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More than 50 percent of the largest lakes in the world are losing water, according to a groundbreaking new assessment published today in Science. The article was coauthored by Professor Balaji Rajagopalan and Associate Professor Ben Livneh, both from Ãå±±½ûµØ's Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering. Fangfang Yao, a CIRES visiting scholar, was the lead author.
In this episode of "Parched," CPR's podcast about people who rely on the river that shaped the West and have ideas to save it, Research Professor Edith Zagona explains what it would take to bring more water to the Colorado River states from the Mississippi River.
Two graduating architectural engineering seniors earned Graduating Student Awards from the College of Engineering and Applied Science this year and shared their thoughts about their experiences at Ãå±±½ûµØ.
Brad Wham, assistant research professor in Ãå±±½ûµØ’s Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, was a member of one of the three Learning From Earthquakes (LFE) reconnaissance teams that traveled to Turkey in March to assess the impacts of the Feb. 6 KahramanmaraÅŸ earthquake. The team specifically looked at lifeline systems, including energy, transportation, water and wastewater.
The civil and architectural engineering department awards recognize students in the department who have excelled in one or more areas that make up the undergraduate experience. Awardees were selected based on peer, staff and faculty nominations as well as self-reported accomplishments and resumes.
In the engineering specialty rankings, Ãå±±½ûµØ's civil engineering and environmental engineering graduate degree programs were in the top 10 amongst public institutions, according to U.S. News and World Report’s Best Graduate Schools rankings for 2023-24.
This year 15 Ãå±±½ûµØ civil and architectural engineering students spent more than 60 hours constructing a concrete canoe. Despite the open water races being canceled due to cold temperatures, Ãå±±½ûµØ students did well in other ASCE competitions, taking second place in both the non-technical paper and innovation challenge and third place in both the technical paper and surveying competitions.
Four Ãå±±½ûµØ civil engineering PhD students have received 2023 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, a prestigious award that recognizes and supports outstanding students in a wide variety of science-related disciplines
An affordable, net-zero energy home designed by Ãå±±½ûµØ students and featuring a unique hydrogen energy system was honored Sunday as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2023 Solar Decathlon Build Challenge. The team took first place in the durability and resilience category and third place in engineering. The team was also recognized in the advanced technology category.
Assistant Professor Kyri Baker is a member of  ‘Decarb Bros,’ a loose affiliation of mostly young researchers, climate tech workers and policymakers who believe the best way to combat climate change is to ditch the gloom of earlier environmentalism and focus on what new technology can do.