Colorado State University has been ranked the 11th top Peace Corps producing college of the last 20 years, continuing a legacy that began in 1961, when two CSU researchers published a feasibility study that helped lead to the international development organization’s creation.
CSU and the Colorado Community College System this week forged a new civil engineering pathway that streamlines the transfer process for community college students into a bachelor's degree program.
On that last day of the trip to Peru, Rose McVaney heard a woman scream and saw a rip tide was quickly carrying a man, woman and young girl out to sea. The man was desperately trying to carry the other two on his back, swimming furiously toward the shore.
A dozen CSU engineering students and their professor traveled to Peru earlier this year as part of a course on sustainable engineering.
As David McLean approaches the end of his 10-year tenure as dean of the Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering, he recently reflected on some highlights of his time at CSU.
Inside the brand-new Hydro building they are collecting and reusing gray water in a water treatment lab like no other. “This lab is one-of-a-kind across the country. The real driver here is to use local water sources.” (Denver 7)
The Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure TallWood project aims to investigate the resilience of tall timber buildings by simulating a series of large earthquakes on a test building.
Hussam Mahmoud has extensively studied the structural damage caused during natural disasters and recently created a model for wildfires that takes into account 80 different parameters. “You can’t say a place is safe or not safe from wildfire without understanding these parameters.” (Denver Post)
Hydro opened in January at CSU Spur in Denver, including engineering research labs like the Hydro Water TAP and the CSU Biomanufacturing and Biotechnology Laboratory.
Siller will assume the duties of the VPUA effective immediately, joining the Provost’s leadership team from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, where he has served on faculty since 1988.