Five questions for Balaji Rajagopalan - Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering Department Chair

First-generation college student now an award-winning climate scientist

John Crimaldi and a grad student observe plumes of dye moving through a flume.

Update on NSF-funded Odor Navigation Project

Professor John Crimaldi is the lead principal investigator on a $7 million BRAIN Initiative collaboration funded by the NSF since 2015 to understand how animals navigate through odor plumes, and how the brain functions during this process. This summer, the Odor Navigation team published three papers on their findings.

Professor Rosario-Ortiz Research Featured on NPR

In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, Associate Professor Fernando Rosario-Ortiz and his team led a project evaluating the changes in water quality in Puerto Rico.

EVEN Team Wins National 2018 WEF Student Design Competition for 2nd straight year

Environmental Engineering team “Curatio Engineering” has taken first place at the 2018 Water Environment Federation Design Competition in New Orleans, LA, for its submission, Enhancing Nutrient Removal at Boulder’s 75th St. Wastewater Treatment Facility.

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