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.
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CEE contributes to global progress at UN COP28 climate conference
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.
Tong contributes to $2.2M effort toward energy-efficient desalinization
Three CSU researchers are set to launch two projects aimed at finding ways to reduce the energy cost of water desalinization and purification.
Environmental engineering transfer student embraces CSU experience with guide dog
Robert Lamm, a first-generation college student who transferred from community college, navigates college with his guide dog Fletcher.
Technology developed by One Water Solutions Institute helps corral disparate water data
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.
van de Lindt discusses earthquakes and resilience in The Conversation
John van de Lindt published an article in The Conversation on why earthquakes can be so destructive to structures particularly in developing countries and what communities can do moving forward to build resilience.
New CEE faculty member proud to contribute to department’s long history of hydrology
Meet Assistant Professor Antônio Alves Meira Neto
Generations of civil engineering students to benefit from ASCE ExCEEd Teaching Workshop
For the first time in its 24-year history, the prestigious ExCEEd Teaching Workshop from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) was held on the CSU campus in Fort Collins.
Guo awarded $2.3 million from Dept of Energy for solar tracker resilience
A CSU civil engineer has received a U.S. Department of Energy grant to help solar trackers – the structures that enable solar panels to follow the path of the sun – withstand high winds and wind-related natural disasters.
Smith awarded NSF grant for groundwater study in southwest Utah
NSF has awarded CSU Assistant Professor Ryan G. Smith a $328,981 grant to study how subsidence, or the sinking of land area from the removal of groundwater, affects long-term water availability in southwest Utah.