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The research of Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) Research Scientist Thomas Phillips, CEAE Professor Harihar Rajaram, and CIRES Director Konrad Steffen was recently published in Geophysical Research Letters and highlighted on the CU News Center website. Their study shows that water flowing through ice sheets can increase...

CEAE Professor Dr. Karl Linden and his students Christie Chatterley and David Sparkman continued their work in water sustainability development and sanitation projects in Peru during the summer of 2010. The projects partner CU-Boulder faculty and students with two Peruvian universities, local organizations, and disadvantaged communities in Peru. Research trips...

Newly detected rising sea levels in parts of the Indian Ocean, including the coastlines of the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Java, appear to be at least partly a result of human-induced increases of atmospheric greenhouse gases, says a study led by the University of...

Carrie “C.J.” McClelland, a Ph.D. candidate in our Environmental Engineering program, was awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship in 2007. The fellowship provides up to three years of funding for research-focused graduate degrees in science, engineering, and mathematics fields. C.J. is working with Prof. Karl Linden on forecasting...

Kendra Colyar, a M.S. candidate in our Environmental Engineering program, was awarded a fellowship for membrane technology by the National Water Research Institute and the American Membrane Technology Association. The fellowship provides two years of funding at $10,000 per year for "solving water supply and quality issues through the widespread...

Renewable Energy: A Reality Check in Rural China July 1, 2009: Young engineer takes on a global challenge: Clean and sustainable energy, one village at a time NSF Article link Graduate student Abby Watrous traveled through rural provinces in China encouraging villagers to burn alternatives to non-renewable lumps of coal...

The teaching and outreach work of University of Colorado civil engineering Professor Bernard Amadei and his colleagues in the Engineering for Developing Communities program will take a giant leap forward thanks to a $5 million commitment from Mort and Alice Mortenson, and builder M. A. Mortenson Company. A $500,000 commitment...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship was awarded to CEAE PhD student Sara McAlpine for Optimized Design and Control of Photovoltaic Modules with DC-DC Power Converters for Building Applications