CSU civil engineering graduate students are conducting a U.S. Army study on soil moisture that helps predict how heavy vehicles safely traverse unfamiliar terrain. The study could have wide-ranging applications for ranchers, park rangers and many others.
Colorado State University civil and environmental engineers and alumni are actively influencing the future of environmental policy and progress at the COP28 climate conference currently underway in Dubai.
CSU alum Geoff Chao has been named President of the Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society (SEAGS). The society promotes collaboration between geotechnical associations across Southeast Asia. In the announcement of his election to the position, Chao was praised by the society for an “outstanding dedication, extensive expertise, and unwavering commitment to SEAGS.” Chao earned his M.S.…Read more
Three CSU researchers are set to launch two projects aimed at finding ways to reduce the energy cost of water desalinization and purification.
Robert Lamm, a first-generation college student who transferred from community college, navigates college with his guide dog Fletcher.
Join us on October 25 at 5:00pm for a PechaKucha featuring Civil and Environmental Engineering’s three newest faculty members: Frances Davenport, Antônio Alves Meira Neto, and Ryan Smith. The presentation will be followed by a graduate student social with refreshments. A PechaKucha is a Japanese-style presentation with 20 slides shared for 20 seconds each. Presenters…Read more
In an article published by Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, CSU professors Mazdak Arabi and Shrideep Pallickara advocate for a broader scope in monitoring droughts to include the resulting impacts of droughts. With satellite imaging and improved modeling, drought monitoring now has the capacity to produce near real-time data. Yet, that data focuses on the immediate…Read more
Designated planning agencies responsible for ensuring compliance with clean water regulations often struggle to compile and analyze the necessary data spread across disparate state and federal sources. One Water Solutions Institute intervened by introducing agencies to the efficiencies of the Catena Analytics and eRAMS platform.
PhD student Mohammad Teymouri has received a $35,000 fellowship from the Portland Cement Association. Each year, the association grants two U.S. graduate students a fellowship to research topics related to the decarbonization of the cement industry. Teymouri is in his third year of the PhD program in Civil Engineering and Construction Management. The program is…Read more
The Environmental Fluid Mechanics Journal has published a special issue on turbulence and mixing in stratified flows. Professor Karan Venayagamoorthy served as editor for the issue which includes twelve papers, half of which focus on stratified turbulence and mixing research performed in labs and simulations, with the second half focused on field-scale observations and simulations in natural…Read more