High-altitude learning: Mountain Campus a prime location for climate research and education
Assistant Professor Kristen Rasmussen taught a portion of a course on the influence of mountains on weather and climate at the CSU Mountain Campus.
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Powered by citizen volunteers, air pollution study gets $1.6 million
The Citizen-Enabled Aerosol Measurement for Satellites has just received the green light for full speed ahead.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering honored for instructional innovation
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering received the N. Preston Davis Award for Instructional Innovation, honoring its work to reinvent the way students perceive and learn engineering.
Using virtual biopsies to improve melanoma detection
Jesse Wilson is accelerating research to improve imaging and detection of melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer.
Electric vehicles that charge as you drive? CSU gets support for feasibility study
The technology for this type of hassle-free driving of electric vehicles exists – and is ready to be tested further.
Climate scientist James Hurrell named first Walter Scott, Jr. Presidential Chair
James Hurrell, director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, will join Colorado State University in September 2018 as the Walter Scott, Jr. Presidential Chair of Environmental Science and Engineering.
Scenes from Commencement Spring 2018
Photos capture the excitement, pride and accomplishments of CSU Spring Commencement 2018.
Students
Students selected for summer internships, scholarships
From language study to environmental research, several CSU students and recent graduates will be spending the summer engaged in impressive international projects.
For middle school girls, this is what an engineer looks like
For Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day, the Society of Women Engineers hosted 122 middle school girls and guided them through different activities that familiarized them with engineering concepts.
Outstanding Grads 2018
Meet just a few of the impressive students earning their degrees at CSU this spring.
Engineering team to compete in NASA robotic mining challenge
The team is small, but mighty.
Research
Using virtual biopsies to improve melanoma detection
Jesse Wilson is accelerating research to improve imaging and detection of melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer.
Electric vehicles that charge as you drive? CSU gets support for feasibility study
The technology for this type of hassle-free driving of electric vehicles exists – and is ready to be tested further.
FFAR awards $5 million to launch public-private effort to address water scarcity and irrigation innovation
Colorado State University is part of the new Irrigation Innovation Consortium, a collaborative research effort to accelerate the development and adoption of water and energy efficient irrigation technologies and practices through public-private partnerships.
Seaweed-into-biofuel project gets Department of Energy support
The ambitious project involves a high-tech, three-mile-long recycled carbon fiber cable adrift in the open ocean.
Events
May the best teens win: CSU hosts 2018 Science Olympiad National Tournament, May 18-19
About 2,000 talented teens from across the nation will gather on campus to battle it out in intensely competitive science and engineering projects.
2018 Spring Commencement set for May 11-13
Ceremonies and speakers celebrate accomplishments of more than 5,000 CSU graduates.
Atmospheric science faculty to present at SummerFest 2018: Mission Earth
Two Department of Atmospheric Science professors will participate in events to honor Piers Sellers and educate on the topic of climate change June 24 through July 20 in Fort Collins.
Resilience planning center to host community recovery webinar
On Thursday, May 3, 9-11 a.m., learn more about the NIST-funded Center for Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning and how the Center’s research is progressing to models of community recovery and to field studies.
Engineering Community
High-altitude learning: Mountain Campus a prime location for climate research and education
Assistant Professor Kristen Rasmussen taught a portion of a course on the influence of mountains on weather and climate at the CSU Mountain Campus.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering honored for instructional innovation
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering received the N. Preston Davis Award for Instructional Innovation, honoring its work to reinvent the way students perceive and learn engineering.
Climate scientist James Hurrell named first Walter Scott, Jr. Presidential Chair
James Hurrell, director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, will join Colorado State University in September 2018 as the Walter Scott, Jr. Presidential Chair of Environmental Science and Engineering.
Faculty honored for exceptional graduate student advising and mentorship
Nominations are submitted by graduate students based on three criteria: educational guidance, career development and interpersonal relationship skills.
In the News
Small packages to test big space technology advances
NASA has been increasing its use of CubeSats to put new technologies in orbit where they can be tested in the harsh environment of space before being used as part of larger satellite missions or constellations of spacecraft.
Air quality study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The study “Unexpected slowdown of US pollutant emission reduction in the past decade” was co-authored by Assistant Professor Emily Fischer, and shows that air quality improvements have slowed.
U.S. Department of Energy funding opportunity opens doors for graduate students
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program has funded over 300 graduate awardees, including Christina McCluskey of Colorado State University.
One of the top hurricane forecasts comes from Colorado
The Tropical Meteorology Project released its preliminary forecast for the upcoming season earlier this month.