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Kian Lopez and Anthony Straub in the lab.

Using nanoscale membranes to clean water on the Moon

Anthony Straub is making major advances in water purification technology for industry and human consumption on Earth and in space, with his work on a nanotechnology membrane process taking a major step toward commercialization thanks to a new NASA grant.

Brooke Marten and Prof. Sherri Cook

Grad student turning trash into cash

Brooke Marten is engineering a better environment through high tech solid waste analysis.

Marten just completed her PhD in environmental engineering, focused on what happens to trash after it is carted off to the landfill – and ways to turn it into a valuable product.

Top 10 Ranking

Top 10 Ranking for the Environmental Engineering Graduate Program

U.S. News and World Report’s Best Graduate Schools rankings for 2025 are out, and the ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ Environmental Engineering graduate program is #7 among public universities.

Aerial photo of a winding stream in the mountains.

¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ leading effort to improve water quality in Rockies’ rivers

A ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ-led team has received a $650,000 grant to measure and mitigate pollution in the Cache la Poudre and Yampa Rivers in Colorado through new sensor technology, monitoring, and a voluntary carbon credits trading system with industry.

Mark Hernandez (middle) and his students installed air quality monitors and purifiers in Colorado classrooms

Can air purifiers help keep kids in school? New study seeks to find out

Engineers at ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ are investigating whether improving classroom air quality with air purifiers can help students miss fewer school days.

The study comes at a time when millions of students across the country are chronically absent from school, a worsening trend that could have large impacts on students’ academic performance. 

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