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Study reveals cost, energy needed to pump Pacific Ocean water into Great Salt Lake

November 16, 2023 06:47 PM
New analysis shows heavy financial cost and heavy energy cost
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Sponsored Projects Recognition Award given to Dr. Norm Jones and Dr. Jim Nelson from CCE department

November 10, 2023 01:31 PM
Professors Norm Jones and Jim Nelson have been selected as joint recipients of the Brigham Young University 2023 Sponsored Projects Recognition Award. Both professors are recognized as pioneers in scientific visualization, water resources modeling and hydroinformatics. In collaborations spanning three decades they have received $21.6M in external funding from the Army Corps of Engineers, the Federal Highways Administration, NSF, NASA, NOAA, and others leading to 132 publications. They have developed desktop and cloud applications used by thousands of organizations worldwide and founded the Provo-based software and engineering company Aquaveo. They have advised 18 PhD, 150 MS, and hundreds of undergraduate students. They gratefully acknowledge these students, numerous colleagues and mentors, their families, and the unique mission of BYU for their success.
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Deceivingly dangerous: BYU team creates first nationwide database tracking low-head dams across U.S.

October 23, 2023 07:01 AM
In the U.S. more people have drowned at low-head dams in the last 50 years than from all the large dam failures during the same time period
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Analysis of Irrigation by Remote Sensing (AIRS) supports water sustainability

October 05, 2023 10:36 AM
On urban parcels in particular, irrigation is difficult to measure and manage because of so many variables in landscape size, shape, quality, and water use behavior. Annelise Capener, a graduate student in the Sustainability Lab, is studying how remote sensing can help.
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Professor Kyle Rollins receives H. Bolton Seed Medal

October 02, 2023 12:08 PM
Prof. Kyle Rollins has been selected by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) to receive the H. Bolton Seed Medal. The Seed Medal is awarded for cumulative distinguished contributions in teaching, research, and practice in the field of geotechnical earthquake engineering.
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Dr. Hotchkiss prepares to present national inventory of low-head dams

September 12, 2023 03:04 PM
Four years of research is culminating in findings that can save thousands of lives
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