An interdisciplinary group of CSU researchers is part of a $15 million National Science Foundation research network that will study three regions impacted by catastrophic wildfires, declining water supplies and rapid urban population growth.
A member of CSU's hurricane forecasting team weighed in on Hurricane Ida, the history of storms on the Gulf Coast and what's next for the 2021 hurricane season.
CSU researchers found that local wildfires were associated with decreases in hospitalizations, especially for asthma.
CSU researchers Jens Blotevogel and Anthony Rappé recently received a $474,000 U.S. Department of Defense grant to study and improve PFAS destruction by incineration, so the contaminants can be permanently removed from the environment without producing hazardous byproducts.
Using real-world data from utility companies and electric vehicle manufacturers, two systems engineering professors are developing models of energy use, cost, environmental impact, and adoption of electrified medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles.
The researchers propose a new agency, ARPA-C, that would place issues of culture and equity alongside science and technology.
"COVID has provided us with the perfect example of how we can't ignore animals or the environment,” said Dr. Angela Bosco-Lauth.
For ten weeks this summer, 17 undergraduate students learned about graduate school at CSU while working alongside Mechanical Engineering Principal Investigators on research problems that matter for society in sustainability, bioengineering, and energy.
CSU Energy Institute engineers are working on a toilet system, suitable for developing world needs, that pelletizes and dries human feces.