Research
As one of the first interdisciplinary bioaerosol labs established in the U.S., the Environmental Engineering Microbiology and Disinfection Lab at CU Boulder is home to one of the biggest bioaerosol chambers in the country at an academic institution
Shelby Buckley has made the research trip of a lifetime – studying the impacts of climate change up close and personal on a five-week trip to the Arctic aboard the Kronprins Haakon icebreaking ship. It offered a unique chance to...
Joe Ryan's research into leaking oil and gas wells is being spotlighted in Denver and nationally.Denver 7 ABC TV interviewed Ryan for a feature on research into groundwater risks from abandoned and gas wells. The station also syndicated the story to
When gas leaks into and contaminates a household water well near an oil and gas drilling site, there is always a question of where it came from. Is it from a failure in the drilling or was the gas migrating naturally? New research in the...
On Dec. 30, 2021, one of the most destructive wildfires on record in Colorado swept through neighborhoods just a few miles from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ. The flames destroyed over 1,000 buildings, yet some houses were still completely
On Dec. 30, 2021, a quick-moving, grass-fueled wildfire in suburban Boulder County became the costliest wildfire in Colorado history. It burned 6,000 acres, destroyed more than 1,000 homes and damaged thousands of others.Hundreds of CU Boulder
Put people in poorly ventilated rooms, where coronavirus-containing aerosols are trapped in the air with nowhere to go, and their risk of getting COVID-19 skyrockets. Research has shown that you can decrease the risk by ventilating the room and
Thanks to new CU Boulder research, scientists see the impact of flushing the toilet in a whole new light—and now, the world can as well.Using bright green lasers and camera equipment, a team of CU Boulder engineers ran an experiment to reveal how
A new water quality sensor developed by engineers at CU Boulder can quickly, cheaply and accurately monitor for the presence of E. coli bacteria in water supplies, an issue that may affect more people in the U.S. and around the world in the future.
Karl Linden has landed a major fellowship to research solutions to water pollution in rural and First Nations communities in Canada.Linden, the Mortenson Professor in Sustainable Development in the Department of Civil, Environmental and