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Report outlines emerging technologies to improve Colorado water management

Aug. 2, 2022

A new report outlines how a variety of emerging technologies can help water managers, landowners and policymakers improve western water management in the face of severe, ongoing drought.

DIY arcade games made out of cardboard and smartphones

How to turn throwaway cardboard into a DIY arcade game

Aug. 2, 2022

Like many people across Colorado, Peter Gyory spent the height of the COVID-19 pandemic sitting at home with nothing to do. Then the researcher, a game designer by training, noticed all the random materials he had lying around his house. “I was really frustrated that I couldn’t make games,” said Gyory, a doctoral student at CU Boulder’s ATLAS Institute. “I realized I was surrounded by cardboard. I thought: ‘How could I make a game out of that?’”

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CU SWE Letter to Incoming Students

Aug. 2, 2022

Samiha Singh, CU SWE president Hello! My name is Samiha Singh, and I am thrilled to be serving as the President of the CU Boulder Society of Women Engineers (SWE) . We would like to invite you to check out our society in the upcoming semester! We host a ton...

Keith Molenaar

Molenaar highlights progress, community and relationship building as cornerstones of his early tenure as dean

Aug. 1, 2022

Provost Russ Moore appointed Molenaar as the college’s permanent dean in late June. Molenaar said he has already started discussions with leadership about updating the college’s strategic vision and plans to move into an inclusive and encompassing feedback phase for that work in the near future.

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PhD candidate is lead author on paper reviewing rainfall measurement approaches in Africa

July 28, 2022

Denis Muthike, an environmental studies PhD candidate, is the lead author of a paper in the Journal of Hydrometeorology that validates and compares satellite-based rainfall tools over Africa.

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PhD candidate using satellites and machine learning to combat drought in Africa

July 28, 2022

Katie Fankhauser, a PhD candidate in environmental engineering, is the lead author of a paper in Science of The Total Environment that identifies impacts of high groundwater use in response to drought in the Horn of Africa through satellite data, remote-sensors and machine learning analysis tools.

Rain fall sensors in Africa

Pair of CU Boulder PhD students publish research to address growing drought issues in Africa

July 28, 2022

CU Boulder PhD candidates Katie Fankhauser and Denis Muthike are lead authors of new research on our ability to forecast, mitigate and quickly respond to increasingly intense drought conditions in Africa due to climate change.

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Call for Nominations: Awards for Outstanding Postdocs & Faculty Mentors

July 27, 2022

To highlight the contributions of postdocs and postdoc mentors, the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA) will be recognizing Outstanding Postdocs and Outstanding Mentors during National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW), September 19-23.

Seth Marder

Four Questions With Global Climate Summit Summit Co-Chair Seth Marder

July 27, 2022

Marder is an expert in chemical and biological engineering and director of the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI) at CU Boulder.

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PhD students explore trust between humans and robots with augmented reality version of Minesweeper

July 22, 2022

Computer science researchers have developed a reinforcement learning-based algorithm that could improve human and robot teams in areas like search and rescue.

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