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The Resilient Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RISE) Interdisciplinary Research Theme within the College of Engineering and Applied Science will host a workshop and networking event from 10:45 a.m. to noon on Sept. 13 via Zoom.

Researchers at CU Boulder and Tuskegee University are working together to create a hands-on "living learning laboratory” for students to connect through a long-term sustainability and equity project. The partnership would provide students with a unique interdisciplinary and community engagement effort with many lasting benefits when successfully established.

The Resilient Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity Interdisciplinary Research Theme is funding two new projects this summer through its seed grant initiative.

“Planting new trees and vegetation is key to stabilizing damaged slopes,” said graduate research assistant at the Natural Hazards Center CU Boulder Jocelyn West.

Wil V. Srubar is an Associate Professor at CU Boulder in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering. During the event, panelists will discuss research, mentorship, and advocacy and how to continuously improve the representation of LGBTQ+ in STEM.

ShakeOut coauthor Keith Porter, research professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, warned in a 2011 study in the journal Earthquake Spectra that under certain conditions, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake could create such a sudden interruption of high-voltage interstate transmission of electricity that “potentially all of the western U.S. could lose power.”

Shelly Miller, a University of Colorado, Boulder, environmental engineer who has studied indoor air quality for decades was quoted by Mother Jones.

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder are exploring how widespread use of electric vehicles in the future may impact vulnerable communities. The work is funded by a new seed grant from the Resilient Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity Interdisciplinary Research Theme and is led by the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering.

Associate Professor of Geotechnical Engineering and Geomechanics Shideh Dashti has received the 2021 Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize for “her work in advancing the state-of-the-art in evaluating and improving the seismic performance of structures on liquefiable soil deposits.”

The Resilient Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity Interdisciplinary Research Theme is offering a condensed fellowship/seed grant cycle of $10,000 that is open to faculty affiliates, post-docs, or graduate students. The effort will fund pilot projects and research activities that relate to the three themes of the IRT. The intention is for the funds to be spent from June 15 through Aug. 15, 2021.