HES Student Success Stories, Research, and Projects
All HES graduates go on to fulfilling careers in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. Explore these student success stories and learn how recent graduates from all three programs (Professional, Thesis, and Certificate) describe their experiences and what they are up to today! Also look into their research and practicum projects.
Student Research and Projects
Thesis Research
- Larkin Martini, Understanding Corporate Social Responsibility in Engineering Education through the Lens of Implicit and Explicit Teaching Methods, December 2021
- Arielle Rainey, Rethinking Engineering Education Through a Focus on Identity, Funds of Knowledge, and Belongingness, May 2022
- Cecilia Schroeder, Barriers and Opportunities for Implementing Citizen Science Projects in Mining Communities of Andes, Antioquia, Colombia, May 2022
- Nick Yavorsky, Energy and Community Resilience: A Collective Conversation in Puerto Rico, August 2022
- Casey Gibson, Theorizing The “Social” In Sociotechnical, Community-Based Engineering: Incorporating A Rapid Assessment Procedure in Educational and Field-Based Studies on Colombian Artisanal And Small-Scale Gold Mining, August 2022
- Mateo Rojas, Examining the Role of Agency In Processing Practices In Colombian Artisanal And Small-Scale Gold Mining: a Sociotechincal Analysis Of Local Perspectives, May 2023
- Wyatt Lindsey, Contextually Drilling with Geology and Local Capacity: A Study Of The Train-The-Trainer Model’s Impact On Manual Borehole Education, May 2023
- Sofia Schlezak, Informal and Semi-formal Electrical and Electronic Waste (e-waste) Management: a Socio-technical Study of Risks, Perceptions, Interventions, and Educational Opportunities, May 2023
- Jaime Styer, Empowering Women in Low-Income Communities in Colombia by Extracting Values from Construction and Demolition Waste through Recycling Concrete, August 2023
Practicum Projects
- Paige Kadavy: A Model for Graduate-Undergraduate Student Mentorship in Humanitarian Engineering and Science Projects, Spring 2021
- Hayley Glover: Research Translation for the Responsible Mining, Resilient Communities Project, Spring 2021
- Scott West: CommUnity – a Community Building Project, Spring 2022
- Breanna Mock, Humanitarian Environmental Remediation, Spring 2022
- Raven Herrera, Alamo Navajo Reservation Water Security Student Project, Spring 2022
- Maddie Urquhart, Contextualizing Collaboration: Amplifying a Values-Approach to Combat Inequities of Water Management through Projects between Engineers and Indigenous Communities, Spring 2023
- Emma Chapman, Testing for E Coli and Lead in Denver’s Public Water, Spring 2023
- Sam Beskind, Creating Sustainable Support for Humanitarian Engineering, Spring 2023