CLIMBS Project

KGS FACULTY GATHER DATA FOR LANDSLIDE MITIGATION

Matt Crawford, Hudson Koch, and Evelyn Bibbins and UK Earth and Environmental Sciences’ Sarah Johnson headed to Robinson Forest in Breathitt County, to test cell service connectivity for data loggers that will be a part of KY NSF EPSCoR CLIMBS Project 5. Project 5 is working to mitigate landslide impacts through stronger monitoring and modeling of …

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LISTEN: CLIMBS, MSU’S O’Keefe, Collick, Featured on WMKY

/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/peterman-climbs-research-audio.wav By Anabel Peterman, Morehead State Public Radio Officials said eastern Kentucky is disproportionately impacted by climate change thanks to the impacts of logging, mining, and waste dumping. Now, a statewide research project will investigate how the Commonwealth’s weather patterns have changed over time. Morehead State University will receive $1.1 million to help bridge environmental …

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POSITION AVAILABLE: NATURAL HAZARDS ENGINEER

Help us build climate resilience in Kentucky! University of Kentucky College of Engineering, under the auspices of our Track-1 project, is looking for a qualified civil engineering PhD graduate to hire as an associate or assistant professor. This hire would preferably have experience in natural hazards, remote sensing, and modeling and evaluation of the impacts …

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UK Arts & Sciences Produce Video with Bryson, McGlue

“There have been several big, catastrophic floods, some extreme weather, and major landslide activities. We want to improve our capacity to help. That was the driving force behind the development of the proposal.” The University of Kentucky, College of Arts and Sciences sat down with Co-PIs L. Sebastian Bryson, Ph.D., P.E., BC. GE, F.ASCE and …

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CLIMBS PROJECT GETTING LOCAL AND NATIONAL ATTENTION

Our new NSF Track-1 Project, CLIMBS, is making headlines across Kentucky and the nation! Here are a few press releases and highlights: NSF PRESS RELEASE Read Full Article FOX56 WDKY Read Full Article UK PRESS RELEASE Read Full Article WKU PRESS RELEASE Read Full Article MSU PRESS RELEASE Read Full Article Northern Kentucky Tribune (nku) …

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