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On March 10, 2023, the Mortenson Center hosted its 5th Annual Global Engineering & Resilience Awards, recognizing professionals and students whose work aligns with the Mortenson Center’s mission and vision. These awards seek to highlight the work of individuals who contribute to the field of global engineering. This encompasses not...

The Planning Committee of the 2023 Colorado WASH Symposium is excited to announce that the Symposium will be a hybrid event held on March 9th & 10th, 2023. Symposium themes include Sovereignty and Justice, Climate Change, Resilient WASH and Adaptation, WASH in Emergency Settings, Availability and Accessibility, and the Future of WASH.

The Mortenson Center has opened the nomination form for the 5th Annual Global Engineering Awards. This event takes place as a part of the Colorado WASH Symposium on March 10, 2023, at 11:45 AM.

The Kiewit Design-Build Scholars Program is a year-long scholar program at the University of Colorado Boulder that seeks to engage engineering students in meaningful conversations about their future careers. Kiewit Corporation is one of the largest and most respected construction and engineering organizations in North America. Kiewit leads, designs, and...

Thanks to new CU Boulder research, scientists see the impact of flushing the toilet in a whole new light—and now, the world can as well. 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...

The Mortenson Center has opened the nomination form for the 5th Annual Global Engineering Awards. This event takes place as a part of the Colorado WASH Symposium happening March 9 & 10th, 2023.

At the Mortenson Center in Global Engineering & Resilience a dedicated group of faculty, undergraduate, and graduate students are working to make a difference in the detection and measurement of environmental contaminants—in part through design and manufacturing skills. Through the Center’s Global Engineering Certificate Program, students learn interdisciplinary skills with...

A publication spearheaded by the Mortenson Center in Global Engineering & Resilience seeks to create better alignment among academic programs and sector needs when it comes to training engineers in global development. The publication comes after the center hosted over 100 participants from universities, donors, government agencies and industry partners...

An interdisciplinary team of University of Colorado Boulder researchers has received a major National Science Foundation grant to study long-term community impacts of the Marshall fire to help improve outcomes from future disasters.

A new water quality sensor developed by engineers at CU Boulder can quickly, cheaply and accurately monitor for the presence of E. coli bacteria in water supplies, an issue that may affect more people in the U.S. and around the world in the future. Emily Bedell (PhDEnvEngr’22) is lead author...