Archives: Monthly Archives: January 2016
Climate Changing Connecticut
By Heidi Douglas UConn Science Salon Examines Climate Change Impacting Our State. UConn Science Salon is a dynamic series of science programs featuring outstanding speakers, a fun happy hour, and a chance to make great connections. Our third salon highlights discussion regarding Climate Changing Connecticut. Climate change is often discussed in the abstract context of […]
Securing Water Resources in Ethiopia
By Colin Poitras A $4.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation will allow University of Connecticut researchers to collaborate with colleagues around the world in order to help local governments and communities in Ethiopia’s Blue Nile river basin better manage their agricultural and water resources. The funds, released today, come from NSF’s Partnerships in […]
Connecticut Urban and Transportation Film Festival
Transportation engineering students need to be able to communicate with a wide array of stakeholders because their work usually impacts and is impacted by the general public. This is especially true of transportation planning. Accordingly, through a grant from UConn’s Center for Transportation and Livability Studies (CTLS), two professors (Dr. Norman Garrick from Civil & Environmental […]
Alumni News
Karen Isherwood Karen Isherwood (B.S. Civil Engineering, ’97), P.E., LEED AP, joined BL Companies in Meriden, CT, as a senior engineer. In this part time role, Isherwood will continue delivering engineering design services through her company as well. She founded Isherwood Civil Engineering in 2010 and serves clients in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. […]
Faculty News
Four SoE Faculty Win NSF CAREER Awards, including Prof. Kay Wille and Prof.Timothy Vadas Four Engineering faculty members have won CAREER awards, each receiving $500,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF). According to the NSF, CAREER awards are the “most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education […]
Honors For Two CTI Staff Members
It was a big month for the Connecticut Transportation Institute, with two staff members winning prestigious honors: Dr. Donna Shea, Program Director of the Technology Transfer Center, was named the 2014 WTS Connecticut Woman of the Year. WTS, formerly known as the Women’s Transportation Seminar, bestowed the award for Dr. Shea’s “exceptional contributions to the transportation industry; […]
Researchers Explore the Potential of Ultra-High-Strength Concrete To Repair Bridges
According to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), more than 30 percent of the 600,000 bridges in the U.S. have exceeded their 50-year design life, requiring an investment of $20.5 billion annually for maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation. But what if you could significantly reduce this cost with the development of novel repair and rehabilitation methods that, […]
