Maithreyi Gopalakrishnan, (EngrPhys, MPhys), founder and CEO of Surya Conversions, a Boulder-based startup that provides hybrid conversion kits for vehicles in developing countries, will travel to India to test the kits for efficiency and emissions reduction. Maithreyi founded Surya Conversions in October 2013 while a student at CU Boulder. The Superior, Colo., native graduated in May.
Posted Sep. 1, 2016
Although she graduated in the spring, CU Boulder club triathlete and Denver native Brittany Warly (MechEngr) qualified to represent the U.S. in the World University Championships in Switzerland in August by winning the USA Triathlon Collegiate Club National Championships. Brittany began her post-collegiate career as a professional triathlete on July 9 by racing in the Balanced Art Multisport Triathlon in Utah.
Posted Sep. 1, 2016
Filmmaker Eric Stewart (MFA) is working on Off Country, an experimental documentary film and oral history archive that examines the nuclear landscapes of three regions in the West — the former Rocky Flats Plant, the White Sands Missile Range and the Nevada Test Site.
Posted Dec. 1, 2017
"Bio battery" gurus Tyler Huggins (PhDCivEngr) and Justin Whiteley (PhDMechEngr) received an alumni campus sustainability award from CU’s Environmental Center. The duo, who co-founded the startup technology company Emergy Labs, are transforming wastewater from the beer brewing process into energy cells for “bio” batteries.
Posted Jun. 1, 2018
Michelle Bernier (MDance) writes she is now executive director of the Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema. The Colorado-based festival celebrated its 15th anniversary and featured dance films from 13 countries at eight screening events in Boulder and Lafayette. The films premiered at CU’s ATLAS Blackbox Theater Sept. 14 and 15 and featured local dance companies Sweet Edge Dance and Life/Art Dance Ensemble.Â
Posted Nov. 30, 2018
Rachael Kaspar (EnvSt, EPOBio), a research assistant at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, recently published a scientific article in the journal Animal Behaviour. Her research, which was based upon her undergraduate honors thesis, examined honeybee behavior and how bees fan their colony to cool it. She aims to enter graduate school by fall 2020.
Posted Nov. 30, 2018
From June to August, Shelby Neil (Neuro, Psych) volunteered at hospitals in Tanzania and Nepal. She worked in health clinics, shadowing health care professionals and helping to suture wounds and deliver babies, give vaccinations and perform patient checkups. Since CU, Shelby has worked as a medical assistant for a pediatric gastroenterologist in Lonetree, Colo. She hopes to attend medical school in the near future.Â
Posted Nov. 30, 2018
This year, Ryan Stevenson (Biochem) completed the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), the second-longest hiking trail in the United States. The 2,650-mile-long PCT begins at the United States-Mexico border and weaves through California, Oregon and Washington, ending at the United States-Canada border in Manning Park, British Columbia. After CU, Ryan worked for the Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp). He left his job in April to prepare and pursue this four-month hike.
Posted Nov. 30, 2018
Zoe Yeros (Fin) is an analyst at the Chartis Group, a healthcare management consulting company. Before joining the Chartis Group, Zoe worked for DaVita, a healthcare company headquartered in Denver. She lives in Chicago.
Posted Jun. 3, 2019
In 2016, Lauren Zavala (ArtHist) founded her company Zavala Bespoke and began applying her art to unique surfaces, including clothing, purses, fabrics and a variety of other “canvases.” In June, Lauren and Zavala Bespoke were featured in Forbes.
Posted Oct. 1, 2019
Tyler Huggins (PhDCivEngr) and Justin Whiteley (PhDMechEngr) completed the first round of venture investments for their company Emergy Foods, which uses a proprietary protein to produce meat alternatives. They can grow the equivalent of a chicken breast overnight. The two friends met in graduate school, and plan on having Emergy products in Boulder area restaurants during the early part of 2020.
Posted Feb. 1, 2020
After her time at CU, Kathleen Ross (Engl) has been dedicated to a career in music. Last August, she was signed as an artist to Warner Music, and then in March was signed as a songwriter to Sony ATV Music Publishing. Her first single, “The Longest Year,” was released March 13. Her friend and collaborator Will Mustin (Film ex’16), who she met in Libby Hall at CU, directed the song’s music video.
Posted Jun. 1, 2020
This year, Luke Woodruff (IntPhys) launched Bump Up, a financial savings app. In an interview with VoyageDenver, he said, “Though my current and past endeavors have nothing to do with a career in the medical field, I could not be any more happy with where I am in life.”
Posted Nov. 11, 2020
Sam Goodman (PhDChemEngr) writes that he has authored a book on “climate change, how we can take action on it right now and how that will impact society.” Titled Beyond Carbon Neutral, his book is slated to be published in April 2021.Â
Posted Mar. 4, 2021
While studying engineering at CU, Tyler Huggins (MEngr’13; PhDCivEngr) and Justin Whiteley (MMechEngr’14; PhD) bonded over their mutual love for science and passion for creating change. In 2014, the duo founded Meati Foods, an alternative meat company that makes steak- and chicken-like products from fungi. The company raised $28 million in its Series A funding round.
Posted Mar. 4, 2021
Alabama native Jake Shuford (Psych) writes that his new novel from 25&Y Publishing, The Secret of the Green Anole, embodies a cross between the writing of Stephen King and Jordan Peele. Jake’s goal as a writer is to “offer readers a phenomenal story that allows them to escape their daily lives and explore the possibilities of what lies just beyond our vision.”
Posted Mar. 4, 2021
Last year, Berkley Gamble (Comm) launched her ethical, environmentally-friendly clothing brand Past Life the Collective. Read about her in the spring issue of CMCI Now łľ˛ą˛µ˛ąłúľ±˛Ô±đ.Ěý
Posted Jul. 2, 2021
Hailing from Mexico and Boulder, Nayeli Medina (Arch) is associate at CO Architects in Los Angeles. Her recent projects include the modernization of L.A.’s North Hollywood High School and John H. Francis Polytechnic Senior High School.Â
Posted Jul. 2, 2021
At CU, Mike Mullen (ChemEngr) played in the Golden Buffalo Marching Band and was a member of the Chemical Engineering Honor Society. Later, he earned his law degree at the University of Houston Law Center. Now, he works for the Houston office of Chamberlain Hrdlicka as an associate in the intellectual property practice.
Posted Jul. 2, 2021
Zachary Szlendak (MEcon; PhD’20) joined the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) as a research staff member in the Cost Analysis and Research Division of the Systems and Analyses Center. IDA is a nonprofit corporation seeking to answer U.S. security and science policy questions.Â
Posted Nov. 5, 2021
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