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Amy Javernick-Will, a professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, received the highest academic honor in construction engineering and management from the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Professor Karl Linden, chair of ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® Boulder's Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering Department, has been awarded the 2025 A.P. Black Research Award by AWWA for his pioneering contributions to UV water treatment technology.
A new program allows southern ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® students to start at University of ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® Springs and complete a Civil Engineering BS degree at ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® Boulder.
Dan Frangopol, a distinguished professor emeritus with a significant career in the university’s Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, was elected to the 2025 class of National Academy of Engineering for contributions to life-cycle civil engineering and leadership in its global development and adoption.
Evan Thomas, a ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® Boulder professor of environmental engineering, discusses the worldwide impacts of the Trump administration’s foreign aid freeze and the dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Associate Professor Shideh Dashti has received the 2025 EERI Distinguished Lecture Award for her groundbreaking contributions to geotechnical earthquake engineering, combining field research, experiments and analysis to improve seismic safety.
Professor Rajagopalan Balaji, a ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® Boulder professor of civil engineering and an expert in hydrology, climatology and water resources, has been named an honorary fellow of the Indian Meteorological Society for his pioneering research on Indian monsoon variability and its impact on public health and flood preparedness.
¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® Boulder researchers have spent four years studying the vulnerability of ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ®'s prisons and jails to climate-related hazards, revealing that 75 percent of the state's facilities are exposed to risks like extreme heat, ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® and floods, which disproportionately affect incarcerated individuals, especially those from Black and Latino communities.
¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® Boulder’s Living Materials Laboratory contributed to groundbreaking research showing how engineered microbes can create bioglass microlenses, paving the way for advanced imaging technologies in medicine and materials science.
Associate Professor Sherri Cook and Assistant Professor Cresten Mansfeldt have been honored by The American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists through its 40 Under 40 Recognition Program.