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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 researchers co-author study that finds water efficiency achievable throughout U.S. without decrease in economic activity

Posted by Heather Tate on August 26, 2020

Lake mead low water level A recent study co-authored by two Northern Arizona University researchers showed that targeted efforts to increase water efficiency could save enough water annually to fill Lake Mead. It could happen without significantly compromising economic production, jobs or tax revenue.

The study, published today in Environmental Research Letters, demonstrates that there is no one right answer to… Read more

Filed Under: College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

NAU researcher receives NSF CAREER award to develop drones that operate autonomously in remote environments

Posted by Heather Tate on July 23, 2020

Fatemeh Afghah in front of display screen.Fatemeh Afghah, an associate professor in the School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems (SICCS) at Northern Arizona University, has received a $550,000 grant through the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program, one of the foundation’s most prestigious awards. The funding will support a project developing algorithms that will enable a fleet of smart and autonomous drones to assess situations, change course,… Read more

Filed Under: College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

Fallowing cattle-feed farmland simplest way to alleviate western water shortage, FEWSION-based study finds

Posted by Heather Tate on March 2, 2020

Depletion of river flow across the US during summer months. The 17 western states experience much higher levels of depletion during July to September than eastern states, owing to lesser precipitation and greater use of irrigation in the western states. a, Summer depletion during the 2001–2015 model simulation. b, Summer depletion in the driest… Read more

Filed Under: College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

NAU scientists launch FEWSION website, enabling access to complex maps of food, energy, water supply chains

Posted by Heather Tate on April 29, 2019

Benn Ruddell and FEWSIONOver the past three years, Ben Ruddell, associate professor of NAU’s School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems (SICCS), has led a team of multi-institution engineers and data scientists in developing FEWSION, a data fusion project that maps the food, energy and water supply chains for every community in the United States. The maps are based on an… Read more

Filed Under: College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

What data teaches about flood forecasting: NAU researcher co-leading crowdsourced app to gauge flood water

Posted by Heather Tate on October 1, 2018

New Orleans flooded after hurricane

According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), flooding is the most damaging natural hazard in the world, and most flood damage occurs in cities. As exemplified by Hurricane Harvey in 2017, this damage is projected to rapidly increase, both due to increasing extreme precipitation events and urban sprawl into marshes and floodplains—so it is critical that cities… Read more

Filed Under: College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

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