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A student researcher working with lasers in the lab.

Community, High School Students Invited to Engineering Exploration Day Feb. 13

High school students, their parents, and community members are invited to campus on Feb. 13 to learn about engineering majors and careers. Participants will view demonstrations and also hear from current students about undergraduate life at Colorado State University.

Learn about engineering majors and careers on February 13.

Tim Bauer, Paul Hudnut, Nathan Lorenz and Bryan Willson

Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients Announced

Two College of Engineering alumni will receive the University's highest honor on Saturday, April 17, 2010. The William E. Morgan Alumni Achievement Award will be presented to Tim Bauer (BS ’02, MS ’04, Engineering) and Nathan Lorenz (BS ’02, MS ’04, Engineering), co-founders and Vice Presidents of Envirofit International. The Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award winner is Dr. Thomas Williams (Ph.D. ’71, Electrical Engineering). Tim Bauer (left) and Nathan Lorenz (2nd from right) are shown here with Envirofit co-founders Paul Hudnut and Bryan Willson.

Read about Envirofit International's technologies that improve global health, the environment and economies in underdeveloped countries.

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Cloud Model Leads to New Discovery, Improved Understanding of Earth's Climate

Research scientists in the Center for Multiscale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes have published a groundbreaking study on a new computer model that realistically represents weather changes in both the atmosphere and ocean when paired with an ocean model.

Read about this recent breakthrough by the Center's Director, Dr. David Randall, and his team.

Kurt Barth

Abound Solars' Kurt Barth, CSU Alumnus, Speaks on Campus Feb. 16

CSU's pioneering studies on solar electric power generation spawned the company Abound Solar, which is producing the next generation of thin-film cadmium telluride solar modules. Kurt Barth, Abound Solar's senior technologist, will speak on solar photovoltaics, the PV industry, and progress at Abound Solar at 2:00 on Feb. 16. The event is open to the public.

Read about Abound Solar and the research developed by Dr. W. S. Sampath, Kurt Barth and Al Enzenroth.

Professor Anthony Marchese proudly displays algae-derived biodiesel fuel at CSU's Engines & Energy Conversion Laboratory

Energy Secretary Announces New Biofuels Consortium Involving CSU and Solix Biofuels

Colorado State University and Solix Biofuels Inc., will help advance the nation's algae-to-oil industry as part of a $44 million consortium recently announced by Energy Secretary Steven Chu. Photo credit: Dan Bihn / Clean Energy Supercluster

Read about CSU faculty participating with Solix Biofuels in this new consortium.

Student researchers feed an Envirofit stove in the CSU Engines and Energy Conversion Lab test facility.

In India, Battling Global Warming One Stove at a Time

PBS News Hour special correspondent Fred De Sam Lazaro looks at reducing black carbon emissions in North India, where the simple act of cooking can be dangerous for the environment and lung health. A nonprofit group called Envirofit, a CSU spin-off company backed by the Shell Foundation, has a cleaner cookstove and a market-based plan to introduce their stoves in India.

Listen to the report on how Envirofit is distributing cleaner burning cookstoves in India.

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