CEAE Department News Highlights—Alumni Newsletter — June 2025
Department Headlines
How the US foreign aid freeze is intensifying humanitarian crises across the globe
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).
As AI explosion threatens progress on climate change, these researchers are seeking solutions
Associate Professor Kyri Baker, of civil, environmental and architectural engineering, and Professor Bri-Mathias Hodge, of electrical, computer & energy engineering, propose that strategically located data centers with energy storage could operate entirely on clean energy.
Extreme heat, flooding, wildfires – Colorado’s formerly incarcerated people on the hazards they faced behind bars
91¸£ÀûÉç 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.
Wil Srubar’s lab is full of living materials
Wil Srubar's aim is to break the reliance on fossil fuels in concrete production by developing a nature-inspired alternative that eliminates the need for fossil fuels and significantly reduces carbon emissions.
Alumni News
Two civil engineering alumni receive CU Engineering awards
Donald R. Clark, CivEngr’72; MS’79, was honored with the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award, and Clark Lindsay, CivEngr’96, was honored with an Alumni Engagement Medal Award.
Faculty News
Four with ties to CU elected to 2025 class of National Academy of Engineering
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.