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The Marshall Fire spurred CU Boulder researchers to apply their expertise to the aftermath. CEAE Assistant Professor Cresten Mansfeldt, along with other researchers, collected water samples from Coal Creek waterway shortly after the fire; the work has since expanded to monitor the response of bugs and algae living in these waters. CEAE Teaching Professor Matthew Morris, who lost his Superior home in the fire, helped solicit design and construction proposals from builders, providing homeowners with a “short list” of options to select a builder.
The Construction Safety Research Alliance (CSRA) hosted its third annual Safety Summit in 2022, bringing together over 200 construction industry safety professionals from across North America to discover the latest alliance research, share best practices and connect with peers, advocates, and leaders in the field. Research for the CSRA is led by executive director Matthew Hallowell, an associate professor for civil, environmental and architectural engineering.
Using bright green lasers and camera equipment, a team of CU Boulder engineers ran an experiment to reveal how tiny water droplets, invisible to the naked eye, are rapidly ejected into the air when a lid-less, public restroom toilet is flushed. Now published in Scientific Reports, it is the first study to directly visualize the resulting aerosol plume and measure the speed and spread of particles within it.
In an interview with Sinclair Broadcast Group, Kyri Baker, an assistant professor of engineering, said she's not surprised people are starting to understand the vulnerability of the nation's power infrastructure, most of which she said was built above ground to maximize efficiency and accessibility. “People didn’t really think about domestic terrorism being a threat to these substations," Baker said.
Research by Wil Srubar was recognized with a $500,000 Explorer Grant from Breakthrough Energy Foundation, a part of Bill Gates’ philanthropic venture capital organization that funds climate tech ventures.
The new DOE designation, awarded to 17 educational programs nationwide, honors post-secondary academic programs that require students to apply the best practices of zero energy design in their projects.
Six degree programs in CU Boulder's College of Engineering and Applied Science, including civil and environmental engineering, earned top 20 spots among public universities in U.S. News and World Report’s Best Undergraduate Engineering specialty rankings. U.S. News and World Report did not rank architectural engineering programs.
Colorado Daily is spotlighting the University of Colorado Boulder's participation in a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-funded program to develop a preliminary tool designed to help people around the world learn whether their drinking water is
The University of Colorado Boulder hosted the first ever Colorado Construction Diversity Summit on April 1, 2022. The event focused on how everyone in the construction industry – from leadership to site managers – can help their companies build
University of Colorado Boulder Provost Russell Moore today named Keith Molenaar dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science, effective July 1. Moore said that in his interviews with the finalists, Molenaar’s approach impressed him on