Spring 2019 CEAE Career Fair

Spring 2019 CEAE Career Fair

Jan. 25, 2019

Students: Mark your calendars for the CEAE Career Fair on Feb 27, 2019 from 10am to 3pm in the Idea Forge.

Water Collection

CEAE Professors and PhD Student Research Methods to Improve Sanitation

Jan. 24, 2019

CEAE Department Professors Sherri Cook and Amy Javernick-Will published the research they conducted with PhD student Allie Davis on the effectiveness of sanitation systems to meet user priorities. They studied the factors affecting sanitation acceptance in communities and considered methods to improve usage.

Professor Daniel Armanios

2019 Arthur J. Boase Lecture

Jan. 23, 2019

Prof. Daniel Armanios, Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Engineering and Public Policy Daniel Armanios鈥 current research lies at the intersection of institutions, engineering systems, and public policy. His research focuses on the institutions that manage the physical and scientific infrastructure necessary for high-tech innovation, entrepreneurship, & development, and how such...

James Rosenblum

Former postdoc heading new sustainable water center in Denver

Jan. 16, 2019

James Rosenblum, a former Environmental Engineering postdoctoral researcher with Professor Karl Linden, has been hired to run the new Colorado Center for a Sustainable Water-Energy Education, Science and Technology (WE2ST) - Water Technology Hub at the Colorado School of Mines.

Keith Porter

Flood, fire preparations could save U.S. billions of dollars

Jan. 11, 2019

Communities that act now to protect themselves from future hazards like earthquakes, hurricanes, floods and wildfires can save themselves as much as $11 for every $1 that they initially invest, according to recent research. The findings are part of an update to 鈥淣atural Hazard Mitigation Saves.鈥 This landmark report was first published in 2005 by the National Institute of Building Sciences and was led by CU Boulder鈥檚 Keith Porter, who also spearheaded the most recent findings.

Boulder Housing Project

Architectural Engineering Design Course Makes an Impact on Local Community

Dec. 28, 2018

Associate Professor Wangda Zuo teaches the Sustainable Building Design course (AREN 4890/5890), which recently partnered with Boulder Housing Partners for a real-world project. BHP recently raised $13 millioin to develop Phase II of the Red Oak Park Community in Boulder, which will provide 41 additional affordable housing units to the...

Shideh Dashti, Abbie Liel and Balaji Paramasivam

CEAE Professors and PhD Student Investigate the Effects of Liquefaction Mitigation

Dec. 26, 2018

Dr. Shideh Dashti, Dr. Abbie Liel and PhD student Balaji Parmasivam CEAE Department Professors Dr. Shideh Dashti and Dr. Abbie Liel worked with then PhD student Balaji Paramasivam to research the effects of prefabricated vertical drains (PVDs) and other liquefaction mitigation techniques on building performance. Their findings were published and...

Prof. Abbie Liel

Retrofit research at CU shaping policy on earthquakes, non-ductile buildings

Dec. 20, 2018

Abbie Liel's work uses simulation to quantify how valuable retrofitting buildings would be for building owners and communities and how much work is actually needed to prevent some of the worst-case scenarios.

Macky Auditorium

College of Engineering and Applied Science December 2018 Outstanding Graduate Awards

Dec. 18, 2018

CEAE Graduates Nikki van den Heever and Austin Riley were selected to receive the December 2018 College of Engineering and Applied Science Outstanding Graduate awards. Van den Heever was selected as the December 2018 Outstanding Graduate of the College for her overall strength in academics, service and research while Riley...

Nikki van den Heever

CEAE Graduate Student Honored as Rhode Scholar Finalist

Dec. 11, 2018

Nikki van den Heever was a finalist for this year鈥檚 Rhodes Scholarship . A graduate student in the CEAE department at CU Boulder, Nikki is graduating in December with a Master鈥檚 Degree in Civil Systems Engineering with a certificate in Engineering for Developing Communities. In addition, Nikki is the president...

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