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VECTOR team pools engineering expertise for interactive educational resources

Group of engineering faculty pose for picture.

Engineering instructors from institutions across Colorado, Oregon, and Wyoming gathered to provide input and lend expertise to the VECTOR project. Instructors of Statics, Mechanics of Materials, and Dynamics participated in a two-day stakeholder meeting to aid in the development of interactive engineering visualizations. “Their participation helped shape the resources that will benefit students and educators…Read more

Omur-Ozbek uses maker activity to engage CIVE 439 students

Student sit in circle with arts and craft supplies.

Teaching Associate Professor Pinar Omur-Ozbek teaches civil and environmental engineering faculty across the country how to be more engaging teachers, and she recently led by example in her CIVE 439: Applications of Environmental Engineering Concepts course. Students were learning mass balances for environmental systems and were able to simulate outcomes to better understand the concepts,…Read more

Geotechnical engineering faculty contribute to first manual of practice in the field

Cover of ASCE Geoenvironmental Engineering manual.

ANNOUNCEMENTS Three CSU geotechnical engineering faculty provided significant contributions to the new Geoenvironmental Engineering Manual published by the American Society for Civil Engineering.  Associate Professor Christopher Bareither, Associate Professor Joe Scalia, and Professor and Department Head Charles Shackelford authored or co-authored four chapters in the publication, which is the first manual of practice for the…Read more