Research
A PhD student at ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· discusses his inspiring work in the Aysén region of Chilean Patagonia that took place between March and November 2018. Mickey Rush is currently pursuing his PhD in the Hydrology, Water Resources and
Dr. Shideh Dashti, Dr. Abbie Liel and PhD student Balaji Parmasivam CEAE Department Professors Dr. Shideh Dashti and Dr. Abbie Liel worked with then PhD student Balaji Paramasivam to research the effects of prefabricated vertical drains (PVDs
Abbie Liel's work uses simulation to quantify how valuable retrofitting buildings would be for building owners and communities and how much work is actually needed to prevent some of the worst-case scenarios.
Professors Yida Zhang and Yunping Xi from the Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering Department at the University of Colorado Boulder were awarded $789,000 from the Department of Energy for their research project “Time-
ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· hosted the 2018 CU Climate & Health Research Summit on Tuesday, October 16. The summit, formed through a partnership between ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· and CU Anschutz brought together researchers and practitioners from the fields of climate science
This year’s grant recipients, including community groups, centers and school groups, will have continued professional support from – and will work with – AirWaterGas Sustainability Research Network researchers for the duration of their one-year projects.
Evaporation is a large and continuing problem in the Colorado River basin, including Lake Mead and Lake Powell where about 5 billion gallons of water evaporate annually, according to CU-Boulder Assistant Professor Ben Livneh of the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering.Â
Professor Balaji Rajagopalan and Emily Gill (PhDCivEngr'15) have spent years dissecting the relationship between El Niño and La Niña and monsoonal rainfall in India. They have found that focusing on El Niño and La Niña’s impacts on the monsoon in regions and sub-seasons—instead of all-India for the whole monsoon season—may improve rainfall forecasts.
