Research

Dr. Fatemeh Afghah receives 2019 US AFRL Young Investigator Award for Autonomous UAV network for Disaster Management

Posted by on October 25, 2019

The Air Force Office of Scientific Research — the basic research component of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) — announced it will award approximately $17.8 million in grants to 40 scientists and engineers from 30 research institutions and businesses who submitted winning research proposals through the Air Force’s Young Investigator Research Program (YIP).

Dr. Fatemeh Afghah, Assistant Professor at SICCS was one of the 40 young researchers and scientists to receive this prestigious award. Her anticipated research areas  for… Read more

NAU evolutionary biologist uses bioinformatics to fight mosquito-borne pathogens in the Southwest

Posted by on July 22, 2019

Crystal Hepp

Illnesses from mosquito bites have tripled in the United States since 2004, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Northern Arizona University evolutionary biologist Crystal Hepp is on the front lines of fighting mosquito-borne pathogens in the region. She recently received a New Investigator Award grant—$75,000 per year for three years—from the Arizona Biomedical Research Centre (ABRC),… Read more

How does snowmelt in the Rockies affect diners in New York? NAU data mapper part of national study to make those connections

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Ben Ruddell, Director and Associate Professor

Experts estimate that snowmelt accounts for as much as 75 percent of water supplies in the western United States. As the climate warms, however, it’s not hard to imagine a future when declining snowpack on western mountain ranges means less snowmelt. Scientists and water managers have already seen worrying changes in the timing… Read more

Saving the green: NAU students gain real-world experience analyzing university data for inefficiencies in energy, resource use

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As utility customers go, Northern Arizona University is complicated.

The dozens of buildings serve thousands of students, faculty and staff in a variety of ways—there are places to work, study, live, do experiments, play, eat and more. The campus is filled with people from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., but activity doesn’t end with a traditional workday. Even the work done on campus varies… Read more

NAU cybersecurity expert elected senior member of the National Academy of Inventors

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Feb. 11, 2019

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has named Northern Arizona University professor of practice Bertrand Cambou one of 66 academic inventors to the inaugural class of NAI senior members. NAI is a member organization comprised of U.S. and international universities as well as governmental and nonprofit research institutes, with more than 4,000 members spanning more than 250 institutions worldwide.

Cambou… Read more

Research led this grad student from the Arctic to Arizona, then into the most prestigious fellowship in STEM

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June 11, 2019

Alaska is home to more caribou than it is to humans. It stands to reason, then, that these large mammals will have a significant impact on their Arctic homeland.

That impact has yet to be fully quantified, in large part because the environments where caribou live are hard to access and plan around. Northern Arizona University doctoral student Katie Orndahl… Read more

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