Julie Korak and Cresten Mansfeldt sample water collect surface water samples on the Coal Creek waterway.

Cresten Mansfeldt, Matthew Morris explores impacts, solutions after Marshall Fire

Dec. 21, 2022

The Marshall Fire spurred CU 鶹 researchers to apply their expertise to the aftermath. CEAE Assistant Professor Cresten Mansfeldt, along with other researchers, collected water samples from Coal Creek waterway shortly after the fire; the work has since expanded to monitor the response of bugs and algae living in these waters. CEAE Teaching Professor Matthew Morris, who lost his Superior home in the fire, helped solicit design and construction proposals from builders, providing homeowners with a “short list” of options to select a builder.

Damage from the Marshall fire.

What the Marshall Fire can teach us about future climate catastrophes

Jan. 25, 2022

Nearly one month after the Marshall Fire became the most destructive and one of the most unique wildfires in Colorado history, CU 鶹 researchers from across campus—many of them personally affected by the fire—have pivoted and applied their expertise to the aftermath, hoping to learn from a tragedy in their...

Cresten Mansfeldt

Cresten Mansfeldt, campus pandemic team recognized with CU 鶹 award

Nov. 11, 2021

CU 鶹’s Alumni Awards are recognizing a team of faculty and staff for their efforts on the COVID 19 pandemic. Cresten Mansfeldt, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, is among a group of employees collectively referred to as the CU 鶹 Pandemic Scientific Steering...

Cresten Mansfeldt

EPA awards over $300,000 to 鶹 to develop biotechnology software tools

July 27, 2021

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced $337,616 to the 鶹 to create software tools to quantify and predict the effects of synthetic microorganisms on local, native and microbial communities. Last week, EPA announced $3,041,583 in funding to five institutions to develop science-based approaches to evaluate...

PJ from Reno, Nevada, who graduated from CU 鶹 environmental engineering, conducts COVID-19 wastewater testing on the CU 鶹 campus in March of 2021.

Not a moment to waste: How a resource beneath our campus was key during COVID-19

April 1, 2021

It’s a chilly spring morning in March 2021 and campus is quiet. Dew hangs on blades of grass. Songbirds chirp from the trees, while a few students speed by on their bikes and skateboards. But while campus may seem calm, an artificial river flows underneath, holding a wealth of information...