My research group currently has two paths of inquiry, one related to our group's ability to measure and characterize air quality and the associated impacts, and one focused on technology adoption and uptake in the developing world. We are engaged in the collection and characterization of airborne particulate matter (PM) followed by the subsequent use of the measurements to drive epidemiological research; we are trying to understand which sources of PM are causing the mortality and morbidity. As part of that activity, we are characterizing emissions from specific source types, wildfires, & open waste burning. A second path of inquiry involves developing the next generation of tools that can be used to assess exposure to harmful air pollutants. Over the past decade, we have had a proliferation of projects spin out of our initial NSF MAQS effort. This path now includes projects that involve technology adoption in the Sahel of Africa as well as projects that engage citizen scientists.
EVEN 6950 - Master's Thesis
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Spring 2021 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2023 / Spring 2024 / Fall 2024
MCEN 2023 - Statics and Structures
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Fall 2018 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 / Spring 2023 / Spring 2024
Covers statics of particles, equivalent force systems, rigid bodies, equilibrium of rigid bodies in two and three dimensions, analysis of truss and frame structures, uniaxially-loaded members, distributed force systems and friction. Degree credit not granted for this course and CVEN 2121 or GEEN 2851.
MCEN 4131 - Air Pollution Control Engineering
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Spring 2023 / Fall 2023 / Fall 2024
Introduces air quality regulations, meteorology and modeling. Examines methods for controlling major classes of air pollutants, including particulate matter and oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, as well as control technology for industrial sources and motor vehicles. Requires interdisciplinary design projects. Same as EVEN 4131 and MCEN 5131 and EVEN 5131.
MCEN 4228 - Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
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Spring 2018 / Spring 2019 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022
Subject matter to be selected from topics of current interest. May be repeated up to 15 credit hours. Same as MCEN 5228.
MCEN 4291 - Project Based Learning in Rural Schools
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Spring 2023 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024 / Fall 2024
Focuses on the use of low cost air quality monitoring tools, dubbed Pods, to implement PBL curriculum in high school environmental science classes in rural communities in Colorado. Each student will be paired with a high school class and will serve as curriculum and technology advisors as well as science experts. During the fall semester, students will be trained to effectively work in those roles and will also travel to their schools to be introduced. During the spring semester, students will support high school teachers in implementing an existing PBL air quality curriculum with the Pods. This will include monthly visits to schools in the spring and reporting back to the class. Approved for Environmental Option. Enrollment during Fall is required for enrollment during Spring. Previously offered as a special topics course. May be repeated up to 4 total credit hours. Same as MCEN 5291.
MCEN 4299 - Household Energy Systems
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Fall 2024
Cooking, heating and lighting in the developing world often involves inefficient and incomplete combustion of solid or liquid fuels. The Global Burden of Disease Study in 2010, ranked this combustion as the 4th largest risk factor, causing 4 million premature deaths per year. There is a strong societal need to tackle this problem. Students leaving this course will be able to meet this need as they will have the skills to assess existing and new technology used in the developing world for cooking, heating and lighting. The course will cover (1) food conversion chemistry with the focus on increasing useable calories, (2) combustion and heat transfer as related to cooking, heating and lighting, and (3) combustion emissions and stove use assessment. There will be case studies interlaced throughout the content and the bulk of the workload will be homeworks and projects. Approved for Environmental Option. Same as MCEN 5299.
MCEN 5131 - Air Pollution Control Engineering
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Spring 2023 / Fall 2023 / Fall 2024
Introduces air quality regulations, meteorology and modeling. Examines methods for controlling major classes of air pollutants, including particulate matter and oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, as well as control technology for industrial sources and motor vehicles. Requires interdisciplinary design projects. Same as EVEN 5131 and MCEN 4131 and EVEN 4131.
MCEN 5228 - Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
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Spring 2018 / Spring 2019 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022
Subject matter to be selected from topics of current interest. May be repeated up to 30 credit hours.
MCEN 5291 - Project Based Learning in Rural Schools
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Spring 2023 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024 / Fall 2024
Focuses on the use of low cost air quality monitoring tools, dubbed Pods, to implement PBL curriculum in high school environmental science classes in rural communities in Colorado. Each student will be paired with a high school class and will serve as curriculum and technology advisors as well as science experts. During the fall semester, students will be trained to effectively work in those roles and will also travel to their schools to be introduced. During the spring semester, students will support high school teachers in implementing an existing PBL air quality curriculum with the Pods. This will include monthly visits to schools in the spring and reporting back to the class. Approved for Environmental Option. Enrollment during Fall is required for enrollment during Spring. Previously offered as a special topics course. May be repeated up to 4 total credit hours. Same as MCEN 4291.
MCEN 5299 - Household Energy Systems
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Fall 2024
Cooking, heating and lighting in the developing world often involves inefficient and incomplete combustion of solid or liquid fuels. The Global Burden of Disease Study in 2010, ranked this combustion as the 4th largest risk factor, causing 4 million premature deaths per year. There is a strong societal need to tackle this problem. Students leaving this course will be able to meet this need as they will have the skills to assess existing and new technology used in the developing world for cooking, heating and lighting. The course will cover (1) food conversion chemistry with the focus on increasing useable calories, (2) combustion and heat transfer as related to cooking, heating and lighting, and (3) combustion emissions and stove use assessment. There will be case studies interlaced throughout the content and the bulk of the workload will be homeworks and projects. Approved for Environmental Option. Recommended prerequisite: knowledge comparable to that gained through MCEN 3022 or concurrent enrollment in MCEN 3022. Same as MCEN 4299.
