Aisling Pigott

PhD student talks air conditioning debate with Pueblo NBC-TV

Sept. 8, 2022

Aisling Pigott is featured in a news piece on air conditioning use with KOAA-TV, the NBC affiliate in Pueblo/Colorado Springs. Pigott is co-author of a new column in The Conversation exploring an age old question -- does turning the air conditioning off when you’re not home actually save energy? Written...

Caroline Bessette

Advancing geotechnical engineering to support communities facing earthquakes

July 18, 2022

I grew up in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, a small French-speaking town in Québec, Canada. In Québec, almost all the electricity (close to 97%) comes from hydroelectricity due to its...

Ilham Siddiq

Civil engineering student, a tsunami survivor, awarded fellowship to study disaster recovery

May 2, 2022

Ilham Siddiq survived the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami and is now using his firsthand disaster knowledge to evaluate the effectiveness of recovery policies. Siddiq, a civil engineering PhD student at the University of Colorado Boulder and native of Indonesia, has earned a prestigious United States Agency for...

Britta Bergstrom

Home-grown community engagement sprouts in Fort Morgan, Colorado

April 29, 2022

Scooping dirt from the garden bed, Britta Bergstrom takes a handful of carrot seeds, gently places them in the dip and firms the warm earth back over top as a group of students look on with a gleam of wonder in their eyes. Bergstrom, a graduate student in the Mortenson...

Kimberly Pugel

PhD student Kimberly Pugel Honored as 2021 New Face of Civil Engineering by ASCE

Feb. 22, 2021

ASCE has honored Kimberly Pugel as a 2021 New Face of Civil Engineering. Pugel’s work combines environmental engineering, planning, policymaking, and a heavy dose of communication skills, particularly as it relates to facilitating communication between stakeholders and decision-makers.

Britta Bergstrom

Air Quality Inquiry project extends from rural Colorado into Mongolia

Sept. 23, 2020

Civil engineering master's student Britta Bergstrom taught a module for Public Lab Mongolia on how to design an Air Quality Inquiry (AQIQ) research project.

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CEAE and EVEN 2020 Live-Streamed Graduation Ceremony Video

May 19, 2020

The Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering Department and the Environmental Engineering Program hosted a live-streamed graduation ceremony on May 15, 2020. More than 350 graduating students, faculty, staff, family and friends attended the ceremony to celebrate your accomplishments.

Mikaela DeRousseau

Summer fellowship will help student wrap up her sustainable concrete research

April 29, 2020

PhD student Mikaela DeRousseau has received a 2020 Summer Fellowship from the CU Boulder Graduate School. DeRousseau is in her fourth year at CU Boulder with a focus on civil systems, and expects to graduate in August. Her advisors are Joseph Kasprzyk and Wil Srubar.

Ronnie Abolafia-Rosensweig

Student puts hydrology skills to use during NASA internship

Oct. 28, 2019

Ronnie Abolafia-Rosensweig, a PhD student working with Professor Ben Livneh, is featured on NASA website and talks about the summer internship he did there.

EVEN 20th Anniversary

Environmental Engineering Celebrates 20th Anniversary

Oct. 25, 2019

CU Boulder’s Environmental Engineering Program marked its 20th anniversary on Oct. 21 2019 with an evening celebration for faculty, students, staff and alumni.

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