CEE Alum Kyle Whitaker to receive Greg Hobbs Next Wave Leadership Award from Water Education Colorado

Professor José Chávez was recognized by the ICID Journal – Irrigation and Drainage for his paper: “Assessing multi-sensor hourly maize evapotranspiration estimation using a one-source surface energy balance approach.”

Former CEE Professor Rob Ettema received the 2025 Bernard Michel Award at the 23rd Workshop on the Hydraulics of Ice Covered Rivers in June.

Associate Professor Yanlin Guo and Ph.D. students Kimia Yousefi Anarak, Mahmoud Elnahla, Pejman Fatehi, and Ziluo Xiong received awards for their papers and research.

Ten graduating undergraduate and graduate students received awards from the department at the May 2025 recognition ceremony.

Michael Talbot has received the 2024-25 Colorado Association of Stormwater and Floodplain Managers Ben Urbonas Scholarship.

Adwoa Amankwaa and Fahim Hasan have each been awarded $10,000 grants from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) through the Colorado Water Center (CWC).

AWARDS The department marked the close of the semester in their typical fashion with food and festivities at the spring 2025 end-of-year celebration. Chuck Shackelford presented student, staff, and faculty awards and received a surprise recognition of his own at his final celebration as department head. Student and Academic Partner Awards Outstanding Undergraduate Leadership Award:…Read more

AWARDS Carter and Smith receive career awards at spring college meeting At the spring all-college meeting, two CEE faculty received career awards for their contributions to research, scholarship, and teaching. Associate Professor Ellison Carter received the Nelson Mid-Career Faculty Award (2025-2028). Carter was chosen “for being an exceptional member of CSU’s faculty who is actively engaged…Read more

Shannon Miller, Manager of Undergraduate Programs, received the 2025 Jack E. Cermak Undergraduate Advising Award at the Celebrate! Colorado State annual awards banquet.