“Smoke is not just a western problem. We think there might be a lack of awareness in the East because you’re not in proximity to these large wildfires and they don’t really impact your day-to-day,” said Katelyn O’Dell, lead author of the study and postdoctoral research scientist. (Washington Post)
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Jianguo Zhao awarded third NSF grant to study robots. The latest: generating force in soft robots.
Thanks to a year-long grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a team of engineering students took their skills to new heights against a major threat to our way of life – harmful algal blooms.
CSU researchers developed a new mirror coating technology that will help the international LIGO collaboration extend its reach into the cosmos.
An atmospheric chemist, Fischer uses field-based and applied modeling approaches to investigate the sources of atmospheric trace gases.
Science News caught up with 10 noteworthy Scientists to Watch alumni, including CSU's Emily Fischer, who studies wildfire smoke and has faced the threat of fires firsthand.
“When you look at the total emissions from indoor cannabis cultivation in Colorado, it's pretty much equivalent to the coal mining industry in Colorado,” said mechanical engineering Associate Professor Jason Quinn. (9News Denver)
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.
Residents now have access to detailed data about the air that they’re breathing, thanks to a sophisticated air quality monitoring network deployed by Colorado State University atmospheric scientists.
CSU atmospheric scientists and engineers will study the aerobiome — microbes in the air — as part of a new $12.5 million NSF project.