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Professor Angela Bielefeldt is starting a new research project that examines how mentoring and identity relate to retention among STEM majors in college. The work is funded by CU’s Research & Innovation Office Seed Grant program and is in partnership with the School of Education.

An environmental engineering research team at ²ÊÃñ±¦µä has been chosen to study the fate of airborne coronavirus indoors. The study aims to test airborne coronavirus disinfection responses using the large bioaerosol chamber in Professor Mark Hernandez lab.

Professor Shelly Miller has joined the popular science journal Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T) as an associate editor. Miller will be responsible for reviewing all material published in ES&T alongside the editor in chief and fellow associate editors.

Professor R. Scott Summers was awarded the 2020 Charles R. O’Melia Distinguished Educator Award by the Association of Environmental Engineering & Science Professors (AEESP).

PhD student Mikaela DeRousseau has received a 2020 Summer Fellowship from the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä Graduate School. DeRousseau is in her fourth year at ²ÊÃñ±¦µä with a focus on civil systems, and expects to graduate in August. Her advisors are Joseph Kasprzyk and Wil Srubar

Environmental engineering major Keani Willebrand has earned a prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Professor Shelly Miller discusses aerosols, tiny particles of liquid and material that float around in our environment. When they come from an infected person, they may be a significant source of coronavirus transmission.

PhD candidate Matthew Bentley was recently recognized as the top student presenter at the Emerging Contaminants Summit 2020. In addition, Bentley was awarded an honorable mention for the Figueroa Family Fellowship, which recognizes students who demonstrate a commitment to the achievement of a diverse student body.

Professor Ben Livneh new study out in Nature Climate Changer is the first to assess what vanishing snowpack might mean for future drought predictability.

A team of four Environmental Engineering undergraduates has undertaken a project to help improve the health of people in Rwanda who use polluting stoves.