manning’s strong technical knowledge, she also understands the complexity of working with people. Her servant leadership style contributed immensely to her success in delivering positive results at Boeing. This success was amplified by her focus on employee development and mentorship, particularly in support of those she worked with in professional and personal matters.

In June 2022, Manning retired from Belcan. She keeps busy on various projects, including volunteering in several organizations (either as a board member or advisor) and as a mentor. She volunteered as a tutor in her local school district and coached underprivileged youth on problem-solving skills, helping to prepare them for college. Manning’s impact on developing future generations of engineers is clear through her community and professional activities, but she has also had an important impact on mechanical engineering students and the department at ��ý�Ļ��Ʒ. As one of only a few women members of the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering’s advisory board, Manning has maintained her position as a vocal advocate for underserved and underrepresented members of the department. She consistently advocates for women and underrepresented minority faculty, staff, and students during meetings and with her actions. Notably, Manning was one of the contributing voices for the development of a course that is now required for professional master’s students in the department. She has generously given her time and expertise to this course, participating as a guest speaker every semester that it’s been taught. One of the most notable points of feedback received from a student after having her in a class session was, “This was one of the rare times where I actually did not want class to end.” These are just a few examples of the impactful work Manning has contributed to the department, the college and her community. She firmly believes engineering is the gateway to a better future, both for those working within it and society as a whole. Manning is passionate about sharing her many years of experience, both in engineering and management, with those just beginning their journeys.

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Michael D. Fricklas (ElEngr'81)

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 21:57:05 +0000

Michael D. Fricklas (ElEngr'81) Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 02/14/2024 - 14:57

Michael D. Fricklas, 2024 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award recipient

Engineering Alumni Awards

2024 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award recipient

Michael D. Fricklas (ElEngr'81) became chief legal officer and secretary of Advance in April 2018. From 1993 to 2017, he was one of the top executives at Viacom, for 19 years as executive vice president, general counsel and secretary, reporting to the CEO. Fricklas received a BS in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado’s College of Engineering and Applied Science in 1981 and a JD, magna cum laude, from Boston University School of Law in 1984. Fricklas’s practice started in Silicon Valley, representing technology companies in a variety of financing transactions and in technology licensing.

Since then, his career has focused on the intersection of copyright and technology, corporate governance, mergers & acquisitions, and large law department management. Fricklas is a member of the American Bar Association’s Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and the Law. He is a member of the board of trustees of Boston University; secretary and a member of the board of Jazz at Lincoln Center; a member of the board of directors of Equal Justice Works; and co-chair of the United Jewish Appeal entertainment and media group. He is past president of the Association of General Counsel.

Fricklas has shown a deep commitment to serving students and institutions of higher learning, believing deeply in the transformative impact that education can have on people’s lives. With his deep roots in technology and law, Fricklas has made impactful philanthropic contributions to ��ý�Ļ��Ʒ, specifically to Colorado Law, the Flatirons Institute and the ATLAS Institute. Leveraging his expertise and experience, he has supported initiatives that blend legal education with technological innovation, fostering an environment where students can thrive at the intersection of these fields. His involvement exemplifies a commitment to nurturing future leaders and innovators through providing tangible career development opportunities like internships, mentorship and job placement support. At his other alma mater, Boston University School of Law, his achievements and impacts on the profession and the school were featured in a recent book celebrating BU Law’s 150th anniversary, honoring 150 people, places and precedents that have shaped our society.

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Daryl Bahls (AeroEngr'77)

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 21:45:26 +0000

Daryl Bahls (AeroEngr'77) Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 02/14/2024 - 14:45

Daryl Bahls, 2024 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award recipient

Engineering Alumni Awards

2024 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award recipient

In 2014, Daryl Bahls (AeroEngr'77) retired from The Boeing Company as a senior space systems engineer and associate technical fellow. He spent his 37-year career with Boeing and Martin Marietta Denver Aerospace as a space system mission analyst and system engineer. During his career, Bahls was fortunate to make contributions to programs ranging from earth resources and communication satellite systems, to launch vehicle development and interplanetary exploration, culminating with critical influences on many national security space programs. These contributions ranged from space flight trajectory optimization, space system architecture and constellation design to space system mission operations. In retirement, his role as the director of analytics for the Merriman Financial Education Foundation allows him to continue to apply his analytical skills by providing individual investors with evidence-based data to use in managing their investment portfolios.

Bahls was born in 1951 in Chicago and grew up in Iowa and Aurora, Colorado, during the heyday of the early “space race" that showed the way to his life’s work. In 1970, he enrolled at ��ý�Ļ��Ʒ, majoring in aerospace engineering sciences. In 1981, he met his wife, Randy, in Boulder, and they married in Seattle in 1987. Bahls’ uncle, Carl R. Bahls, is also a ��ý�Ļ��Ʒ alumnus — he attended CU on the GI Bill after World War II, graduating in 1948.

From mentoring junior staff members at Boeing to donating books from his personal astrodynamics library at the grand opening of the new Aerospace Engineering Sciences Building at ��ý�Ļ��Ʒ, Bahls has been deeply involved in his communities, sharing his knowledge and resources along the way. His contributions in support of U.S. government defense programs, while often confidential, reflect his dedicated service to the nation. As one of Bahls’ former colleagues notes, “I have seen him explain complex design issues to presidential appointees and senior corporate executives with the same patience and professionalism he would to a junior engineer or review team. To me that exemplifies the integrity of a systems engineer — staying true to the discipline and rigor of the design, no matter where that leads.”

Starting in 2015, Bahls began work with the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences to craft an endowment to fund students working in space mission analysis and design. After collaborating with many, many people at the university, the agreement was completed and signed in 2017. Bahls frequently attends department functions, meets with faculty and students, and offers his insights into industry needs and ways to improve undergraduate and graduate curricula. In 2022, Smead Aerospace named a conference room in the new building on East Campus after him.

Prior to the endowment coming into full effect, a travel funding agreement was also implemented for students to use to present their work in space mission analysis and design to broader national and international peer audiences. This opportunity serves to raise the visibility of not only the individual student’s work, but also of Smead Aerospace and the Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research (CCAR). These resources have made it possible for CCAR students to attend top conferences in their field, to share their research, and to get to know the broader research and industry community. Having had the opportunity to personally see how the travel fund has been used and how it impacted students, Bahls is updating the endowment language to take advantage of these lessons learned and to provide better utilization of endowment resources to meet its goals.

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Kate Bergeron (MMechEngr’95)

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 16:59:50 +0000

Kate Bergeron (MMechEngr’95) Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 02/14/2023 - 09:59

Kate Bergeron (MMechEngr’95) has been with Apple Inc. for more than two decades and currently serves as a vice president of hardware engineering. Early in her career, she was part of the team that designed hardware such as the 2003 17-inch PowerBook and the original unibody MacBook Pros, which revolutionized notebook design by integrating components and features into a machined aluminum chassis. Since those initial accomplishments, Bergeron has moved into progressively larger leadership roles at Apple. She leads the product design teams responsible for Mac, iPad, audio, soft goods and packaging. In that capacity, she has led the development of multiple versions of AirPods and AirPods Pro, groundbreaking products that have been tremendously successful. Her outstanding contributions and leadership in innovative engineering design earned her a place in the National Academy of Engineering in 2022 — one of the highest professional distinctions awarded to an engineer.

In addition to being a key player in the development of iconic products that have transformed Apple into a household name, Bergeron’s commitment to opening doors for underrepresented minorities, along with spearheading Apple’s initiative to adopt more environmentally sustainable practices, has helped change the culture of Apple for the better. She is part of an effort to create platforms for women and underrepresented minorities in engineering to showcase their technical contributions. Her leadership in this space has enabled Apple to make huge strides in diversifying their workforce. Her leadership also proved instrumental in driving a dramatic reduction in the use of plastic in product packaging, which has been a major contribution to Apple’s wider initiative of eliminating all plastic in packaging by 2025.

Bergeron’s exemplary career in engineering leadership at Apple is equaled only by her passion for giving back to the communities that helped her achieve her professional success, as well as serving as a role model for women and other underrepresented minorities in STEM. Since graduating from ��ý�Ļ��Ʒ, Kate has been steadfast in her support for the engineering community.

During her time at ��ý�Ļ��Ʒ, Bergeron was a founding member of the women’s ultimate frisbee team, creating a new opportunity for students with her shared interests. Now in an influential role in her professional career, she has turned her efforts toward other types of new opportunities for students. She has spearheaded efforts to bring Apple recruiting and engagement to CU Engineering. She has been an active participant in the activities of the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, helping to connect students with industry professionals and serving on the Mechanical Engineering Strategic Advisory Board (MESAB).

Bergeron philanthropically supports students through a scholarship for women engineering students that she and her husband personally sponsor. She has also advocated for Apple to support CU Engineering students through the BOLD Center and student scholarships.

In addition to earning her MS in mechanical engineering from ��ý�Ļ��Ʒ in 1995, Bergeron attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, earning her BS in mechanical engineering in 1993 and MBA in 2013. Bergeron and her husband, Mike, will soon be the proud parents of a Forever Buff — their child, Maeryn, will be joining the class of 2027.

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Herb Vogel (MechEngr’82)

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 16:56:35 +0000

Herb Vogel (MechEngr’82) Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 02/14/2023 - 09:56

In 2020, Herb Vogel (MechEngr’82) was appointed president and chief executive officer of SM Energy, a public S&P 600 company headquartered in Denver with oil and gas production operations primarily in Texas. Vogel has more than 38 years of experience in the energy business. He started his career with ARCO Alaska and then joined BP upon their acquisition of ARCO in 2000, serving in roles of increasing responsibility in engineering, exploration, asset development, business unit leadership, marketing and trading. These roles involved moves to Anchorage, Alaska; Midland, Texas; Jakarta, Indonesia; London; Madrid; and Houston before he retired from BP in 2012 and joined SM Energy. A career highlight was the discovery of the Vorwata gas field in Papua, Indonesia, in 1996 and the subsequent sanction of the Tangguh LNG project in 2005.

Vogel was raised in Los Alamos, New Mexico, and as an avid skier and soccer player, decided to attend ��ý�Ļ��Ʒ. He met his wife, Karen, in 1980 when both were residents of Libby Hall. They married in 1987 and are the proud parents of Steven (MechEngr’12) and Austin. Karen’s parents also graduated from ��ý�Ļ��Ʒ in the 1950s.

Vogel was a founding member of the Mechanical Engineering Strategic Advisory Board (MESAB) in 2012. Since then, he has provided consistently high-quality advice to the department leadership. In 2016, Vogel also joined the College of Engineering Advisory Council, providing the same valuable insight and advice to the college that he has provided to mechanical engineering over the years.

Vogel’s gift of time to the department and college is matched by gifts of financial support. For many years, the Vogels have been involved in charitable activities. They established three faculty fellowships and two graduate student fellowships, which provide a means of stability and salary support that is critical to retention at CU, as well as to provide funding for faculty and students to pursue their research and educational goals.

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Bhavna Chhabra (CompSci’95)

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 23:09:07 +0000

Bhavna Chhabra (CompSci’95) Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 02/13/2023 - 16:09

Bhavna Chhabra (CompSci’95) grew up in India and Dubai before moving to the U.S. to graduate with a computer science degree from ��ý�Ļ��Ʒ. After graduation, Chhabra worked as a software engineer, spending 17 years at Qualcomm and eventually becoming a senior director of engineering. One of her key roles at Qualcomm was leading a software team tasked with developing processes for managing the exploding complexity of smart phone software — processes that would prove vital to the company’s business success.

Chhabra joined Google in early 2016 as an engineering manager on the payments platform team, and today is a senior director leading Drive’s engineering organization. She is also the Google Boulder site lead, overseeing operations and employee satisfaction for the Boulder office. Outside of work, Chhabra enjoys spending time with her husband and children, hiking, biking, knitting and volunteering in her community.

On top of her demanding career, Chhabra always has shown a great dedication to serving the community and ��ý�Ļ��Ʒ. Much of her impact has been oriented at encouraging girls, girls of color, and young women in India to explore STEM fields and to provide mentorship to them. She facilitated the Google partnership with Boulder Country YWCA STEM E3 program focused on girls of color, organizing visits to the Boulder Google campus participants. She is also part of a tech mentorship program for young women in India. Chhabra has also supported the Boulder community through her leadership role in a Google.org fellowship that helps underserved Boulder neighborhoods and residents gain easier access to city services and programs online. For these contributions, she earned the 2022 “Women Who Light the Community” award.

Chhabra’s contributions to CU Engineering are too many to list comprehensively. She has been a member of the Engineering Advisory Council since spring 2021 and recently became vice chair. She is a member of the Computing Advisory Board, which she joined in spring 2019. Chhabra regularly volunteers to speak with students and at student events. In 2022, she helped the college’s alumni engagement team organize a Women in Engineering event and served as a panelist for a session attended by over 100 students, staying for hours after the panel to talk with students. In 2019, she helped arrange a partnership between Google Boulder, B-Cycle and CU athletics to open a B-Cycle station at the CU Rec Center.

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Ram Narayanswamy (PhDElEngr’96)

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 18:35:59 +0000

Ram Narayanswamy (PhDElEngr’96) Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 03/03/2022 - 11:35

Alumni Engagement Medal Award 2022

President, Teaq Innovations LLC
Boulder, Colorado

Professional Background

Dr. Ram Narayanswamy (PhDElEngr’96) works at the forefront of digital imaging and computer vision. He has held technical and management leadership roles from start-upstart-up to Forture100 companies. Currently, his consulting company Teaq Innovations, is dedicated to bringing the advances in imaging and 3D sensing data analytics to a range of industries, including robotics, healthcare, fintech, and infrastructure. Previously, he served as Advanced Tech Lead at Ball Aerospace, Vice President of Sensing at Occipital, Principal Engineer & Program Director at Intel Corporation, and Director of Marketing and Product Management at On-Semiconductor. While at On-Semiconductor, Intel-Labs, and Occipital, he developed multi-camera systems for 3D sensing and immersive experiences. His work at Intel included incubating Intel’s Real Sense multi-camera system, which won the "Best of CES 2015" award. Prior to that, he was an early member of CDM Optics, a company that pioneered the field of computational imaging, a start-up spun out of ��ý�Ļ��Ʒ, and was subsequently acquired by Silicon Valley-based OmniVision Technologies. As a volunteer, Dr. Narayanswamy advises start-ups, non-profits, and academia. He currently serves as the Board member for the University of Colorado’s ATLAS Institute; Chairman of the Advisory board for CU’s Electrical Engineering; Chairperson for Optica’s (formerly OSA) Annual Congress on Imaging and Applied Optics; Mentor for NSF's ICorp program; President of Rocky Mountain Vipassana Association. Dr. Narayanswamy holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado and an MS degree from the University of Virginia. He has over 40 technical papers and 14 patents to his name, and he is a senior member of the IEEE.

Contributions to the electrical, computer & energy engineering department over the past year

Over the past year, Dr. Narayanswamy has served as Chair of the ECEE External Advisory Board(EAB), as a member of the ATLAS advisory board, and as a member of the ECEE marketing and outreach (M&O) committee. In his role as Chair of our EAB, he has rejuvenated that entity due to his passion to see that group becoming an active and functional board. In addition to adding another annual meeting, he has also been instrumental in exploring ways that board members can be engaged throughout the year. In his committee work, he has been a very vocal and important contributor to not only help the marketing and outreach committee set a strategic direction, but also in contributing to the entire strategic plan for the department. Overall, his comments and suggestions are deeply rooted in his long-term management experience and enables us to move beyond our internal thinking to discover fresh new solutions. He is a true leader on the EAB, and he has provided valuable input to the ECEE department’s strategic plan. Dr. Narayanswamy is deeply committed to the continued success and growth of the ECEE department.

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Lale Lovell (PhDChemEngr’01)

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 18:35:34 +0000

Lale Lovell (PhDChemEngr’01) Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 03/03/2022 - 11:35

Alumni Engagement Medal Award 2022

Sr. Engineering Manager, Seagate Technology
Longmont, CO

Career Path

Dr. Lale Lovell (PhDChemEngr’01) is an alumna of the chemical and biological engineering department and also completed a CU Engineering/Industrial Management Certificate. Upon finishing her chemical engineering Ph.D. degree in 2001, Dr. Lovell spent two years at Agilent Technologies implementing new photolithography processes for polymeric films on CMOS image sensors. She then moved to Lexmark International where she spent 15 years in a variety of roles spanning research & development, operations, and manufacturing. During this time Dr. Lovell became interested in combining her chemical engineering background with business methodologies, to create better flow for organizations. She embarked on a series of management positions at Lexmark, culminating in her final company role as Senior Area Manager in charge of photoconductor product development, engineering, and manufacturing. As a Certified Lean Master, she championed operational excellence initiatives using lean methodologies to create a culture of sustained continuous improvement.

Switching industries, Dr. Lovell moved to Seagate in 2018 where she has spent four years as a Senior Engineering Manager, currently of Firmware DevOps for hard drive systems. In addition to her functional role, she became a Scaled Agile program consultant and is part of a team leading change initiatives, based on Agile and Lean methodologies, within the Emerging Products and Solutions division. Augmenting her volunteer work, she is also Vice Chair of the Colorado Chapter of Women in Manufacturing.

Contributions to the chemical and biological engineering department over the past year

Dr. Lovell has been a consistently positive presence in the department of chemical and biological engineering (ChBE) for years, helping students and the department in a myriad of ways. She is a strong believer in paying it forward and enabling the next generation of engineers be successful in their endeavors.

Over the past ten years, Dr. Lovell has mentored five ChBE students, two Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) students, and one Engineering Leadership Program (ELP) student. Her mentors have mentioned how insightful her advice has been and how much time she has devoted to their professional development. Dr. Lovell also served as the Lexmark - Boulder Site CU Liaison; in this capacity she organized Lexmark’s attendance at career fairs, championed intern recruiting, and represented Lexmark at the Engineering Scholarship Dinner (Curlander Scholarship). She has given various professional development and leadership talks and served on class panels for over a decade, often coming in for a talk during both the fall and spring semesters. She is also slated to give a talk to graduate students during the next GAANN retreat. Finally, she co-leads the Chem-E Buff Chats program which brings in alumni speakers from a variety of industry sectors to talk with graduate and undergraduate students about how to leverage skills and education for career success.

Dr. Lovell has also been a member of the department’s External Advisory Board (EAB) since 2014, serving as Chair-Elect from 2017-18 and Chair from 2018-19. As Chair, Dr. Lovell drove semiannual meetings and the agenda, leading discussions that led to several new initiatives in the department.

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Jason Mucilli (ElEngr’07)

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 18:35:07 +0000

Jason Mucilli (ElEngr’07) Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 03/03/2022 - 11:35

Alumni Engagement Medal Award 2022

Principal R&D Engineer, Surgical Safety R&D Lead, Medtronic
Boulder

Career Path

Jason Mucilli (ElEngr’07) received his BS in Electrical Engineering at ��ý�Ļ��Ʒ in 2007. He then went on to work at Covidien as an engineer, working his way up to Senior Development Engineer. In 2018, he was promoted to Principal Engineer at Medtronic. Throughout his career, Mucilli has worked to develop novel biomedical devices and technologies spanning the development of electrosurgical generators, laparoscopic visualization improvement systems, retained surgical item prevention systems and surgical smoke management solutions to name a few. He is a dedicated engineer that looks forward to his daily work developing novel solutions to increase safety in the operating room, for both patients and clinicians.

Contributions to the Biomedical Engineering Department over the past year

In 2018, Mucilli reached out to create research collaborations between ��ý�Ļ��Ʒ engineering and Medtronic. During that time, the faculty were in the early stages of developing a new Biomedical Engineering Program. Owing to his enthusiasm, the program looked to Mucilli as an alumnus and community stakeholder to provide insights into industry needs for biomedical engineers, and what knowledge and skill sets were particularly important from the vantage point of industry. He has been a consistent and helpful partner ever since, and he has provided valuable feedback on programmatic curriculum. In 2020, Mucilli joined the Industry Advisory Board (IAB), where he is viewed as an enthusiastic and highly valued member. In 2021, Mucilli volunteered to serve as the Chair of a task force to provide industry feedback on the senior design capstone course for the program. He met several times internally at Medtronic, with other IAB members, and with CU faculty and students, to gather information and to make recommendations to the program.

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