The stories in this Special Report from SOURCE showcase the university’s expertise in better understanding the rapid intensification of storms, community resilience planning and understanding how storms destroy buildings. Atmospheric Science researchers and alum are highlighted. 

Congratulations to Weixin Zhang for receiving the 2024/25 Air and Waste Management Association Rocky Mountain States Section Graduate Scholarship in recognition of his outstanding work in the field of air quality. Zhang utilizes ambient measurements of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to quantify emissions of air toxics, ozone precursors, and other VOCs from oil and gas pre-production operations, including drilling, hydraulic fracturing, and flowback.    "I am honored to receive this scholarship and deeply appreciate the recognition from…

Colorado State University’s CIRA and Atmospheric Science researchers gathered to watch a livestream of the last of a series of groundbreaking Earth observing satellites, called GOES-U, launching successfully from the Kennedy Space Center on June 25. The launch of GOES-U comes in advance of the next-generation GeoXO satellite system scheduled to begin operating in the early 2030s.   The CSU community celebrated the accomplishments of the joint NOAA and NASA…

Congratulations to our WxChallenge team for winning first place in the national collegiate focused forecast competition! Over a ten-week period, the team competed against top student and faculty meteorologists in North America. For the competition, they forecast the maximum and minimum temperatures, precipitation, and maximum wind speeds for select U.S. cities. Photo, top left to right, Nick Mesa, Mitchell Gregg, Megan Franke, Allie Mazurek, Daniel Hueholt, Charles Davis and Jacob…

We asked our graduating students about their plans following graduation and the most important thing they learned at CSU. Here are their responses. Nico Gordillo I’m continuing towards a Ph.D. Finding your own system to enjoy working goes a long way. I-Ting Ku I will continue to work with Jeff as a post-doc. Besides all the great opportunities I had been given to learn and grow to achieve my academic…

ATS faculty, research scientists, and staff received some outstanding honors at the Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering all-College meeting and awards ceremony on May 6, held at the Lincoln Center in Fort Collins. Jessie Creamean was given the Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering Outstanding Researcher award, to recognize outstanding research accomplishments and exceptionally dedicated service to the Department or College by a researcher. Jim Hurrell was honored with the Art…