THE ASCEND Engine impact

Driving Technology Innovation

$3M in grants support groundbreaking projects across Colorado and Wyoming

Advancing critical technologies to bolster U.S. community resilience

It’s more important than ever for the United States to lead in the development of new technologies that can reduce the devastating impacts of natural disasters.

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Engine: ASCEND Engine is paving the way for significant improvements in America’s capacity to prepare and respond to natural disasters and threats to water, air, and soil quality, especially in the Mountain West region.

Driving Technology Innovation

Advancing critical technologies to bolster U.S. community resilience

Engine-fueled impact

CSU Students gain cybersecurity skills and hands-on experience with commercial trucks and agricultural tractors.

Environmental Science senior Peter Ferraro gains career-focused lab and fieldwork skills as part of his NSF-funded internship in soil health and prairie restoration.

MSU Denver student Gage Gibson gains hands-on experience in advanced weather modeling during a prestigious NOAA internship.

In rural Wyoming, Rowdy Yeatts is building clean-burning biochar stoves that help trap carbon, reduce waste, and generate heat—all without electricity.

Better detection methods lead to accurate and reliable identification of methane leaks

"From this research, we hope to reduce fire risk, and the number of homes lost to fires every year."

Real-time data could result in better crop yields and reduced water and fertilizer usage

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