Members of the Alabama Water Institute recently attended the 103rd meeting of the American Meteorological Society in Denver, Colorado. This year’s theme was “Data: Driving Science. Informing Decisions. Enriching Humanity.” Data was chosen as the focus as it is the “engine of hypothesis-driven science and the fuel for inductive, empirical investigation.” Dr. Steve Burian, Dr.…
Undergraduate students and researchers at The University of Alabama are making it possible to scan and image the bottom of waterways using light detection and ranging, or LiDAR, mounted on drones fitted with green lasers. Dr. Seongsin Margaret Kim and her students are developing a system to make it faster and more affordable to measure and…
Equipment, proposals and publications are critical tools for ensuring successful research at The University of Alabama. The Alabama Water Institute recently awarded $144,451.50 in multiple grants to AWI-affiliated faculty members to support their water-related research efforts. The AWI has provided the following funds to five researchers through the institute’s Equipment Support Program: Dr. Gregory Starr,…
The University of Alabama recently hosted “Multiple Inequalities in Every Meal: Theorizing Intersectional Foodways, Past and Present.” This interdisciplinary workshop assembled an international panel of food scholars from archaeology, cultural anthropology, American studies, women’s studies and African American studies to engage in discourse about the ways inequality was manufactured and maintained in the past and…
Research from The University of Alabama reveals the southern United States is a primary hotspot for hydroplaning due to extreme rainfall, a phenomenon that is known to elevate the risks of road accidents. A study recently published by Kaustubh Anil Salvi, a postdoctoral researcher with the Alabama Transportation Institute, and Dr. Mukesh Kumar, associate professor of civil, construction and…
The creation of a new machine learning tutorial based on a national snow model from researchers at The University of Alabama and the University of Utah has been funded by a grant from the Earth Science Information Partners. Dr. Ryan Johnson, an artificial intelligence research scientist at the Alabama Water Institute, and his collaborator, Dane Liljestrand,…
The University of Alabama’s Global Water Security Center has been recognized in the new U.S. Government Global Water Strategy. The strategy, which aligns federal efforts to address global water challenges, includes U.S. government agency-specific plans. The Department of Defense will address “Strategic Objective 4: Anticipate and Reduce Conflict and Fragility Related to Water” with support…
The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that at least one-tenth of all freshwater originates or flows through Alabama. One of the state’s most eye-catching drinking water sources is hiding in Blount County among the foothills of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Protected beneath a white barnlike structure with a dark green roof, the 60-foot wide and 35-foot…
The Alabama Water Institute has named Michael Fedoroff as its new Director of Cultural and Water Resources Preservation at The University of Alabama. Fedoroff is a seasoned water resource professional with experience in applied water resource infrastructure and environmental restoration for the Department of Defense. As director, Fedoroff is responsible for developing applied research avenues…
People move to Florida for several reasons, one of them being convenient access to the state’s coastal areas. According to the U.S. Census, the population increased from approximately 9 million people in 1980 to around 22 million in 2020. While the state has plenty of saltwater surrounding it, there’s a concern that freshwater systems might…
