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"Leakiness" of homes affects health in low-income neighborhoods
Professor Shelly Miller was awarded a $1M grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to study impacts of climate change on indoor air quality. Her most recent study explores the effects of ventilation rates on human health in low-income Denver-area neighborhoods. Read more
Decoding the Stories of Distant Planets, a talk by Assistant Professor Greg Rieker
Research & Innovation Office Faculty Fellow Greg Rieker explains how our ability to decipher light signals from distant worlds is helping humans understand the stories of those planets at the 2018 Research & Innovation Office Community Talks. Read more
ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering Editors' Choice highlights paper exploring arterial tissue fusion
A paper written by CU mechanical engineering professors and PhD students was selected as one of twelve out of over one-hundred papers to appear in the ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering Editors' Choice publication for 2018. Read more
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Undergraduate Research Spotlight
Research Spotlight - Curtis Huggins
During the summer of my sophomore year my dad and I built a 20’x30’x18’ active solar greenhouse which circulates air between two plenums connected by 900 ft of perforated corrugated pipe within a 3000 cubic foot soil heatsink below the greenhouse. The system captures daytime heat and moisture, stores it...
Graduate Research Spotlight
Rene Nsanzineza - Air Quality
Rene Nsanzineza is a 5th year PhD candidate in Professor Jana Milford’s group. This research group specializes in regional and local air quality modeling with focus on the environmental impacts of energy systems. Rene’s research focuses on the air quality implications of future scenarios for oil and natural gas production...