{"id":2,"date":"2022-02-11T20:37:31","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T20:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-06-25T15:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T21:17:10","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2\" class=\"elementor elementor-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-44cf572b elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"44cf572b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ac3eb36\" data-id=\"1ac3eb36\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27f6ec7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"27f6ec7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1064\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/pan4-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-20\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/pan4-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/pan4-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/pan4-1024x426.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/pan4-768x319.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/pan4-1536x639.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/pan4-2048x851.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-768aa259 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"768aa259\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CSU Surface Processes<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6abcbbc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6abcbbc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Welcome to the surface processes and morphodynamics group in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University. 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