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CU Â鶹ӰԺ researchers have spent four years studying the vulnerability of Colorado's prisons and jails to climate-related hazards, revealing that 75 percent of the state's facilities are exposed to risks like extreme heat, wildfires and floods, which disproportionately affect incarcerated individuals, especially those from Black and Latino communities.
CU Â鶹ӰԺ’s Living Materials Laboratory contributed to groundbreaking research showing how engineered microbes can create bioglass microlenses, paving the way for advanced imaging technologies in medicine and materials science.
Associate Professor Sherri Cook and Assistant Professor Cresten Mansfeldt have been honored by The American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists through its 40 Under 40 Recognition Program.
Near Lampuuk Beach in Banda Aceh, homes built for 2004 tsunami survivors now sit abandoned. Ilham Siddiq, a tsunami survivor and PhD student in civil systems engineering, cites trauma and environmental challenges as key issues in rebuilding efforts.
Brooklyn Lash and Carl Fischer are the winners of the Clarence L. Eckel Award.
CU Â鶹ӰԺ’s Center for Infrastructure, Energy, and Space Testing (CIEST) has pioneered testing procedures for innovative pipe replacement solutions for aging urban pipes buried beneath buildings and roads.
Chaya Farley, an architectural engineering student, was awarded the College of Engineering & Applied Science Perseverance Award.
Brooklyn Lash, a civil engineering major, received two college honors: the Community Impact Award
and the Research Award.
Three professors — Mark Hernandez, Gregor Henze and Tony Straub — were each awarded $125,000 with their researchers and graduate student innovators in this year’s Lab Venture Challenge for Â鶹ӰԺ faculty start-ups.
Prometheus Materials, a zero-carbon building materials company spun out of the labs of Wil Srubar, Mija Hubler and Sherri Cook, along with partner groups will receive $10 million from the DOE to study the removal of carbon dioxide from cement.