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- Dan Frangopol, distinguished professor emeritus, was elected to the 2025 class of National Academy of Engineering for advancing life-cycle civil engineering and leadership in its global development and adoption.
- Professor Evan Thomas 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 received the 2025 EERI Distinguished Lecture Award for her groundbreaking work in geotechnical earthquake engineering.
- Professor Rajagopalan Balaji was named an honorary fellow of the Indian Meteorological Society for his pioneering research on Indian monsoon variability and its impacts on public health and flood preparedness.
- ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ researchers Shideh Dashti and Shawhin Roudbari discuss how 75 percent of Colorado prisons and jails face climate risks—like extreme heat, wildfires and floods—disproportionately impacting incarcerated individuals, especially Black and Latino inmates.
- ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµâ€™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.
- Near Lampuuk Beach in Banda Aceh, homes built for 2004 tsunami survivors now sit abandoned. Ilham Siddiq, a tsunami survivor and PhD student in civil systems engineering, cites trauma and environmental challenges as key issues in rebuilding efforts.
- Brooklyn Lash and Carl Fischer are the winners of the Clarence L. Eckel Award.
- ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµâ€™s Center for Infrastructure, Energy, and Space Testing (CIEST) has pioneered testing procedures for innovative pipe replacement solutions for aging urban pipes buried beneath buildings and roads.