Faculty News

EVEN Professor Shelly Miller talk at the National Academy of Sciences on Microbiomes of the Built Environment In October 2016 on Geographic Location's Effect on Indoor Microbiomes (see video below). Shelly Miller most recent papers published: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ina.12272/full http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360132316303419 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360132316301822

Application of sunlight-mediated pretreatment for small water treatment systems Fernando L. Rosario-Ortiz, University of Colorado, Boulder Roberto Rodriguez, University of Texas-Health Sciences Center at Houston Access to safe and inexpensive water sources is a fundamental need for communities around the world. In the case of rural and/or isolated communities, water...

Professor Ben Livneh will be offering a 3-credit course in Summer 2017 Term A. CVEN 5363 Modeling Hydrologic Systems--An Overview for Practitioners and Researchers. This is a unique class for 2 reasons: 1) It provides students with hands-on experience running a hydrologic model, with a case study within the Colorado...

The University of Colorado Boulder has been selected by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to lead a $15.3 million effort to better understand how to improve the sustainability of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions in the developing world. Globally, more than 2.4 billion people lack access to...

Environmental Comparison of Biochar and Activated Carbon for Tertiary Wastewater Treatment Kyle A. Thompson † , Kyle K. Shimabuku † , Joshua P. Kearns † ‡ , Detlef R. U. Knappe ‡ , R. Scott Summers † , and Sherri M. Cook † † Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural...

Prof. Gooseff New Courses for Spring 2017 Prof. Gooseff will teach two new coursese in Spring 2017: Open Channel Hydraulics, CVEN 5833- 001 and Surface Water Quality Modeling, CVEN 5833- 002 . CVEN 5833-001 Open Channel Hydraulics CVEN 5833 002 Surface Water Quality Modeling Prof. Gooseff New publications: Season of...

Turning brewery wastewater into battery power Check out below this news video about a new project on “breweries to batteries” from Jason Ren's lab. They used brewery wastewater to grow fungus biomass and then carbonized it into rechargeable batteries. Several TV stations will air the story live below today October...

EVEN Professor Fernando Rosario-Ortiz got 2 new awards: 1. Selected as one of the top 10 reviewers for the journal Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, 2016 2. University of Colorado, Boulder, Provost Faculty Achievement Award, 2016 Prof. Rosario-Ortiz new paper for his Research Group