Brass, woodwind instruments emit respiratory particles, study finds
Just like coughing, sneezing, talking and singing, playing wind instruments can spread respiratory particles that may carry the COVID-19 virus, according to a new CSU study.
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Systems Thinking Meets Lego: First CSU Integrated Systems Urban Design Challenge a Success
Steve Conrad brought the Water-Energy Integrated Systems Urban Design Challenge to CSU as part of his goal to apply systems thinking to Colorado’s water-energy problems in urban environments.
Take the wheel or let the car drive autonomously? Graduate student develops driving simulations of cyberattacks
Systems engineering master’s student Somayeh Aliebrahimi developed driving simulations with programmed cyberattacks to observe how people respond to these scenarios in autonomous driving mode.
Keeping it clean: Engineers working to make desalination membranes stay scale-free
Mineral scaling on membrane surfaces in desalination applications is a highly technical problem that Tiezheng Tong's lab is working to solve.
SoGES '22-23 Leadership Fellows program seeks applications
The School of Global Environmental Sustainability (SoGES) seeks applications from Colorado State University advanced Ph.D. students and early career postdoctoral fellows to be a 2022-2023 Sustainability Leadership Fellow.
Study finds that singing, being male, and being an adult tend to produce more respiratory aerosols
The study, launched early in the pandemic, sought to determine the extent to which singers, musicians and actors emit aerosols, and whether those emissions could be quantified.
Blastoff! Mechanical Engineering launches aerospace program
CSU’s Department of Mechanical Engineering launches aerospace engineering program with four academic programs and substantial research portfolio.
InTERFEWS program training leaders to solve problems in food, energy, water systems
The NSF-funded program brings together students and faculty who are interested in studying food, energy and water issues and the many ways in which those systems affect each other.
Systems engineering student part of team designing next-gen spacesuit
Systems engineering master’s student and ILC Dover project engineer James Kirwan implements systems thinking to ensure the successful design of new space suits.
Minds in the toilet, eyes on the prize: Safe sanitation for all
CSU Energy Institute engineers are working on a toilet system, suitable for developing world needs, that pelletizes and dries human feces.