Mechanical engineering graduate student Seth Thompson balances studies, research into components of plasma-based electric propulsion technologies, teaching, and fatherhood.
Trent Sieg (’18), a CSU mechanical engineering alumnus who is the long snapper for the Las Vegas Raiders of the NFL, is scheduled to help kick off E-Days with other alumni, industry leaders and teachers starting at 9 a.m. April 23.
Colorado’s marijuana industry could significantly cut its climate impact by moving operations into fields or greenhouses. (Colorado Public Radio)
“Policymakers and consumers aren’t paying much attention to environmental impacts of the cannabis industry,” said Jason Quinn, mechanical engineering faculty at Colorado State University and senior author of the study. (Smithsonian Magazine)
CSU researchers found that growing pot indoors leads to higher greenhouse gas emissions in the Mountain West, Midwest, Alaska and Hawaii than on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts.
“I don’t want to say bad because bad is not wearing a mask at all. So we could be doing a lot better," said John Volckens, a professor of mechanical engineering at Colorado State University. (Colorado Public Radio)
“There is little to no regulation on emissions for growing cannabis indoors. Consumers aren’t considering the environmental effect either." (Earther/Gizmodo)
Mechanical engineering researchers have provided the most detailed accounting to date of the industry's greenhouse gas emissions.
Early in the pandemic, a CSU team set out to quantify the dynamics of how aerosols like viruses travel from one person to another, under different circumstances.
“Now more than ever, the next four to six months are the most critical time to really up your mask,” says John Volckens, a professor of mechanical engineering at Colorado State University. (Wall Street Journal)