/ceae/ en /ceae/2025/07/17/faster-cleaner-better-revolutionary-water-treatment <span>Faster, cleaner, better: revolutionary water treatment</span> <span><span>Susan Glairon</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-07-17T14:23:05-06:00" title="Thursday, July 17, 2025 - 14:23">Thu, 07/17/2025 - 14:23</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-07/Anthony%20Straub%20copy.jpg?h=2179b54c&amp;itok=yUMVTt4-" width="1200" height="800" alt="Anothy Straub in a jacket and button-down shirt with the blurred Flatirons in the background."> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/117" hreflang="en">News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/254" hreflang="en">anthony straub news</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/308" hreflang="en">faculty awards</a> </div> <span>Jeff Zehnder</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Anthony Straub is developing ultra-thin nanoscale membranes to transform water purification on Earth and in space. His work has earned a prestigious NSF CAREER Award, a five-year, $550,000 grant to advance the research.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/engineering/faster-cleaner-better-revolutionary-water-treatment`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Thu, 17 Jul 2025 20:23:05 +0000 Susan Glairon 3611 at /ceae /ceae/2024/11/20/three-department-affiliated-teams-awarded-125k-each-lab-venture-challenge <span>Three department-affiliated teams awarded $125K each in Lab Venture Challenge</span> <span><span>Susan Glairon</span></span> <span><time datetime="2024-11-20T12:57:32-07:00" title="Wednesday, November 20, 2024 - 12:57">Wed, 11/20/2024 - 12:57</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2024-11/490A75B4-B1B3-40D9-A976-DEB263F9F8DE_1_105_c%5B34%5D.jpeg?h=ddb1ad0c&amp;itok=-duLBk92" width="1200" height="800" alt="Tony. Straub and Kian Lopez hold a very large check in front of a screen that say &quot;Lab Venture Challenge"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/153" hreflang="en">Gregor Henze News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/149" hreflang="en">Mark Hernandez News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/117" hreflang="en">News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/254" hreflang="en">anthony straub news</a> </div> <span>Susan Glairon</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p dir="ltr"><span>Three professors from the&nbsp;</span><a href="/ceae/" rel="nofollow"><span>Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering</span></a><span> were among&nbsp;</span><a href="/venturepartners/2024/10/28/internal-news/1m-awarded-university-colorado-innovators" rel="nofollow"><span>10 teams</span></a><span> of ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï faculty, researchers and graduate student innovators awarded $125,000 each in this year’s&nbsp;</span><a href="/venturepartners/lab-venture-challenge" rel="nofollow"><span>Lab Venture Challenge</span></a><span> (LVC).&nbsp;</span><br><br><span>This year, 14 teams of ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï faculty, researchers and graduate student innovators competed for a combined $1.25 million in startup funding grants. Judges from ºÚÁϳԹÏ’s entrepreneurial network heard Shark-Tank-style pitches across two nights, one for innovations in biosciences and another for physical sciences and engineering.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>LVC supports projects that address a commercial need, have a clear path to a compelling market and have strong scientific support. The LVC grants are funded by the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) Advanced Industries Program, as well as Venture Partners at ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï and the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund.&nbsp;</span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default 2"> <div class="ucb-article-row-subrow row"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-left col-lg"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2024-11/Mark%20Hernandes%20LVC.JPG?itok=GTobTg3i" width="1500" height="1000" alt="Mark Hernandez, Emmalee Biesiada and Steve Hughes hold a huge check from the Lab Venture Challenge in front of a screen that says, &quot;Congratulations!&quot;"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text col-lg d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p dir="ltr"><span>Professor&nbsp;</span><a href="/ceae/mark-hernandez" rel="nofollow"><span>Mark Hernandez</span></a><span>, Emmalee Biesiada, a postdoctoral associate in the&nbsp;</span><a href="/faculty/hernandez/lab-services" rel="nofollow"&g