/ceae/ en /ceae/evan-thomas-wins-international-water-association-career-award-global-water-impact <span>Evan Thomas wins International Water Association Career Award for Global Water Impact</span> <span><span>Susan Glairon</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-12-15T15:59:40-07:00" title="Monday, December 15, 2025 - 15:59">Mon, 12/15/2025 - 15:59</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-12/Evan%20Thomas%20Awards%20copy.jpg?h=5f1fe6f7&amp;itok=AX1cALCg" width="1200" height="800" alt="Evan Thomas and another man stand on a stage holding an award during a formal ceremony. A large screen behind them reads “Winner – IWA Water and Development Award – Research” and displays the name Evan Thomas, along with text honoring his contributions to sustainable water security."> </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/209" hreflang="en">Evan Thomas News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/193" hreflang="en">Mortenson Center</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/117" hreflang="en">News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/308" hreflang="en">faculty 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-text" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Evan Thomas, a professor and director of the Mortenson Center in Global Engineering &amp; Resilience at the �Ͼ�Ʒ��, has been awarded a career honor from the International Water Association for work that has reshaped how safe drinking water is delivered in some of the world most vulnerable regions.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/center/mortenson/evan-thomas-wins-IWA-research-award`; </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, 15 Dec 2025 22:59:40 +0000 Susan Glairon 3669 at /ceae /ceae/climate-financing-boosting-water-access-millions-developing-nations <span>Climate financing boosting water access for millions in developing nations</span> <span><span>Susan Glairon</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-10-20T09:52:37-06:00" title="Monday, October 20, 2025 - 09:52">Mon, 10/20/2025 - 09:52</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/evan_thomas_3.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&amp;itok=0keLB2o7" width="1200" height="800" alt="Evan Thomas stands next to one of his filtration devices in Africa"> </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/209" hreflang="en">Evan Thomas 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> </div> </div> <div>Evan Thomas, director of �Ͼ�Ʒ�� Mortenson Center in Global Engineering and Resilience, is pioneering climate-financed clean water programs that have brought safe drinking water to over 5 million people in Africa. Using carbon credits to fund long-term maintenance and real-time water quality monitoring, the center aims to reach 3 million more people by 2030.</div> <script> window.location.href = `https://www.asce.org/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/article/2025/10/20/how-climate-financing-has-boosted-water-access-for-millions-in-developing-nations`; </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, 20 Oct 2025 15:52:37 +0000 Susan Glairon 3646 at /ceae /ceae/monitoring-water-quality-boulder-london-and-paris <span>Monitoring water quality in Boulder, London and Paris</span> <span><span>Susan Glairon</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-06-26T12:28:26-06:00" title="Thursday, June 26, 2025 - 12:28">Thu, 06/26/2025 - 12:28</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/evanthomas_cropped.png?h=a1d8b1e5&amp;itok=1HTJNaEY" width="1200" height="800" alt="Evan Thomas"> </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/209" hreflang="en">Evan Thomas News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/117" hreflang="en">News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/46" hreflang="en">Research</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>The Boulder Daily Camera is spotlighting new water quality work led by Professor Evan Thomas, an expert in water and air testing and treatment and the director of the Mortenson Center in Global Engineering &amp; Resilience.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/even/2025/06/26/monitoring-water-quality-boulder-london-and-paris`; </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, 26 Jun 2025 18:28:26 +0000 Susan Glairon 3604 at /ceae /ceae/mortenson-center-innovations-delivering-clean-water-more-16-million-worldwide <span>Mortenson Center innovations delivering clean water to more than 16 million worldwide</span> <span><span>Susan Glairon</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-06-20T15:49:16-06:00" title="Friday, June 20, 2025 - 15:49">Fri, 06/20/2025 - 15:49</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-06/2A8A2063%20copy.jpg?h=7b9cbdc9&amp;itok=HfMJLQtB" width="1200" height="800" alt="African people in colorful clothing carry barrels of clean water on their heads."> </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/209" hreflang="en">Evan Thomas News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/193" hreflang="en">Mortenson Center</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/117" hreflang="en">News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/46" hreflang="en">Research</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>�Ͼ�Ʒ��'s Mortenson Center in Global Engineering &amp; Resilience is transforming global water access by treating clean water as a long-term service—not just a one-time infrastructure project.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/center/mortenson/clean-water-for-millions`; </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> Fri, 20 Jun 2025 21:49:16 +0000 Susan Glairon 3601 at /ceae /ceae/2025/02/05/how-us-foreign-aid-freeze-intensifying-humanitarian-crises-across-globe <span>How the US foreign aid freeze is intensifying humanitarian crises across the globe</span> <span><span>Susan Glairon</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-02-05T10:27:18-07:00" title="Wednesday, February 5, 2025 - 10:27">Wed, 02/05/2025 - 10:27</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-02/crop-2a8a2020%20copy.jpg?h=c600a5da&amp;itok=2cGWgBeG" width="1200" height="800" alt="People lining up with plastic jugs to collect water."> </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/209" hreflang="en">Evan Thomas 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> </div> </div> <div>Professor Evan Thomas discusses the worldwide impacts of the Trump administration foreign aid freeze and the dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).<br> <br> </div> <script> window.location.href = `https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/04/world/usaid-us-foreign-aid-freeze-humanitarian-crises-intl/index.html`; 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Additionally, he received a $950,000 congressional appropriations award through Rep. Joe Neguse for water quality monitoring in two Colorado rivers. Thomas is also the director of the Mortenson Center in Global Engineering.&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Professor Evan Thomas was highlighted in the Wall Street Journal for his work in financing water security through voluntary carbon markets. Additionally, he received a $950,000 congressional appropriations award through Rep. Joe Neguse for water quality monitoring in two Colorado rivers.</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> Fri, 31 May 2024 17:26:41 +0000 Anonymous 3434 at /ceae /ceae/2024/04/05/cu-boulder-leads-effort-improve-water-quality-rockies-rivers <span>�Ͼ�Ʒ�� leads effort to improve water quality in Rockies’ rivers</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2024-04-05T03:47:19-06:00" title="Friday, April 5, 2024 - 03:47">Fri, 04/05/2024 - 03:47</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/img_4345.jpeg?h=ff8c3fa3&amp;itok=k43-hK4Y" width="1200" height="800" alt="Kat Demaree and Jason Quinn installing an in-situ water quality tool "> </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/209" hreflang="en">Evan Thomas News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/117" hreflang="en">News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/46" hreflang="en">Research</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> </div> </div> <div>A team led by Environmental Engineering Professor Evan Thomas received a $650,000 NSF Convergence Accelerator grant to measure and mitigate pollution in Colorado's Cache la Poudre and Yampa Rivers through new sensor technology, monitoring and a voluntary carbon credits trading system with industry.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/even/2024/04/04/cu-boulder-leading-effort-improve-water-quality-rockies-rivers`; 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Associate Professor Evan Thomas, director of the Mortenson Center in Global Engineering &amp; Resilience, is the principal investigator on the contract.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/even/2023/08/07/cu-boulder-water-quality-expertise-goes-international-armenia`; </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, 07 Aug 2023 19:53:15 +0000 Anonymous 3234 at /ceae