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NAU and FUSD experts collaborate to develop a new, innovative computer science curriculum for Native American elementary students

Posted by Heather Tate on January 26, 2022

Program will incorporate learning activities that focus on math and computational thinking to prepare K-5 students for STEM fields

Morgan Vigil-Hayes on Mt. Elden by the radio towers

Native Americans are one of the least represented populations when it comes to participation in the field of computer science (CS). Moreover, Native American participation in science, technology,… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Science Teaching and Learning, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

Bioengineer awarded NSF CAREER grant to improve cardiovascular flow computer models using machine learning

Posted by Heather Tate on January 11, 2022

Award will also fund development of STEM program leveraging visualization and storytelling to show the ‘hidden beauty’ in fluid mechanics computer modeling

Amir Arzani and student working in labAccurately measuring blood flow is critical to the fundamental understanding of cardiovascular disease and clinical decision making. Although researchers have made great strides in computational and experimental blood flow modeling, reliable… Read more

Filed Under: College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Understanding human-elephant conflict and vulnerability in the face of climate change

Posted by Heather Tate on January 5, 2022

Funded by an NSF grant, team uses interdisciplinary approaches to better analyze complex issues across the world’s largest terrestrial transboundary conservation area 

Elephants standing by a tree at sunset.
Credit: Kai Stachowiak, CCO Public Domain license

Human-wildlife conflict is a central issue in the conservation sciences. Whether it be reintroducing wolves into key ecosystems… Read more

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

Decoding biological mysteries with algae: NAU team wins $3M from NSF to model microbiome

Posted by Heather Tate on November 18, 2021

Micro biome illustration

The tiny cosmos of organisms living on a streamer of algae in a river—the algal microbiome—could help scientists learn what turns an environment from healthy to toxic and back again. A multidisciplinary team led by Northern Arizona University has won $3 million from the National Science Foundation to translate the codex contained in… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

Can communities protect themselves by planting less flammable forests?

Posted by Heather Tate on October 21, 2021

Field at the lower part of a mountain

As increasingly severe wildfires burn more of the North American West each year, how people living there use fuel treatments, such as prescribed burns or planting fire-resistant trees around their homes, can determine how destructive fires will be to communities. The National Science… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, The W. A. Franke College of Business

Scientists partner with Indigenous communities to study effects of climate change and human development on Arctic caribou

Posted by Heather Tate on October 11, 2021

Project will help train the next generation of Arctic scientists in wildlife ecology, environmental informatics, natural resource management and social science

Logan Berner doing research in the field Wild caribou are the single most important land-based species for both human communities and ecosystems in the Arctic. Abundant across the polar region, these animals play an essential role both as herbivores that impact tundra vegetation and as an important source of food to… Read more

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

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