Ravishankara named a Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy
University Distinguished Professor recognized for achievements in science spanning four-decade-long career.
Tag: "College of Engineering"
Another rising cost of climate change: PG&E's blackouts, now needed to prevent wildfires
Shutting down the power vividly illustrates how the costs of failing to address climate change reach far wider than just property lost to the flames (InsideClimate News).
Arab-American Frontiers Symposium co-chair investigates community resiliency models
CSU civil engineering associate professor and expert in community resilience modeling Hussam Mahmoud will represent the United States as co-chair of the 2019 Arab-American Frontiers Symposium.
Gordon appoints CSU alum Lanning as new Wyoming state engineer
Governor Mark Gordon announced Wednesday he has appointed CSU civil engineering alum Greg Lanning as Wyoming’s new state engineer (Wyoming Tribune).
The price of insulin has soared. These biohackers have a plan to fix it.
The Open Insulin Project wants to reverse engineer how the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies produce insulin and then turn over the instructions to the public (Time).
Hanging with the Lab Rats: NREL researchers lay groundwork to accelerate US clean energy transition
Researchers at NREL and CSU Energy Institute are trying to ramp-up clean energy in the U.S. resource mix by developing innovative technology solutions (Utility Dive).
Wildland fire expert to speak at FORTCAST What’s Brewing event
Rescheduled: CSU Wildland Fire Science Associate Professor Chad Hoffman will discuss his research at the next What’s Brewing in Weather & Climate talk Tuesday, November 5.
Students build Chevrolet Camaro hybrid for EcoCar3 Competition
YouTube channel TFLCar, which is based in Colorado, recently highlighted Colorado State University’s entrant for the now-complete EcoCar3 competition in a video (GM Authority).
High-tech methods deployed to stop methane gas emissions
The Methane Emissions Technology Evaluation Center is like a movie set for the oil and gas industry, complete with wellheads that leak on command. It's where companies test new products. CGTN's Hendrik Sybrandy reports.
What ballooning carbon emissions will do to trees
Our terrestrial plants do us “a fantastic favor” sponging up all that CO2, says Scott Denning, an atmospheric scientist at Colorado State University. That’s especially true in the tropics (The Atlantic).