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Ashley Collier's research focuses on testing low-cost sensors and examining their usefulness in research, as well as investigating how new technologies can be used to further education, outreach and citizen science.

On Aug. 3, the university's first "Augmester" session will kick off, allowing students to take a single intensive course during August. One of those classes will be CEAE instructor Ryan Novak's Construction Equipment and Methods, the first offering for the College of Engineering and Applied Science.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awards professor Shelly Miller, professor in the Environmental Engineering Program, and her team $1 million to evaluate the impacts of climate change, including increased wildfires, on indoor air quality and health.

Environmental engineer Mark Hernandez among those turning their focus to ecosystems associated with the built environment.

Challenges faced by American Indian reservations are many: lack of educational opportunity, high dropout rates, low representation in fast-growing STEM fields and therefore career opportunity, and dilapidated and unsafe housing options among them. However, a National Science Foundation-funded research and mentoring program for American Indian high school students run by...

When Adam Wlostowski transfers to CU-Boulder this summer to complete his PhD, he will be ready to hit the ground running with his research, thanks to a Horton (Hydrology) Research Grant from the American Geophysical Union (AGU). Wlostowski was one of three PhD students nationwide to receive the 2015 grant,...

A new framework developed by environmental engineering professor Joe Ryan and used to screen hundreds of organic chemical compounds used in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, shows that 15 may be of concern as groundwater contaminants based on their toxicity, mobility, persistence and frequency of use.

Students, faculty and alumni of architectural engineering were among the presenters at the Council for Optical Radiation Measurements ’ (CORM) 2015 Technical Conference this spring at the University of Colorado Boulder. More than 40 attendees gathered at the Engineering Center for the three-day event, which was focused on bringing together...

Diane McKnight, professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering and fellow of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) will deliver this year’s Distinguished Research Lecture at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, in the University Memorial Center, Room 235. This lectureship is among the highest honors bestowed by the...

The AirWaterGas Sustainability Research Network (SRN) is extending research efforts to communities throughout Colorado by building partnerships with community organizations and K-12 schools. The goal of the AirWaterGas SRN, funded by a National Science Foundation grant, is to investigate and integrate research on the environmental, economic and social tradeoffs of...