Colorado State University Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering

Just 3 days to go! Join us this Saturday, June 27, from 7 a.m. to noon as we celebrate the grand reopening of Christman Airfield.

Explore airplanes and drones on display, meet aviation and aerospace exhibitors, and grab a free pancake breakfast (available for the first 200 attendees). Whether you walk, bike, drive, or fly in, we hope you'll join us for this special celebration.

Registration is free. Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVVJ5N3_t9WLms1IhK2CgUZEVyCtHDIBF33GqJZ7di6pE_OQ/viewform

Colorado State University will be holding a drone show on Wednesday, June 24, during a special Lagoon Concert Series event at the CSU Lagoon. The evening kicks off at 6:30 p.m. with live music from Patrick & the LVB, family-friendly activities, emergency vehicle displays, and a Public Service Appreciation Night honoring local first responders.

Then, at 9 p.m., look to the skies as 500 drones create a breathtaking aerial display celebrating America’s 250th anniversary and Colorado’s 150th year of statehood.

As drought conditions continue across much of the American West, many communities are replacing traditional fireworks with drone light shows, creating spectacular celebrations while reducing wildfire risk. Read more to learn about how and why this is being done.

Read more: https://source.colostate.edu/csu-to-celebrate-americas-250th-anniversary-colorados-150th-year-of-statehood-with-drone-show-concert/

Registration is now open for the Student Cyber Assessment for National Security and Critical Infrastructure Workshop, taking place August 18–20 at the Energy Institute at Colorado State University.

As critical infrastructure becomes increasingly connected, understanding cyber-physical systems is more important than ever. From energy and water systems to transportation and communications networks, these technologies play a vital role in our daily lives, and protecting them requires the next generation of skilled problem-solvers.

Join college students from across the Mountain West for this immersive, multi-day experience hosted by the Energy Institute.

Register here: https://energy.colostate.edu/student-cyber-assessment-for-national-security-and-critical-infrastructure-workshop/

José Chávez, professor of CSU Civil and Environmental Engineering, will be serving as a principal investigator on this research to tackle water scarcity in crops, along with Daniel Mooney, associate professor of agricultural and resource economics; Lovreet Shergill, assistant professor of agricultural biology; and Perry Cabot, a CSU Extension professor in Western Colorado with expertise in agricultural water management.

“As water supplies dwindle across the Colorado River Basin, we need community-oriented research projects like this one that lead to new insights while supporting establishment of more climate-resilient systems,” said Karen Schlatter, director of the Colorado Water Center.

Read more: https://source.colostate.edu/csu-funds-forage-crop-study-to-increase-drought-resilience/

Teams working on NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s INCUS (Investigation of Convective Updrafts) mission, the first space-based survey of the dynamics of tropical convective storms, have completed assembly and tested two of the mission’s small satellites, or SmallSats. Testing continues on the third SmallSat and is scheduled for completion no earlier than September in advance of a 2027 launch.

Led by principal investigator Sue van den Heever of Colorado State University in Fort Collins, INCUS will use spaceborne radar instruments developed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California to observe the vertical motion of air and water, known as convective mass flux, as storms develop and evolve.

The mission will also explore how environmental factors such as air temperature, humidity, pressure, wind speed, and wind direction correlate with that movement.

Read more: https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/smallsatellites/2026/06/05/nasas-incus-mission-on-road-to-launch-study-storms-from-space/

Nearly 50% of solid waste in the United States ends up in landfills, where organic materials slowly break down and release methane into the atmosphere.

Ficky Muabuay envisions a world where waste is converted into useful products and materials, reducing the environmental impact of greenhouse gas emissions.

“We’re growing in population, so our waste will continue to increase,” said Muabuay. “We’re trying to find a way to sustainably address this issue.”

Read more - https://engr.source.colostate.edu/no-more-landfills-a-graduates-vision-for-repurposing-waste/

CSU Civil and Environmental Engineering