News /ceae/ en Gregor Henze honored as IBPSA fellow for building simulation research /ceae/gregor-henze-named-international-building-performance-simulation-association-fellow <span>Gregor Henze honored as IBPSA fellow for building simulation research</span> <span><span>Susan Glairon</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-07-08T15:12:31-06:00" title="Tuesday, July 8, 2025 - 15:12">Tue, 07/08/2025 - 15:12</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/people/gregor_henze-1.jpeg?h=5f6a724d&amp;itok=Lz3Bdx5l" width="1200" height="800" alt> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/44" hreflang="en">Awards</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/153" hreflang="en">Gregor Henze News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/117" hreflang="en">News</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div> <div class="align-right image_style-small_500px_25_display_size_"> <div class="imageMediaStyle small_500px_25_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/small_500px_25_display_size_/public/people/gregor_henze-1.jpeg?itok=TLlimUcR" width="375" height="375" alt> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr"><span>Professor&nbsp;</span><a href="/ceae/gregor-p-henze" rel="nofollow"><span>Gregor Henze</span></a><span> of 探花视频's </span><a href="/ceae/" rel="nofollow"><span>Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering</span></a><span> has been named a fellow of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, one of the highest honors in the field. Building performance simulation uses detailed computer models to evaluate how buildings perform under varying conditions, in terms of energy use, carbon emissions and heating and cooling efficiency.</span><br><br><span>鈥淩eceiving this honor is a deeply satisfying affirmation that the community values my contributions to both the science and art of building performance simulation, as well as my efforts to educate the next generation of researchers in the field,鈥� Henze said.</span><br><br><span>Henze was selected for his pioneering work in model predictive control, which uses mathematical models to predict building system behavior and optimize energy use and comfort; simulation model development, which involves creating and improving mathematical models to explore how buildings respond to factors like weather, utility price signals or occupancy; and building-to-grid integration, which connects buildings to the power grid so the former can respond to electric grid system needs, such as reducing usage during peak times. He is also recognized for his international leadership in research and education.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>Charles Kutscher, a Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI) fellow and former&nbsp;director of the Buildings and Thermal Systems Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL),&nbsp;said in the nomination letter that Henze鈥檚 knowledge of building energy modeling and his ability to educate and encourage young staff made him an invaluable contributor to NREL鈥檚 building science research efforts.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>鈥淚 was especially impressed by Professor Henze鈥檚 broad knowledge of the international research underway and how he applied that knowledge to the modeling of fifth generation district heating and cooling networks,鈥� Kutscher said, referring to advanced urban energy systems which integrate renewable energy and recover waste heat. 鈥淗is research resulted in many groundbreaking papers on this leading edge technology.鈥�</span><br><br><span>Henze is widely recognized for advancing simulation tools and techniques that improve energy efficiency, comfort and grid responsiveness in buildings and urban energy systems. His research portfolio includes more than 200 peer-reviewed publications and spans topics such as advanced building control, data science for energy and buildings, energy flexibility and novel district heating and cooling networks.</span><br><br><span>Henze is also a co-founder and chief scientist at QCoefficient, Inc., a startup that creates technologies that help buildings proactively manage their energy use in real time to better integrate with the electric grid system operations.</span><br><br><span>He will be formally recognized in August at the Building Simulation 2025 conference&nbsp;in Brisbane, Australia.</span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Henze was selected for his groundbreaking work on smart energy control systems, advanced building simulation tools and technologies that connect buildings to the power grid. He is also recognized for his global leadership in research and education.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Tue, 08 Jul 2025 21:12:31 +0000 Susan Glairon 3609 at /ceae Symposium advances structural engineering toward zero carbon /ceae/symposium-advances-structural-engineering-toward-zero-carbon <span>Symposium advances structural engineering toward zero carbon</span> <span><span>Susan Glairon</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-07-07T15:46:14-06:00" title="Monday, July 7, 2025 - 15:46">Mon, 07/07/2025 - 15:46</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-07/DSC_0841.jpg?h=9dd31e65&amp;itok=7kN4zZJq" width="1200" height="800" alt="Amanda Kaminsky, holding a mic and in the middle of two other presenters, shares her perspective on what is motivating building owners to prioritize sustainability during the symposium. A slide advertising the symposium is in the background."> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/169" hreflang="en">Jay Arehart News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/117" hreflang="en">News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/197" hreflang="en">Structural Engineering &amp; Structural Mechanics</a> </div> <span>Susan Glairon</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div> <div class="align-right image_style-medium_750px_50_display_size_"> <div class="imageMediaStyle medium_750px_50_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/medium_750px_50_display_size_/public/2025-07/DSC_0841.jpg?itok=ig5LZCrj" width="750" height="499" alt="Amanda Kaminsky, holding a mic and in the middle of two other presenters, shares her perspective on what is motivating building owners to prioritize sustainability during the symposium. A slide advertising the symposium is in the background."> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr"><span>探花视频's&nbsp;</span><a href="http://colorado.edu/ceae" rel="nofollow"><span>Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering</span></a><span> and the&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.asce.org/communities/institutes-and-technical-groups/structural-engineering-institute" rel="nofollow"><span>Structural Engineering Institute</span></a><span> co-hosted a symposium June 26-27 focused on advancing the structural engineering profession toward zero carbon.&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>The event, which drew 166 participants to 探花视频鈥檚 campus, marked an industry-wide step toward cutting emissions tied to building materials like steel and concrete, said Assistant Teaching Professor&nbsp;</span><a href="/ceae/jay-arehart" rel="nofollow"><span>Jay Arehart</span></a><span>, the organizer of the event.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>鈥淏ringing together people from 65 different companies shows that sustainability isn鈥檛 limited to just a few firms鈥攊t reflects collective action across the structural engineering profession to drive toward zero carbon,鈥� Arehart said.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>Towards Zero Carbon 2025: Summit &amp; Symposium explored design practices and materials that reduce embodied carbon鈥攖he greenhouse gases emitted during the production, transport and disposal of building materials. Achieving 鈥渮ero carbon" means balancing the amount of carbon dioxide emitted with the amount removed from the atmosphere, resulting in no net emissions.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>Arehart said he believed it&nbsp;was the largest gathering to date of structural engineers focused on embodied carbon reductions.</span></p> <div class="align-right image_style-small_500px_25_display_size_"> <div class="imageMediaStyle small_500px_25_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/small_500px_25_display_size_/public/2025-07/jay-arehart%20copy.jpg?itok=wceT98mN" width="375" height="343" alt="Jay Arehart in a suit jacket and white button-down sirt in front of a stone wall of a building"> </div> <span class="media-image-caption"> <p>Teaching Professor Jay Arehart organized&nbsp;the event,&nbsp;<br>which attracted 166 participants.</p> </span> </div> <p dir="ltr"><span>Alexis Feitel, PE, an embodied carbon innovation and technical director with KL&amp;A Structural Engineers in Golden, said KL&amp;A鈥檚 entire 鈥淭eam Carbon鈥� and the company鈥檚 CEO attended the event.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>鈥淚t boosted our embodied carbon technical training and energized us to progress toward zero carbon,鈥� he said.&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>Utsav Dahal, a 探花视频 PhD student in architectural engineering, said he decided to attend the symposium after taking a life cycle assessment class with Arehart.&nbsp;</span><br><br><span>鈥淎s someone who believes in sustainability鈥攅ven in mechanical systems鈥擨 wanted to learn more about embodied carbon,鈥� said Dahal, whose research focuses on building energy efficiency and the impact of retrofitting existing buildings.&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>Dahal said the symposium was enriched by the real-world insights from industry professionals, and that he would 鈥渄efinitely recommend this event鈥� to others, noting that carbon reduction is a shared goal across all construction disciplines.&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>鈥淭here鈥檚 still a lot to learn,鈥� Dahal&nbsp;added.&nbsp;</span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>The event, which drew 166 participants to 探花视频鈥檚 campus, marked an industry-wide step toward cutting emissions tied to building materials like steel and concrete.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-07/DSC_1534.jpg?itok=3v4QT17R" width="1500" height="998" alt="SE 2050 Signatory Summit attendees collaborating on the future of the SE 2050 Commitment Program."> </div> </div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 07 Jul 2025 21:46:14 +0000 Susan Glairon 3608 at /ceae Wil Srubar named American Ceramic Society fellow /ceae/wil-srubar-named-american-ceramic-society-fellow <span>Wil Srubar named American Ceramic Society fellow</span> <span><span>Susan Glairon</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-07-03T14:55:34-06:00" title="Thursday, July 3, 2025 - 14:55">Thu, 07/03/2025 - 14:55</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-05/Wil%20Srubar_Portrait_20250226_JMP_10%20copy.jpg?h=5372cfa2&amp;itok=_L3mu5K4" width="1200" height="800" alt="Wil Srubar in a sports coat and button-down shirt with a faded building in the background."> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/117" hreflang="en">News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/147" hreflang="en">Wil Srubar News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/308" hreflang="en">faculty awards</a> </div> <span>Susan Glairon</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div> <div class="align-right image_style-small_500px_25_display_size_"> <div class="imageMediaStyle small_500px_25_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/small_500px_25_display_size_/public/2025-05/Wil%20Srubar_Portrait_20250226_JMP_10%20copy.jpg?itok=AMTL56Hb" width="375" height="375" alt="Wil Srubar in a sports coat and button-down shirt with a faded building in the background."> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr"><span>Professor&nbsp;</span><a href="/ceae/wil-v-srubar" rel="nofollow"><span>Wil Srubar</span></a><span> has been named a&nbsp;</span><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fceramics.org%2Faward%2Fsociety-fellows%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CSusan.Glairon%40Colorado.EDU%7Ce1d8ed3b21654b4c108108dda7b4655c%7C3ded8b1b070d462982e4c0b019f46057%7C1%7C0%7C638851115409696779%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=RNTzPkfAVPDsT78GgaQ5R0SsWBa6fv300luXNMRbRvs%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="nofollow"><span>fellow</span></a><span> of The American Ceramic Society (ACerS), one of the highest honors for researchers in cement chemistry.&nbsp; Fellows of the American Ceramics Society are recognized for their contributions to the ceramics, cements and materials science community.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>鈥淏eing named a Fellow of the American Ceramics Society is incredibly humbling,鈥� Srubar said. 鈥淚鈥檓 honored to be included among such an accomplished group of peers who have advanced the field through research, innovation and service.鈥�</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>Srubar is the principal director of the&nbsp;</span><a href="https://livingmaterialslab.org/people/" rel="nofollow"><span>Living Materials Laboratory</span></a><span>,&nbsp;where an interdisciplinary team develops nature-inspired concrete alternatives that can be produced without fossil fuels or significant carbon emissions.&nbsp;</span><br><br><span>He recently served as the conference chair for the&nbsp;</span><a href="https://ceramics.org/acers-spotlight/15th-advances-in-cement-based-materials-recap/" rel="nofollow"><span>15th Advances in Cement-Based Materials,</span></a><span> held June 11-13 at the University of Colorado Boulder. Srubar also previously held several ACerS leadership roles, including cements division chair, chair-elect and secretary.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>He will be recognized on Sept. 29 at the ACerS Honors and Awards Banquet during the society鈥檚 127th annual meeting to be held in Columbus, Ohio.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>鈥淚鈥檓 grateful to the mentors, collaborators and students who鈥檝e shaped my journey and made this recognition possible,鈥� Srubar said.</span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Professor Wil Srubar is the principal director of the&nbsp;Living Materials Laboratory,&nbsp;where an interdisciplinary team develops nature-inspired concrete alternatives that can be produced without fossil fuels or significant carbon emissions.&nbsp;<br> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Thu, 03 Jul 2025 20:55:34 +0000 Susan Glairon 3607 at /ceae CUE magazine: A big fix /ceae/2025/06/26/cue-magazine-big-fix <span>CUE magazine: A big fix</span> <span><span>Susan Glairon</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-06-26T14:35:32-06:00" title="Thursday, June 26, 2025 - 14:35">Thu, 06/26/2025 - 14:35</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-06/Cristina%20Torres-Machi%20research%20group_0%20copy.jpg?h=06ac0d8c&amp;itok=DwioTYFn" width="1200" height="800" alt="Cristina Torres-Machi鈥檚 group stands in front of the corner of a brick building."> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/213" hreflang="en">Abbie Liel News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/215" hreflang="en">Brad Wham News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/320" hreflang="en">Elif Oguz Erkal News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/223" hreflang="en">Matthew Hallowell News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/177" hreflang="en">Mija Hubler News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/117" hreflang="en">News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/300" hreflang="en">Torres-Machi</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/219" hreflang="en">Yida Zhang News</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>In this 2025 edition of CU Engineering (CUE) magazine, CEAE researchers tackle pressing challenges鈥攕uch as the increasing frequency and severity of hurricanes, wildfires and floods鈥攈ead-on, developing innovative solutions to repair aging infrastructure and build a more resilient future.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/engineering/big-fix`; 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Resilience.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/even/2025/06/26/monitoring-water-quality-boulder-london-and-paris`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Thu, 26 Jun 2025 18:28:26 +0000 Susan Glairon 3604 at /ceae Supporting the Academic Enterprise /ceae/2025/06/23/supporting-academic-enterprise <span>Supporting the Academic Enterprise</span> <span><span>Susan Glairon</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-06-23T12:38:06-06:00" title="Monday, June 23, 2025 - 12:38">Mon, 06/23/2025 - 12:38</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-06/Fernando_Rosario-Ortiz_20231129_JMP_012-Edit%20copy.jpg?h=06ac0d8c&amp;itok=gCkL-7_T" width="1200" height="800" alt="Fernando Rosario Ortiz, dressed in a suit and tie, in front of snow-covered grass, and behind that, partially snow-covered Flatirons."> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/163" hreflang="en">Fernando Rosario-Ortiz News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/117" hreflang="en">News</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Fernando Rosario-Ortiz, a professor of environmental engineering, was appointed permanent vice chancellor for academic resource management on June 9, after serving in the role on an interim basis.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/academicaffairs/2025/06/16/supporting-academic-enterprise`; 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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Associate Professor <span>Ben</span>&nbsp;<span>Livneh</span></p> </span> </div> <p dir="ltr"><span>Years after wildfires burn forests and watersheds, the contaminants left behind continue to poison rivers and streams across the Western U.S. 鈥� much longer than scientists estimated.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>A </span><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02427-6" rel="nofollow"><span>new study</span></a><span> led by CIRES researchers, published today in&nbsp;</span>Nature Communications Earth &amp; Environment<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02427-6" rel="nofollow"><em>,</em></a><span> analyzed water quality in more than 500 watersheds across the Western U.S., and is the first large-scale assessment of post-wildfire water quality.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><a href="/ceae/ben-livneh" rel="nofollow"><span>Ben Livneh</span></a><span>, an associate professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering, CIRES fellow and Western Water Assessment director, was the principal investigator and co-author of the study.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><a class="ucb-link-button ucb-link-button-gold ucb-link-button-default ucb-link-button-regular" href="https://theconversation.com/urban-wildfires-disrupt-streams-and-their-tiny-inhabitants-losing-these-insects-is-a-warning-of-bigger-water-problems-235950" rel="nofollow"><span class="ucb-link-button-contents">Read The Conversation article</span></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class="ucb-link-button ucb-link-button-gold ucb-link-button-default ucb-link-button-regular" href="https://cires.colorado.edu/news/wildfires-threaten-water-quality-years-after-they-burn" rel="nofollow"><span class="ucb-link-button-contents">Read the CIRES article</span></a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>A new study published today in Nature Communications Earth &amp; Environment is the first large-scale assessment of post-wildfire water quality. Ben Livneh, an associate professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering, was the principal investigator and co-author of the study.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:27:45 +0000 Susan Glairon 3602 at /ceae Mortenson Center innovations delivering clean water to more than 16 million worldwide /ceae/mortenson-center-innovations-delivering-clean-water-more-16-million-worldwide <span>Mortenson Center innovations delivering clean water to more than 16 million worldwide</span> <span><span>Susan Glairon</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-06-20T15:49:16-06:00" title="Friday, June 20, 2025 - 15:49">Fri, 06/20/2025 - 15:49</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-06/2A8A2063%20copy.jpg?h=7b9cbdc9&amp;itok=HfMJLQtB" width="1200" height="800" alt="African people in colorful clothing carry barrels of clean water on their heads."> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/209" hreflang="en">Evan Thomas News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/193" hreflang="en">Mortenson Center</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/117" hreflang="en">News</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>探花视频's Mortenson Center in Global Engineering &amp; Resilience is transforming global water access by treating clean water as a long-term service鈥攏ot just a one-time infrastructure project.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/center/mortenson/clean-water-for-millions`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 20 Jun 2025 21:49:16 +0000 Susan Glairon 3601 at /ceae What makes some homes, neighborhoods more likely to survive wildfire? New research offers insight /ceae/2025/06/04/what-makes-some-homes-neighborhoods-more-likely-survive-wildfire-new-research-offers <span>What makes some homes, neighborhoods more likely to survive wildfire? New research offers insight</span> <span><span>Susan Glairon</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-06-04T07:54:09-06:00" title="Wednesday, June 4, 2025 - 07:54">Wed, 06/04/2025 - 07:54</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-06/abbie%20liel%202%20copy.jpg?h=ff8c3fa3&amp;itok=b7tkOcX0" width="1200" height="800" alt="Abbie Liel in a face mask and bright clothing in front of a burned house in the snow from the Marshall fire"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/213" hreflang="en">Abbie Liel News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/117" hreflang="en">News</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Professor Abbie Liel鈥檚 research, recently published in Fire Technology, examined destruction patterns from the December 2021 Marshall Fire, which killed two people and destroyed more than 1,000 homes in Boulder County.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/today/2025/06/03/what-makes-some-homes-neighborhoods-more-likely-survive-wildfire-new-research-offers`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:54:09 +0000 Susan Glairon 3600 at /ceae Check out these CEAE conferences! /ceae/upcoming-ceae-conferences <span>Check out these CEAE conferences!</span> <span><span>Susan Glairon</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-06-03T10:55:46-06:00" title="Tuesday, June 3, 2025 - 10:55">Tue, 06/03/2025 - 10:55</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-05/2024%20CSRA%20Safety%20Summit-690%20copy.jpg?h=39dd4658&amp;itok=8AkLPDoH" width="1200" height="800" alt="Three women looking deep in thought sitting at a round table. 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