Kat Demaree and Jason Quinn installing an in-situ water quality tool

CU Boulder leads effort to improve water quality in Rockies鈥 rivers

April 5, 2024

A team led by Environmental Engineering Professor Evan Thomas received a $650,000 NSF Convergence Accelerator grant to measure and mitigate pollution in Colorado's Cache la Poudre and Yampa Rivers through new sensor technology, monitoring and a voluntary carbon credits trading system with industry.

Abbie Liel

Women鈥檚 History Month: A Conversation with Professor Abbie Liel

March 26, 2024

Professor Abbie Liel's work focuses on finding new ways to design and assess structures to withstand extreme conditions, aiming to make them safer and more sustainable.

Aditi Bhaskar with the Flatirons blurred in the background.

Grant tackles sustainable alternatives for urban lawn irrigation

March 22, 2024

Associate Professor Aditi Bhaskar, from CU Boulder鈥檚 Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, and Assistant Professor Isabella Oleksy, of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, received a $296,000 grant from the Colorado Water Board to investigate ground cover options that could replace turfgrass.

Briana Santa Ana

Briana Santa Ana: 2024 Alumni Engagement Medal Award recipient

Feb. 19, 2024

The Alumni Engagement Medal (AEM) was established for college academic degree programs and the BOLD Center to recognize highly engaged alumni who impact their areas through volunteerism and philanthropic support.

Joseph Kaspryzk and Edith Zagona in front of a wall of colorful graphics.

Washington Post: Inside the race to grasp the fate of the Colorado River

Feb. 14, 2024

Professors Edith Zagona and Joseph Kasprzyk were interviewed by the Washington Post for an article on how the federal government is using CU Boulder's innovative web-based tools to forecast the river鈥檚 future flows.

Evan Thomas stands next to one of his filtration devices in Africa

CEAE and other teams awarded $160M NSF-funded effort to promote climate resilience

Feb. 1, 2024

Professor Evan Thomas is leading a CEAE team that, along with others, won a $160 million,10-year NSF Colorado-Wyoming Climate Resilience Engine to develop and commercialize climate-resilient technologies for monitoring, mitigating and adapting to climate impacts across the region and country.

Kaspar Willam, Kurt Gerstle, Stein Sture and听JoAnn Silverstein rest on top of Mount Audubon, in Colorado in Sept.,听1984.

Remembering Kaspar Willam (1940-2024)

Jan. 26, 2024

鈥淎 great scientist. A beloved colleague. A dear friend.鈥 These sentiments were shared globally in remembrance of structural engineering Professor Emeritus Kaspar Willam, who passed away on Jan. 7 in his home country of Austria at the age of 83.

Gregor Henze

Wireless sensor platform to be presented at 2024 Embark Showcase

Jan. 19, 2024

WHISPER Energy, a startup aiming to bring to market a wireless sensor platform, will be presented at the 麻豆视频's 2024 Embark Showcase on Jan. 24. Developed by a multi-institutional team under the leadership of Professor Gregor Henze, the innovative technology seeks to optimize energy consumption in both residential and commercial settings by intelligently adjusting usage based on detecting human presence.

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Jorge Santiago Ram铆rez N煤帽ez receives graduate fellowship

Jan. 18, 2024

Jorge "Santi" Santiago Ram铆rez N煤帽ez, a second-year PhD student advised by Associate Professor Aditi Bhaskar, received the W. Mark Harty Memorial Engineering Fellowship Fund, supporting graduate students in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering focusing on water resources.

John Zhai in front of his his classroom

John Zhai wins CEAS Textbook Recognition Award

Jan. 11, 2024

Some architectural engineering textbooks were too general or overly specific. However, Professor John Zhai struck the perfect balance with his book, earning him the College of Engineering and Applied Science Textbook Recognition Award.

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