Saving time, energy and money: CSU engineering professor aims to give carbon fiber the Midas touch
A new paper by Mostafa Yourdkhani details 3D printing techniques for manufacturing complex, unsupported shapes in carbon composite materials.
Latest Headlines
CSU researchers reduce forecast but continue to predict active 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
Hurricane researchers have reduced their forecast slightly but continue to call for an above-average Atlantic hurricane season in 2022.
Photochemical device boosts CSU infectious disease research on vaccine-making
The custom-built, high-intensity flow-through photochemical reactor is being integrated into the university’s wider coronavirus and other research efforts, as it can be used to inactivate many types of viruses and pathogens.
Spring Creek Flood 25 years ago led to a national precipitation network, infrastructure upgrades
CSU atmospheric scientists and civil engineers had a unique role in helping Fort Collins move forward after the Spring Creek Flood, which happened 25 years ago this week.
Tiezheng Tong awarded NSF CAREER to work toward solutions to water scarcity
The Civil and Environmental Engineering assistant professor will use the National Science Foundation early-career funding to improve membrane desalination, so it can be more effective in providing fresh water.
Q&A: Colorado State climatologist on record heat, wildfire outlook and climate change
Colorado State Climatologist Russ Schumacher discusses record heat, climate change and what early forecasts might tell us about Colorado's wildfire season.
Air samples from Arctic region show how fast Earth is warming
CSU researchers report the first-ever direct observations of size-resolved ice nucleating particles in the central Arctic, spanning the entire sea ice growth and decline cycle.
Students
Distance learning: Engineering students lead water infrastructure project for El Salvador communities
Rams Without Borders, CSU’s student chapter of Engineers Without Borders, is overseeing a project started by a senior design team in 2019 to help provide clean water to two communities in El Salvador.
Systems Thinking Meets Lego: First CSU Integrated Systems Urban Design Challenge a Success
Steve Conrad brought the Water-Energy Integrated Systems Urban Design Challenge to CSU as part of his goal to apply systems thinking to Colorado’s water-energy problems in urban environments.
Algae in Space: CBE students research oxygen sources for space exploration
A team of Chemical and Biological Engineering students studied algae photosynthesis as a source of oxygen for life support systems in space exploration.
Silver Medal winner Sarah Verderame: "Engineering is a team sport"
Sarah Verderame, a graduate of CSU’s biomedical and mechanical engineering program, is the university’s 2022 recipient of the Silver Medal from the Colorado Engineering Council.
Research
Saving time, energy and money: CSU engineering professor aims to give carbon fiber the Midas touch
A new paper by Mostafa Yourdkhani details 3D printing techniques for manufacturing complex, unsupported shapes in carbon composite materials.
Spring Creek Flood 25 years ago led to a national precipitation network, infrastructure upgrades
CSU atmospheric scientists and civil engineers had a unique role in helping Fort Collins move forward after the Spring Creek Flood, which happened 25 years ago this week.
Tiezheng Tong awarded NSF CAREER to work toward solutions to water scarcity
The Civil and Environmental Engineering assistant professor will use the National Science Foundation early-career funding to improve membrane desalination, so it can be more effective in providing fresh water.
Air samples from Arctic region show how fast Earth is warming
CSU researchers report the first-ever direct observations of size-resolved ice nucleating particles in the central Arctic, spanning the entire sea ice growth and decline cycle.
Engineering Community
Faculty and staff get two free tickets to home football opener
Colorado State University football is kicking off the Jay Norvell era against Middle Tennessee State on Saturday, Sept. 10, at Canvas Stadium, and CSU employees can get two complimentary tickets to the game.
Ram Walk has a new look
Ram Walk — nearly 500 feet of Ram pride that connects CSU’s game day campus showcase — celebrates the CSU experience and its community of learners, educators, staff and alumni. Stretching from Canvas Stadium to the great green fields at the heart of campus, Ram Walk embodies CSU’s mission of service, learning, research, and outreach and unifies CSU’s game day experience the best of CSU that will be on display this fall. Read more about the creation of this year’s Ram Walk.
School is Cool photos: CSU community delivers in helping PSD students
Nearly 200 volunteers took part in CSU’s signature outreach effort to provide backpacks filled with school supplies to Poudre School District students.
Video and recollections of the 1997 flood
Former Colorado State Climatologist Nolan Doesken offered some further personal recollections of the 1997 flood
In the News
Brass Players Most Likely To Spread COVID-19 With Their Instruments
A recently published study by researchers from Colorado State University further confirms that wind instruments, in particular those of the brass family, are most likely to spread respiratory particles. (Forbes)
Colorado monsoon season: Burn scars from previous fires present flood concerns in late July
"All of these things can come together and mean that you get a lot of precipitation in a very short period of time," said Becky Bolinger, assistant state climatologist at CSU's Colorado Climate Center. (CBS Denver)
Mysterious Milky Seas Are Visible From Space
Ever since 2005, Professor Miller has specialized in using state-of-the-art satellites to study Earth with the ultimate goal of learning how to predict the occurrence of milky sea events. (Forbes)
CSU ‘making our world a little more sustainable’ with new turbine donation
Colorado State University is now on the leading front of research universities after obtaining a 3.5 megawatt gas turbine donation. (CBS 4 Denver)