Extreme weather events and natural disasters, such as floods and hurricanes, are increasingly disrupting critical infrastructure systems worldwide. Urban transportation networks, which are essential for evacuations, delivering emergency resources, and maintaining connectivity during crises, are particularly vulnerable. Recent hurricanes, which have caused widespread disruptions along the southern states and the U.S. East Coast, have underscored […]
The rapid growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is intensifying the water crisis. The data centers required to run large AI models consume vast amounts of power. This significant energy consumption generates large amounts of heat, which in turn requires cooling systems to prevent server overheating. Most common cooling methods (e.g., cooling towers) depend on substantial quantities of […]
Understanding the response of aquatic ecosystems to a rapidly changing environment is a challenging task that requires the participation of multidisciplinary teams to understand physical and biological processes across a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. Through collaboration between civil engineers, hydrologists, and biologists, we have advanced our knowledge on how fish eggs and […]