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As New York is increasingly battered by heat waves, flooding, sea level rise and other effects of climate change, its infrastructure as well as its people will face new kinds of threats. Professor Emeritus Paul Chinowsky says municipal agencies may not be able to keep funding necessary bridge repairs as climate change intensifies the wear and tear on bridges and strains the city budget.
Assistant Professor Cresten Mansfeldt has been selected as an inaugural SPIKE Faculty Fellow, part of a new ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ initiative to expand and strengthen sustainability education across campus. The 13 fellows will help lead faculty training, contribute to university-wide sustainability efforts and advance teaching focused on environmental and climate justice.
Professor Mark Hernandez is featured in a new Time article about the benefits of airing out your home during cold winter months. Common in Germany for perceived health benefits, the practice is becoming trendy in the United States.
Professor Evan Thomas, director of the Mortenson Center in Global Engineering & Resilience, received a major career honor from the International Water Association for his work that has reshaped how safe drinking water is delivered in some of the world’s most vulnerable regions.
By combining hydrology and paleoclimate modeling, Professor Balaji Rajagopalan and colleagues uncovered the long-standing mystery behind the disappearance of the Harappan Civilization.
Professor Abbie Liel and colleagues have identified building code features that have the biggest impact on hazard resilience and translated those features into tangible, practical building solutions. The findings were published in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.
Elle Stark, a PhD student in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, was recently awarded a prestigious Gallery of Fluid Motion (GFM) Award for a video describing her research.
Caroline Mumm, an architectural engineering major, represented the department during a summer abroad program atÌýFreie Universität Berlin International Summer University (FUBis). Mumm returned with a deeper understanding of the diverse challenges and innovations in sustainable building worldwide.
With fatalities unchanged for nearly two decades, industry has been hungry for clear, practical guidance rooted in solid research, says Professor Matt Hallowell. In his first book, Hallowell summarized the research of more than 100 journal papers in reader-friendly terms, providing the first comprehensive, evidence-based explanation of why serious worksite injuries persist and how to prevent them.
In this Conversation story, the authors explain how two new data centers sit idle due to shortages of critical electrical equipment. These supply-chain constraints are delaying projects, increasing costs and adding strain to the reliability of the U.S. power grid.