The Moms Who Are Battling Climate Change
“You really can’t escape climate change when you’re a professor of atmospheric science,” Emily Fischer, a participant in the Science Moms project, says. (New Yorker)
Tag: "Faculty"
Aditi Bhaskar and Mahdi Nikdast receive NSF CAREER awards
Aditi Bhaskar and Mahdi Nikdast were recognized with the NSF’s most prestigious early-career faculty award, for their potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in their fields.
Solar geoengineering is worth studying but not a substitute for cutting emissions, study finds
Our committee traveled a long road to reach this recommendation, working through many complex and contentious issues to reach consensus, but we did it collegially and productively. (Space.com/The Conversation)
Growing Cannabis Indoors Has A Big Climate Impact. So Why Doesn’t The Industry Go Outside?
Colorado’s marijuana industry could significantly cut its climate impact by moving operations into fields or greenhouses. (Colorado Public Radio)
Big March storms helped boost Colorado’s snowpack, but they weren’t enough to solve the long-term drought
“What we’ll need are probably multiple years of above average snowfall to really get us out of this,” said Russ Schumacher, Director of the Colorado Climate Center. (Colorado Sun)
Systems engineering professor, NREL develop tools to make hydrokinetic turbines accessible
Assistant Professor Dan Herber is working alongside researchers NREL to remove barriers to future hydrokinetic energy development as part of a $1,200,000 ARPA-E grant for the ARPA-E SHARKS program.
2021 College Faculty and Staff Award Recipients
On Monday, March 22, the college held the first virtual engineering faculty and staff awards ceremony. Over 170 attendees from across the college's departments and divisions attended the ceremony through Zoom.
A message from the Dean: Supporting one another in the midst of tragedy
If you are hurting or need help, you are not alone. There are a number of resources available on campus for students, faculty, and staff.
Growing an Ounce of Pot Indoors Can Emit as Much Carbon as Burning a Full Tank of Gas
“Policymakers and consumers aren’t paying much attention to environmental impacts of the cannabis industry,” said Jason Quinn, mechanical engineering faculty at Colorado State University and senior author of the study. (Smithsonian Magazine)
CSU researchers create new software for DOE to help reduce energy waste in next-generation buildings
Colorado State University researchers have developed modeling software that could help the building industry compare electrical performance to improve energy efficiency.