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The Pan American Academy of Engineering recently inducted Keith Molenaar, department chair and professor of the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, based on his engineering contributions to Pan American markets. Molenaar, who has completed extensive international work as a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers' International...

After recently receiving the Faculty Early Career Development Program Award from the National Science Foundation, Matthew R. Hallowell, assistant professor of construction engineering and management, plans to offer his students a more engaging, valuable academic experience. With the NSF CAREER Award, Hallowell is conducting a large research project in which...

Professor John McCartney has been selected by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Geo-Institute Board of Governors to receive the 2013 Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award. This prestigious award recognizes outstanding accomplishments as evidenced by completed works, reports, or papers in the field of geotechnical engineering. The award was...

Professor Matthew Hallowell was recently awarded a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) program award from the National Science Foundation for "Predictive Modeling of Construction Injuries in Complex Environments." The research objective is to test the hypothesis that over half of the variability in construction injury statistics can be explained by...

A new partnership between the University of Colorado Boulder’s Leeds School of Business and the College of Engineering and Applied Science is scheduled to begin in fall 2013. The program, funded by a gift from alumnus Dan Ivanoff and his wife Laurie, supports the creation of a construction management track...

Sixteen members of the Architectural Engineering Institute student chapter made a difference in a family's life by helping to build their new home in Lafayette. During the Habitat for Humanity work day on Oct. 6, the students worked on a drainage system outside the edge of the foundation and removed...

CEAE research professor Edie Zagona discusses her work as director of the Center for Advanced Decision Support for Water and Environmental Systems (CADSWES) in this interview with CU Connections.

The wild and dramatic cascade of ice into the ocean from Alaska’s Columbia Glacier, an iconic glacier featured in the documentary “Chasing Ice” and one of the fastest moving glaciers in the world, will cease around 2020, according to a study by the University of Colorado Boulder. Read the full...

More than a dozen lighting industry leaders have signed on as sponsors of the new Rocky Mountain Lighting Academy, which will offer a one-of-a-kind immersive educational opportunity for lighting professionals next summer at the University of Colorado Boulder. The Rocky Mountain Lighting Academy, or RMLA, was established by faculty in...

Students from the spring 2012 CVEN 4434/5434 Environmental Engineering Design class won the Water Environment Federation (WEF) 2012 Student Design Competition. The project "Broadmoor Park Properties Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade" won in the wastewater design category. The competition took place in October as part of WEF's 85th Annual Technical Exhibition...