Kasprzyk group work with CADSWES presented to US Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner

Oct. 5, 2023

The Civil Environmental and Architectural Engineering department published a story about a meeting that Prof. Edie Zagona and Prof. Kasprzyk had with the US Bureau of Reclamation commissioner. An excerpt is below. CEAE Research Professor Edie Zagona, director of CADSWES, and CEAE Associate Professor Joseph Kasprzyk joined the CADSWES Reclamation...

Congratulations to Courtlyn Carpenter!

Oct. 1, 2020

Courtlyn Carpenter graduated in Summer 2020 with the MS in environmental engineering. Her thesis committee was chaired by Joe Kasprzyk and her research was directed by Kimberly Wickland from the USGS. Courtlyn's research explored the role of wetlands in the aquatic carbon cycle, comparing dissolved carbon exports in headwater streams...

Congratulations to Dr. Mikaela DeRousseau!

Sept. 22, 2020

Dr. Mikaela DeRousseau recently defended her doctoral dissertation, graduating in Summer 2020. Her dissertation developed a new multi-objective framework for desigining sustainable concrete mixtures, combining machine learning, life cycle assessment (LCA), and multi-objective evolutionary algorithm optimization. Her NSF-funded research also contributed a review of decision support for concrete mixture design,...

Congratulations to Dr. Billy Raseman!

July 25, 2019

Dr. Billy Raseman recently defended his doctoral dissertation, graduating in Summer 2019. After graduation, he has accepted a position as Assistant Engineer at Hazen and Sawyer in Lakewood, CO working to bring intelligent water technologies to the drinking water, wastewater, and water reuse sectors. In Billy's thesis, he researched and...

Welcome new group members!

June 21, 2019

The Kasprzyk Research Group welcomes a cohort of new members starting in Summer/Fall 2019! Learn more about each of these group members by clicking their profile pages. Nathan Bonham is a PhD student will be co-advised by Prof. Edith Zagona and work with CADSWES on the Colorado River Basin. Sung...

Congratulations to Brendan Purcell, MS!

June 21, 2019

Brendan Purcell graduated with the M.S. degree in 2019. His work was in collaboration with Prof. Ashlynn Stillwell at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and partially funded by a Water-Energy Nexus seed grant at the University of Colorado Boulder. His research developed a framework for calculating the downstream effects...

Congratulations to MS graduate Elliot Alexander!

June 21, 2019

In Summer 2018, Elliot Alexander graduated with his Master of Science degree in Hydrology, Water Resources & Environmental Fluid Mechanics within Civil Engineering. Elliot's Master's research, co-advised with Dr. Edith Zagona, focused on generating and identifying robust Lake Mead reservoir operating policies. In this research, a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm (MOEA)...

Study Examines How Algorithms Can Help with Water Management

April 12, 2019

Most people take their tap water for granted, but it is actually delivered by a complex and important water-management infrastructure. In the face of a changing climate and growing population, Colorado water managers need new tools to continue providing a high-quality water delivery system. Assistant Professor Joseph Kasprzyk , working...

Melissa Estep interviewed by CEAE department

Nov. 7, 2018

The CEAE department is conducting a series of interviews with CU graduate students, and our own Melissa Estep was recently chosen. Here's an excerpt: My experience at CU has proven to be what I expected and more. All of the graduate students I have worked with have been incredible people,...

Fall 2018: Kasprzyk Research Group publications

Oct. 26, 2018

Our group has recently released several new publications. Rebecca Smith expanded on her ParFAIT framework for assessing and improving tools in water resources research, with a new publication " Experimenting with Water Supply Planning Objectives Using the Eldorado Utility Planning Model Multireservoir Testbed ", in the Journal of Water Resources...

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