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Gregor Henze will lead project to develop an occupancy detection system that relies on cameras to detect human presence and monitor patterns of activity in electricity use throughout homes.

Assistant Shideh Dashti has received the Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Geo-Institute. According to the ASCE, Dashti was chosen “for outstanding contributions to risk assessment and mitigation, including seismic soil-structure interaction in urban areas, influence of liquefaction on structures, liquefaction mitigation strategies for...

Sarah Baker's work with NCAR will help water managers make better decisions about how much water to release or store in critical reservoirs

Keith Molenaar, K. Stanton Lewis Professor of Construction Engineering and Management, was inducted into the National Academy of Construction (NAC) during the organization's annual meeting in Washington, D.C., last week. According to the NAC, Molenaar was selected because he is a "recognized academic leader who has made leading edge contributions...

Ross Corotis, the Denver Business Challenge Professor of Engineering, was recently appointed to a three-year term on the National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Advisory Committee of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Since 2002, NIST has been authorized to investigate major structural failures and fires in the United...

Mamabird, the men’s club ultimate Frisbee team, will host a fundraiser tournament Oct. 29 in memory of Andrew "Stitches" Gelston Graham (CivEngr'08), who was killed in a random act of violence in 2009.

Erin Arneson, who’s wrapping up her PhD in civil engineering this year, is studying whether the construction industry is ready for all the residential rebuilding that disasters like floods, hurricanes and wildfires require.

Professor Roseanna Neupauer of CU Boulder and Professor David Mays of University of Colorado Denver have created a process called engineered injection and extraction, which has shown promising results in removing other contaminants. But uranium, which readily shifts between different oxidation states, has historically proven trickier.

Mark Hernandez will work with Aerosol Devices Inc. on a new sampling technology for airborne bacterial cells and fungal spores that could pose a significant health risk in indoor environments.

Gupta is one of many engineers to take the sometimes-unexpected turn onto the entrepreneurial track. Today, he is CEO of SDI Presence, a leading systems integration company based in Chicago.