Research
Professor Abbie Liel’s research, recently published in Fire Technology, examined destruction patterns from the December 2021 Marshall Fire, which killed two people and destroyed more than 1,000 homes in Boulder County.
Improving how we communicate risks, Amir Behzadan, professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering and fellow of the Institute of Behavioral Science, and Mary Angelica Painter are developing more effective, engaging ways to keep people safe during extreme events.
Associate Professor Shideh Dashti highlights how land subsidence from excessive groundwater extraction for farming threatens Iran's critical infrastructure, like transportation and pipelines. The rapid land sinking adds to earthquake risks, compounding the danger.
Associate Professor Kyri Baker, of civil, environmental and architectural engineering, and Professor Bri-Mathias Hodge, of electrical, computer & energy engineering, propose that strategically located data centers with energy storage could operate entirely on clean energy.
Researchers from the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering share key lessons from post-Marshall Fire rebuilding to help Los Angeles homeowners and others navigate recovery after wildfires.
Wil Srubar's aim is to break the reliance on fossil fuels in concrete production by developing a nature-inspired alternative that eliminates the need for fossil fuels and significantly reduces carbon emissions.
In this opinion piece, Professor Abbie Liel and Susan Ostermann, Liel's collaborator from the University of Notre Dame, share lessons learned on housing resilience from their NSF-funded research with Lahaina fire survivors.
CU Boulder researchers Shideh Dashti and Shawhin Roudbari discuss how 75 percent of Colorado prisons and jails face climate risks—like extreme heat, wildfires and floods—disproportionately impacting incarcerated individuals, especially Black and Latino inmates.
CU Boulder’s Living Materials Laboratory contributed to groundbreaking research showing how engineered microbes can create bioglass microlenses, paving the way for advanced imaging technologies in medicine and materials science.
Low water pressure during the LA fires raises water quality concerns, as it can allow contaminants to enter the drinking water supply and warrants careful analysis, says Professor Fernando Rosario-Ortiz.