Solar and wind energy

RISE Summer 2022 Seed Grant Opportunity

April 8, 2022

The Resilient Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity Interdisciplinary Research Theme is offering a condensed fellowship/seed grant.

Briar Goldwyn and Cole Velasquez in Puerto Rico

Civil PhD candidate reflects on research, partnerships in Puerto Rico

April 7, 2022

Briar Goldwyn is a fourth-year PhD student researching multi-hazard housing safety and disaster risk reduction in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering and the Construction and Engineering Management program at CU Boulder.

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Civil PhD lead author on rural water infrastructure maintenance paper

March 30, 2022

Caleb Cord (PhDEnvEngr'22) is the first author on a new paper in Science of The Total Environment that looks at water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services in developing countries from the systems level.

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Researchers gather valuable information in wake of earthquake in Haiti

March 16, 2022

Researchers from the Resilient Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RISE) group at the University of Colorado Boulder recently teamed up with local experts, academics, and volunteers in Haiti to capture perishable data on the geotechnical hazards resulting from the 2021 Nippes earthquake.

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All college Interdisciplinary Research Theme Blitz and Poster Session set for April 12

March 8, 2022

The College of Engineering and Applied Science will host a research blitz and poster session featuring work from within the interdisciplinary research themes from 3 - 6 p.m. on April 12 in the DLC lobby and first floor meeting spaces.

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Third Converge Virtual Forum on Boulder County Fires planned for March 31

March 1, 2022

The Natural Hazards Center on campus will host another virtual forum at 2 p.m. on March 31 via Zoom related to the recent Boulder County Fires. Participants from all disciplines and from any organization or institution are welcome to attend.

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Video: Virtual Forum on Boulder County Fires (Session Two)

Feb. 22, 2022

This is the recording of the Virtual Forum that took place February 18, 2022. The focus of the forum was the 2021 Boulder County Wildfires.

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Srubar: Concrete has a colossal carbon footprint and we can help fix that in Colorado

Feb. 18, 2022

If Colorado truly envisions itself to be a bold leader on tackling climate change, our state must have a strategy for decarbonizing concrete.

People walking through the disaster area

A Devastating Blaze Hit Climate and Fire Scientists Where They Live

Feb. 18, 2022

Colorado’s Marshall Fire, which incinerated over a half-billion dollars’ worth of homes near Boulder in December, is likely to become the most investigated wildfire in U.S. history.

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Second CONVERGE Virtual Forum on Boulder County Fires planned for Feb. 17

Feb. 4, 2022

This session will highlight four new research studies focused on damage to the built environment, the response of water utilities, and assessments of air quality impacts from the Marshall Fire.

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