Alex Diaz

Head of crisis response and humanitarian aid at Google.org part of online seminar series

March 4, 2021

Alex Diaz, the head of crisis response and humanitarian aid at Google.org will speak to staff, students and faculty as part of a new seminar series in March.

Wind turbine and solar panel

What went wrong with Texas’ power grid?

Feb. 25, 2021

Energy grid experts Kyri Baker, assistant professor in Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, and Bri-Mathias Hodge, associate professor in Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering—both Fellows of the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI)—answered some questions for CU Boulder Today.

Highways from above

CU Boulder team among finalists for $10M Climate Challenge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Feb. 12, 2021

Lever for Change has announced five finalists for the 2030 Climate Challenge, a $10 million award launched last year to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the buildings, industry, and/or transportation sectors in the U.S. by 2030.

Artist drawing of Pena Next

Video: Hodge talks about work on Peña Station Next

Jan. 19, 2021

Watch Bri-Mathias Hodge – an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering – discuss his lab's work on the project in this new video.

Buildings with power connections illustrated

Study: Low-energy heating and cooling systems can deliver deep energy savings

Dec. 7, 2020

Amy Allen came to CU Boulder to study building energy systems and how buildings and other electrical loads interact with the grid. As a PhD candidate under Professor Gregor Henze and Assistant Professor Kyri Baker she is working with some of the best in building systems.

CU Boulder campus seen from the air

Researchers contribute to frost quake modeling research

Dec. 7, 2020

Frost quakes are not particularly rare, but they are harder to observe than traditional earthquakes.

Wil Srubar

Srubar honored at Lab Venture Challenge awards

Nov. 23, 2020

Wil Srubar pitched with Shane Frazier on Minus Materials: Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Building Materials.

Equipment that helps quantify bridge designs that are earthquake-resistant.

Bridges with limb-inspired architecture can withstand earthquakes

Nov. 5, 2020

In a NSF-funded study published in the Journal of Structural Engineering, researchers at Texas A&M University and the University of Colorado Boulder conducted a comprehensive damage and repair assessment of a still-to-be-implemented bridge design that relies on limb-inspired joints and segments.

Bri-Mathias Hodge

Video: Power and Energy Systems Modeling and Simulation

Nov. 5, 2020

Meet Bri-Mathias Hodge, an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering and a Fellow of the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI) at the University of Colorado Boulder.

CU Boulder campus seen from the air

Interdisciplinary Research Theme Virtual Open House

Oct. 9, 2020

Join this virtual session to meet the IRT directors, hear their plans and learn how you can participate. This virtual session is open to all faculty, staff and students. Registration is required.

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