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Evolution of Â鶹ÒùԺ’ Varied Conceptualizations About Socially Responsible Engineering: A Four Year Longitudinal Study Rulifson, G.**, A.R. Bielefeldt. 2018. Science and Engineering Ethics . 36 pp. Abstract Engineers should learn how to act on their responsibility to society during their education. At present, however, it is unknown what students think...

Environmental Engineering professor Ben Livneh has co-authored a very informative study published by the journal Nature Communications about predicting whether precipitation will be rainfall or snowfall. Meteorological forecasting and climate simulations are commonly informed by the 32 degree Fahrenheit threshold: rain is expected above the threshold, and snow is expected...

Small drinking water systems account for about 90% of United States systems and serve about 53 million people; that’s one fifth of the U.S. population. Given their size and lack of resources, these small systems face more of a struggle to meet regulations, and rely heavily on disinfection, particularly by...

Prof. Rosario is leading a new NSF RAPID project focusing on the potable water quality in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico on the morning of September 20 th , 2017. The hurricane had catastrophic impacts on the infrastructure in Puerto...

On Tuesday, January 16, 2018, the KGNU Science Show released a new segment hosted by Shelley Schlender in which EVEN Professor Shelly Miller discussed how common consumer products often contain hazardous chemical ingredients that get released into surrounding areas. Shelly Miller teaches and conducts research regarding urban air quality and...

Shelly Miller and her research group in collaboration with Professor Noah Fierer from the Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology conducted a study of the microbiome of 12 dorm rooms on CU Boulder campus. The new publication in ES&T investigated DNA and RNA viruses circulating in the air by analyzing...

Five CU Faculty members are conducting research on 4 different projects in Antarctica! EVEN professors Dr. Diane McKnight (3 rd from the left) and Dr. Michael Gooseff (2 nd from the right) have been studying the McMurdo Dry Valleys – the largest ice-free region in Antarctica, for over 20 years...

The Front Range in Colorado has one of the fastest growing populations in the country. The area is also rich oil and gas resources, and as people continue to flood in, the drilling keeps expanding. The expansion of drilling rigs has harmful effects on the environment, but people are also...

The University of Colorado has recently announced a list of strategic goals that will work towards improving innovation, impact on humanity, leadership on a national and global scale, and success for those in our community. Multiple programs were started this year with this initiative in mind, and CU just announced...

EVEN Prof. Shelly Miller was invited to give a talk at the National Academy of Sciences Microbiology of the Built Environment 2017 Symposium.The title of the talk was "Building Engineering Controls for Improving Occupant Health: Mitigating Airborne Particles, Toxic Gases, and Infectious Aerosols". Shelly Miller is also serving as a...