CEAE PhD Student Awarded EPA STAR Fellowship

Dec. 6, 2011

Jessica Kaminsky Jessica Kaminsky, a doctoral student working with Assistant Professor Amy Javernick-Will, was awarded a three-year fellowship through the US Environmental Protection Agency's Science To Achieve Results (STAR) program. Jessica is a student studying in the Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Communities. Her research aims to improve the...

CEAE Student Wins Best Student Presentation Award at IUVA North American Conference

Dec. 1, 2011

Sarah Bounty receiving her award from conference organizer Ron Hofmann (University of Toronto) Sarah Bounty, an MS candidate working with Professor Karl Linden in environmental engineering, won the Best Student Presentation Award at the International UV Association (IUVA) North American Conference in Toronto, Canada in September 2011 for her paper...

EDC Graduate Students Use Smartphones to Evaluate Rural Drinking Water Systems in Nicaragua

Sept. 22, 2011

Fourteen graduate students from the Engineering for Developing Communities program at the University of Colorado Boulder traveled abroad this summer to gain field experience in community development. The students partnered with nonprofit organizations, private companies and universities for four- to 12-week "practicum" experiences in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Peru, Bolivia, Uganda, Nepal...

2011 NSF Graduate Student Fellowships

July 15, 2011

Three CEAE graduate students were awarded three-year fellowships through the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program. This highly competitive program provides funding for students pursuing graduate degrees in engineering, mathematics, and science. Julie Korak , a doctoral student in the environmental engineering program, is working with Professor R. Scott...

PhD Student Awarded Climate Change Fellowship

July 15, 2011

PhD candidate Jackson Webster samples soil after a prescribed burn in the San Juan Mountains east of Silverton, Colorado Jackson Webster, a PhD student in civil, environmental, and architectural engineering, has been awarded a George Melendez Wright Climate Change Fellowship in the amount of $20,000 from the National Park Service...

CEAE Students Win GeoPrediction Competition

March 23, 2011

Master’s student Erik Jensen and undergraduate William McCloy, both students in the civil engineering department, placed first in this year’s GeoPrediction competition. The competition was to predict the axial capacity of a driven pipe pile installed off the coast of New Orleans, LA. Jensen and McCloy placed first out of...

Announcing the Andrew Gelston Graham Graduate Fellowship

Feb. 3, 2011

The department is pleased to announce that the Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering Excellence Award for Graduate Fellowship has been renamed in honor of Andrew Gelston Graham. The fellowship provides support to outstanding MS and PhD students in the department, including tuition and stipends. Andrew was an outstanding student in...

Partnerships in Sustainability Project Continues Work in Peru

Jan. 27, 2011

CEAE Professor Dr. Karl Linden and his students Christie Chatterley and David Sparkman continued their work in water sustainability development and sanitation projects in Peru during the summer of 2010. The projects partner CU-Boulder faculty and students with two Peruvian universities, local organizations, and disadvantaged communities in Peru. Research trips...

Ph.D. Student Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Dec. 28, 2010

Carrie “C.J.” McClelland, a Ph.D. candidate in our Environmental Engineering program, was awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship in 2007. The fellowship provides up to three years of funding for research-focused graduate degrees in science, engineering, and mathematics fields. C.J. is working with Prof. Karl Linden on forecasting...

M.S. Student Awarded NWRI-AMTA Fellowship for Membrane Technology

Dec. 28, 2010

Kendra Colyar, a M.S. candidate in our Environmental Engineering program, was awarded a fellowship for membrane technology by the National Water Research Institute and the American Membrane Technology Association. The fellowship provides two years of funding at $10,000 per year for "solving water supply and quality issues through the widespread...

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