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NAU leading NSF grant that looks at the potential for drones in responding to forest fires

Posted by Heather Tate on March 1, 2021

Fatemeh Afghah talking to studentsThree NAU researchers won a National Science Foundation grant to study the use of drones in responding to forest fires.

Fatemeh Afghah, an associate professor in the School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems (SICCS), is the lead principal investigator in the $1.2 million grant in collaboration with Georgia Tech, the Desert Research Institute and the… Read more

Filed Under: College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, School of Forestry, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

NAU researchers receive grants for health equity work in the local community

Posted by Heather Tate on October 2, 2020

Emery Eaves, Catrin Edgeley, Regina Eddie, Olivia Lindly collageNorthern Arizona University’s Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) awarded research grants through its Pilot Project Program totaling $240,000 to four NAU faculty investigators conducting health equity research in the local community.

This year’s award recipients are NAU professors Emery Eaves, assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology, Catrin Edgeley, assistant professor in the School of Forestry, Regina Eddie, assistant professor… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Health Equity Research, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, College of Health and Human Services, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Anthropology, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Department of Health Sciences, School of Forestry, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, School of Nursing, Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative

NAU’s Ecological Restoration Institute to lead new center aimed at building a skilled workforce to help with forest management

Posted by Heather Tate on October 1, 2020

Han-Sup Han standing in forest thinning projectA new program from Northern Arizona University aims to increase forest health and contribute to a growing resilient economy in Coconino County in one fell swoop.

Han-Sup Han, a professor of forestry and director of forest operations and biomass utilization at the Ecological Restoration Institute (ERI) at NAU, is the principal investigator on a $350,000 grant from the U.S.… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Ecological Restoration Institute, School of Forestry

SRP funding groundbreaking NAU research into forest health, increasing diversity in STEM

Posted by Heather Tate on September 10, 2020

Teki Sankey holding a droneAs part of a five-year research agreement, the Phoenix-based Salt River Project (SRP) is funding several Northern Arizona University projects in 2020-2021 that look into forest health and restoration, renewable energy sources and increasing diversity in STEM fields. These projects build on several studies SRP was already funding.

This five-year partnership, which funds research focusing on applied research activities related to SRP’s core businesses of power and water, is… Read more

Filed Under: Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ecological Restoration Institute, Monsoon, School of Forestry, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

NAU forest geneticist awarded $810,000 grant to study how climate change affects the ability of sugar pines to fight disease

Posted by Heather Tate on August 12, 2020

Amanda de la Torre working in labFor about 100 years, a deadly disease called white pine blister rust has been spreading steadily from Canada across western forests of the United States and along the East Coast. The fungus, Cronartium ribicola, attacks five-needle pines and kills more than 95 percent of the trees it infects by cutting off pathways for water and nutrients in the cambium layer, where new growth occurs.

The U.S. Forest… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, School of Forestry

Ecological Restoration Institute at Northern Arizona University announces new executive director

Posted by Heather Tate on June 22, 2020

Andrew Sanchez Meador standing a talkingAfter a national search, the Ecological Restoration Institute (ERI) at Northern Arizona University has named prominent quantitative forest ecologist and cutting-edge researcher Andrew Sánchez Meador as its new executive director. He replaces ERI founder and long-time executive director Wally Covington, who retired in January.

Sánchez Meador is a trusted expert among ecologists,… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Ecological Restoration Institute, School of Forestry

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