A team of faculty at Colorado State University has received an award of nearly $50,000 from the National Science Foundation to study snowpack, streams and sediment in waterways in the areas affected by the largest wildfire in Colorado history. This fire was burning the local watershed and the team was interested in what this would […]

Dr. Nicole Ellison joins the CEE Department as an Assistant Teaching Professor this fall semester.  Ellison’s primary focus is teaching undergraduate students. She teaches and has taught courses in Civil Engineering Materials, Computer Aided Design, Mechanics of Materials and Engineering Practice. Prior to coming to CSU, Dr. Ellison taught part-time at both Colorado School of […]

The importance of how to manage wildfire risk has been brought to the forefront once again, in the United States and around the world, having resulted in thousands of homes destroyed and many lives lost with wildfires, leaving communities and policy makers with the question as to how to manage wildfire risk. Current approaches to […]

The United States Army Corps of Engineers awarded Dr. Guillermo Riveros the USACE Sustainability Hero Award for his Overton Lock and Dam Pintle Socket Repair project.  “The USACE Sustainability Award Program recognizes significant contributions in the fields of energy efficiency, sustainable solutions, reduced impacts to the natural environment, and preserving and enhancing our natural resources. […]

Tyler Dell, Research Scientist and Director of the Colorado Stormwater Center, regularly holds many seminars and workshops on the management and design of stormwater systems to local developers, municipal and county employees throughout the state of Colorado.   Stormwater mitigation is a part of the state’s infrastructure that is not well understood by the public. People […]

For each issue of the ASCE Water Resources Planning and Management journal, the Chief Editor may select a paper to be featured on the journal homepage in the ASCE Library. The paper is available for free to registered users for 1 to 4 months, depending on how frequently the journal is published. Mahshid Ghanbari’s paper […]

Each spring the Colorado Water Center (CoWC) funds a select number of Water Research Team, Faculty Fellow, and Education & Engagement Project grants, which catalyze innovative water research, teaching, and engagement through interdisciplinary collaboration and creative scholarship. These awards provide opportunities to accelerate progress in research and enable projects in the academic and experiential realm […]

Omar Nofal, Ph.D. candidate at Colorado State University, gave an on-line seminar to more than 1000 Egyptian and Middle Eastern scholars and practitioners, government leaders, urban designers, and students on his flood resilience work with CSU and CoE. Link (in Arabic) Omar is currently working as a graduate research assistant with the NIST center of […]

Each year, Colorado State University celebrates the teaching, research and service achievements of CSU students, alumni and friends, academic faculty, administrative professionals and classified staff as part of the Celebrate! Colorado State Awards. This year Professor Karan Venayagamoorthy was selected for the Board of Governors Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, one of Colorado State University’s […]

Professor John van de Lindt was selected by ASCE SEI on April 28, 2020 as the incoming editor for the ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering. He will officially begin his duties on October 1, 2020, but will be working on the transition with the current editor, Sherif, and the ASCE publications staff. Congratulations, John. Read […]