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Professor Evan Thomas discussed CU Boulder’s work to bring climate finance solutions to water quality challenges in the American West and East Africa at TedXCU on April 7 in Macky Auditorium.

In this Washington Post article, Assistant Professor Kyri Baker says appliances with batteries will be a "game changer," able to stash energy at home for when it's needed while building the grid’s capacity to absorb clean, excess energy.

Professor Gregor Henze, who has spent the last 15 years focusing on sustainable building design, sees the general types of projects as "doable" but not without some challenges, primarily when it comes to retrofitting the buildings for heating and cooling.

Casie Venable (PhDCivEngr’20) came to CU Boulder to work with professors Amy Javernick-Will and Abbie Liel on community resilience. Today Venable works in San Francisco for Arup, a global collective of designers, engineers, and consultants dedicated to sustainable development. As a consultant she works with clients to help them understand the potential risks they face from a variety of natural hazards, such as seismic activity and wind as well as manmade disasters like train derailments.

In celebration of Women’s History Month, we’d like to highlight the following student organizations on campus. We encourage students to get involved and for faculty to share these opportunities. Society of Women Engineers (SWE), CU Boulder Chapter SWE focuses on professional development, outreach, and community building. Weekly meetings are Tuesdays,...

Hannah Iezzoni, a University of Colorado Boulder alumna, was recognized in February as the 2023 Delaware Valley Young Engineer of the Year – during Delaware Valley Engineers Week, part of a national observance dedicated to recognizing the accomplishments of all types of engineers. Iezzoni earned her master’s degree in civil...

As part of their capstone project, seniors in CU Boulder's civil engineering program are contributing to the design of the expansion of Denver Water’s Gross Reservoir Expansion Project, which involves raising the height of Gross Dam by 131 feet. The renovated dam will nearly triple the reservoir’s water storage capacity and create a more reliable water system for 1.5 million people in the Denver metro area.

Calling all faculty and students! You are halfway through the spring 2023 semester. Do you want to take the opportunity to continually improve classroom climate and learning in the weeks ahead? Two-way communication can be the key according to the CU Boulder Center for Teaching & Learning . Faculty, if...

Mark Hernandez, S. J. Archuleta Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and senior author of recent research published in PNAS-Nexus, found that airborne particles carrying a mammalian coronavirus closely related to the virus which causes COVID-19 remain infectious for twice as long in drier air.

Professor Mark Hernandez, S. J. Archuleta Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, also directs CU Boulder's Environmental Engineering Microbiology and Disinfection Lab, an experimental space used to study infectious airborne particles and realistically mimics indoor environments. In a recent study published in PNAS-Nexus, the team studied murine hepatitis virus (MHV), a coronavirus that cannot infect humans but is closely related to SARS-CoV-2.