Awards /ceae/ en Gregor Henze honored as IBPSA fellow for building simulation research /ceae/gregor-henze-named-international-building-performance-simulation-association-fellow <span>Gregor Henze honored as IBPSA fellow for building simulation research</span> <span><span>Susan Glairon</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-07-08T15:12:31-06:00" title="Tuesday, July 8, 2025 - 15:12">Tue, 07/08/2025 - 15:12</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/people/gregor_henze-1.jpeg?h=5f6a724d&amp;itok=Lz3Bdx5l" width="1200" height="800" alt> </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/44" hreflang="en">Awards</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/153" hreflang="en">Gregor Henze News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/117" hreflang="en">News</a> </div> <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 class="align-right image_style-small_500px_25_display_size_"> <div class="imageMediaStyle small_500px_25_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/small_500px_25_display_size_/public/people/gregor_henze-1.jpeg?itok=TLlimUcR" width="375" height="375" alt> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr"><span>Professor&nbsp;</span><a href="/ceae/gregor-p-henze" rel="nofollow"><span>Gregor Henze</span></a><span> of ϳԹ's </span><a href="/ceae/" rel="nofollow"><span>Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering</span></a><span> has been named a fellow of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, one of the highest honors in the field. Building performance simulation uses detailed computer models to evaluate how buildings perform under varying conditions, in terms of energy use, carbon emissions and heating and cooling efficiency.</span><br><br><span>“Receiving this honor is a deeply satisfying affirmation that the community values my contributions to both the science and art of building performance simulation, as well as my efforts to educate the next generation of researchers in the field,” Henze said.</span><br><br><span>Henze was selected for his pioneering work in model predictive control, which uses mathematical models to predict building system behavior and optimize energy use and comfort; simulation model development, which involves creating and improving mathematical models to explore how buildings respond to factors like weather, utility price signals or occupancy; and building-to-grid integration, which connects buildings to the power grid so the former can respond to electric grid system needs, such as reducing usage during peak times. He is also recognized for his international leadership in research and education.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>Charles Kutscher, a Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI) fellow and former&nbsp;director of the Buildings and Thermal Systems Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL),&nbsp;said in the nomination letter that Henze’s knowledge of building energy modeling and his ability to educate and encourage young staff made him an invaluable contributor to NREL’s building science research efforts.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>“I was especially impressed by Professor Henze’s broad knowledge of the international research underway and how he applied that knowledge to the modeling of fifth generation district heating and cooling networks,” Kutscher said, referring to advanced urban energy systems which integrate renewable energy and recover waste heat. “His research resulted in many groundbreaking papers on this leading edge technology.”</span><br><br><span>Henze is widely recognized for advancing simulation tools and techniques that improve energy efficiency, comfort and grid responsiveness in buildings and urban energy systems. His research portfolio includes more than 200 peer-reviewed publications and spans topics such as advanced building control, data science for energy and buildings, energy flexibility and novel district heating and cooling networks.</span><br><br><span>Henze is also a co-founder and chief scientist at QCoefficient, Inc., a startup that creates technologies that help buildings proactively manage their energy use in real time to better integrate with the electric grid system operations.</span><br><br><span>He will be formally recognized in August at the Building Simulation 2025 conference&nbsp;in Brisbane, Australia.</span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Henze was selected for his groundbreaking work on smart energy control systems, advanced building simulation tools and technologies that connect buildings to the power grid. He is also recognized for his global leadership in research and education.</div> <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> Tue, 08 Jul 2025 21:12:31 +0000 Susan Glairon 3609 at /ceae Congratulations to our 2025 undergraduate department awardees! /ceae/congratulations-our-2025-ceae-undergraduate-awardees <span>Congratulations to our 2025 undergraduate department awardees!</span> <span><span>Susan Glairon</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-04-21T14:49:33-06:00" title="Monday, April 21, 2025 - 14:49">Mon, 04/21/2025 - 14:49</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/engineering_building.jpg?h=8fb85d81&amp;itok=kdxi5Pvt" width="1200" height="800" alt="ϳԹ engineering building"> </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/44" hreflang="en">Awards</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/117" hreflang="en">News</a> </div> <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>Meet this year’s CEAE department award recipients—recognized for their academic excellence, research, perseverance and community impact.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/ceae/congratulations-our-2025-ceae-department-undergraduate-winners`; </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> Mon, 21 Apr 2025 20:49:33 +0000 Susan Glairon 3586 at /ceae Civil engineering student, a tsunami survivor, awarded fellowship to study disaster recovery /ceae/2022/05/02/civil-engineering-student-tsunami-survivor-awarded-fellowship-study-disaster-recovery <span>Civil engineering student, a tsunami survivor, awarded fellowship to study disaster recovery</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-05-02T16:15:05-06:00" title="Monday, May 2, 2022 - 16:15">Mon, 05/02/2022 - 16:15</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/ilham2.jpg?h=d086c54d&amp;itok=wOBi7SWp" width="1200" height="800" alt="Ilham Siddiq"> </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/44" hreflang="en">Awards</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/37" hreflang="en">Graduate Students</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-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div> <div class="align-right image_style-medium_750px_50_display_size_"> <div class="imageMediaStyle medium_750px_50_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/medium_750px_50_display_size_/public/2025-01/Ilham%20Siddiq%20copy%202_0.jpg?itok=CAcP71Ed" width="750" height="635" alt="Ilham Siddiq in a suit jacket and a casual shirt underneath."> </div> </div> <p>Ilham Siddiq survived the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami and is now using his firsthand disaster knowledge to evaluate the effectiveness of recovery policies.</p><p>Siddiq, a civil engineering PhD student at the ϳԹ and native of Indonesia, has earned a prestigious United States Agency for International Development / Habitat for Humanity fellowship to investigate the effectiveness of long-term recovery initiatives, with a focus on the 2004 disaster, which took the lives of more than 200,000 people.</p><p>“This research is very important to the humanitarian shelter and settlement sector because billions of dollars were invested into the humanitarian and recovery efforts,” Siddiq said. “To go back and know what worked and what was not effective is really important. We can learn lessons so humanitarian organizations and other actors can manage their programs better.”</p><p>Siddiq is passionate about this issue as a survivor of the disaster. He has a unique viewpoint and desire for better disaster risk reduction and post-disaster reconstruction.</p><p>“My whole village was wiped clean by the tsunami,” Siddiq said. “There was nothing left to see, just flat clean ground. My mom and my grandma went away with the tsunami. I was the oldest in my family to survive, which made me the head of my family.”</p><p>His fellowship will focus on long-term recovery efforts, particularly with housing and jobs. This summer he will spend time in Indonesia to conduct field observations and meet with residents in nine villages across three municipalities. He will study areas that have had strong, moderate, and weak recoveries based on housing and livelihood indicators to determine factors that lead to the different recovery outcomes.</p><p>Growing up in a rural part of Indonesia, Siddiq never imagined he would become an engineer, much less earn a PhD in the United States. As a child, his village had no electricity and he did not begin to learn English until age 12. Today, he speaks it as well as any American.</p><p>“People say, ‘You sound like you’re from Kansas,’” Siddiq said.</p><p>Siddiq has always been interested in learning and the larger world. As a child, he was fascinated with the foreign languages on milk can labels, and when his family moved from their village to Banda Aceh, the capital of his province, he gained access to the internet for the first time.</p><p>“That was a game changer,” he said. “I had access to YouTube, Wikipedia, all kinds of stuff and I would lose myself in Wikipedia rabbit holes.”</p><p>He earned his undergraduate degree in civil engineering in Indonesia and began working at a disaster research institute in Aceh. It gave him the opportunity to network with international experts who visited the center. He connected with a group of researchers from Georgia Tech and was able to earn a Fulbright Fellowship to study at the Atlanta institution for his master’s degree.</p><p>A conference in Aceh shortly before he left for Atlanta also gave him his first connection to ϳԹ and his now-PhD advisor, <a href="/ceae/node/381" rel="nofollow">Amy Javernick-Will,</a> whose research focuses on global engineering, disaster recovery and resiliency.</p><p>“I met a ϳԹ PhD graduate at the conference,” Siddiq said. “I had seen his research abstract and struck up a conversation about his work. We talked for three hours until the hotel staff kicked us out. He said I needed to work with Amy Javernick-Will, his professor, and that he would put me in touch with her. Now I’m doing my PhD with her.”</p><p>Siddiq is grateful for the opportunities he has had and is eager to contribute to disaster recovery research that can help communities in the future.</p><p>“I have the combination of lived experience and theoretical knowledge,” he said. “I’m passionate about improving resilience in vulnerable communities, especially those that are low-resourced around the world. It’s a rewarding issue to work on. I think I was born to do this.”</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <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> Mon, 02 May 2022 22:15:05 +0000 Anonymous 2909 at /ceae Top 10 rankings for Civil & Environmental engineering among public universities by US News /ceae/2022/03/29/top-10-rankings-civil-environmental-engineering-among-public-universities-us-news <span>Top 10 rankings for Civil &amp; Environmental engineering among public universities by US News</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-03-29T10:53:39-06:00" title="Tuesday, March 29, 2022 - 10:53">Tue, 03/29/2022 - 10:53</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/iain_boyd_2021_cue11ga_crop.jpg?h=7f3d4d01&amp;itok=kA3d-3zR" width="1200" height="800" alt="Three graduate students discuss a project in their office space"> </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/44" hreflang="en">Awards</a> </div> <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-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"> <p>The College of Engineering and Applied Science came in at No. 11 amongst its public university peers in <a href="https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/eng-rankings" rel="nofollow"><em>U.S. News and World Report</em>’s&nbsp;Best Graduate Schools&nbsp;rankings for 2023</a>.</p> <p>The college is ranked No. 23 overall, when compared with both public and private peers. The overall ranking represents a three-point jump from last year.</p> <p>“While the college does not focus on chasing higher rankings, we are pleased to know that our peers recognize our extraordinary students, staff and faculty, all of whom play a significant role in our graduate programs,” said Acting Dean Keith Molenaar. “We will continue to focus on accelerating our research impact to improve the quality of life and economic impact in Colorado and take pride in these recognitions when received.”</p> <p>Four engineering programs are ranked in the top 10 amongst public institutions, with an additional three programs in the top 20: &nbsp;</p> <ul> <li><strong>Aerospace engineering sciences –</strong> No. 5</li> <li><strong>Environmental engineering – </strong>No. 9</li> <li><strong>Chemical engineering –</strong> No. 10</li> <li><strong>Civil engineering –</strong> No. 10</li> <li><strong>Mechanical engineering –</strong> No. 17</li> <li><strong>Electrical engineering –</strong> No. 19</li> <li><strong>Computer science – </strong>No. 20</li> </ul> <p>Also earning high public rankings were biological engineering (No. 29), biomedical engineering (No. 24) and materials science (No. 22).</p> <p>More than 2,100 students are pursuing master’s or doctoral degrees in engineering at ϳԹ. In October, Molenaar credited those students with helping the college <a href="/engineering/2021/10/26/cu-engineering-research-funding-increases-150-million-part-upward-trend" rel="nofollow">achieve a record-setting year for research funding</a>, with $150 million in awards overall.</p> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script> window.location.href = `/engineering/2022/03/29/cu-engineering-closes-top-10-graduate-school-ranking`; </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> Tue, 29 Mar 2022 16:53:39 +0000 Anonymous 2865 at /ceae Four earn CU Engineering Graduating Student Awards /ceae/2021/12/08/four-earn-cu-engineering-graduating-student-awards <span>Four earn CU Engineering Graduating Student Awards</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2021-12-08T10:15:37-07:00" title="Wednesday, December 8, 2021 - 10:15">Wed, 12/08/2021 - 10:15</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/2018_aerialfinalga_0.jpg?h=c462a0e3&amp;itok=AHF8qLxd" width="1200" height="800" alt="ϳԹ campus from the air."> </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/44" hreflang="en">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-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>Four December 2021 graduates of the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering and the Environmental Engineering Program are being recognized by the College of Engineering and Applied Science for their achievements.</p> <p>Keseani Anderson, Anthony Pimentel, Leah Rivera, and Bailey Vigil are each being honored for their efforts as undergraduate students. Each student and their award is highlighted below. You can also see the full list of honorees at the college of engineering <a href="/engineering/academics/graduation-ceremonies/graduating-student-awards" rel="nofollow">Graduating Student Awards website.</a></p></div>