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Assistant Research Professor Brad Wham traveled to Turkey to help assess the impact of theÌý2023ÌýKahramanmaraÅŸ earthquake on lifeline systems, including energy, transportation, water and wastewater.

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Seventy-five percent of incarceration facilities in the state are vulnerable to climate-related hazards, and many are ill-equipped to handle them, research by Geotechnical Engineering Professor Shideh Dashti suggests.

Water Resources Professor Balaji Rajagopalan grew up in a small railroad town near Hyderabad, India, in a home without running water. Now an expert in hydrology, climatology and water resources, Rajagopalan was honored with a Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellowship and an opportunity to make a difference in his native country.

Associate Professor Ben LivnehÌýand Professor BalajiÌýRajagopalan contributed to a groundbreaking assessment published in Science, which concluded that more than 50 percent of the world's largest lakes are losing water.

Professors Edith Zagona and Joseph Kasprzyk were interviewed by the Washington Post for an article highlightingÌýthe federal government's use ofÌýinnovative, web-based tools developed by ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ academics to forecast the river’s future flows.

Teaching Professor Matt Morris asked his students to help pour concrete. Students came. Two came back again. And again. For more than a year.

Ben Ma, a postdoctoral researcher in environmental engineering, was the first author on a paper that confirmed the safety of a new portable, handheld disinfecting device that is safe for disinfecting public spaces.

An affordable, net-zero energy home designed by ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ students and featuring a unique hydrogen energy system was honored as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2023 Solar Decathlon Build Challenge.Ìý

Four civil engineeringÌýgraduate students have received 2023 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, a prestigious award that recognizes and supports outstanding students in a wide variety of science-related disciplines.

Wil Srubar, associate professor in Building Systems Engineering and the Materials Science and Engineering Program, was chosen for his research trajectory to further redefine the boundaries of living architecture — both on Earth and beyond.

With the construction of increasingly taller dams, Geotechnical Engineering Assistant Professor Yida Zhang is concerned about the potential effects of soil grain breakage caused by pressure. He recently received a prestigious NSF CAREER award to fund his research on the evolution of grain sizes in dams.