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UK’s Carpenter, Wang, Partner with Murray State to Install Seismological Equipment

CLIMBS researchers from the University of Kentucky, Seth Carpenter and Zhenming Wang, recently spent time in Western Kentucky, specifically in the Jackson Purchase region, to select appropriate instrumentation for the passive-seismic groundwater characterization project. The team evaluated candidate nodal seismometers and were assisted at the West Farm Complex by Murray State University’s Hannah Conner. UK …

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NEW MSU UNDERGRADS, HS STUDENTS

CLIMBS Project, Morehead State University, Undergrad Experience / By Kevin.Puckett@uky.edu

Please welcome six new undergraduate and high school members of the CLIMBS team, working with Jen O’Keefe and Md Golam Kibria! These six are helping us build climate resilience! Margaret Alden (junior), Hannah Sprinkle (junior), Tori Reid (Craft Academy junior), and Avery Wasinger (Craft Academy junior) are working on building a Holocene climate change record …

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Meet Professor Brian He, CLIMBS First New Hire at the University of Louisville

CLIMBS Project, Flooding Mitigation, University of Louisville / By Kevin.Puckett@uky.edu

As KY NSF EPSCoR’s CLIMBS project continues to build climate resiliency, it is also building research infrastructure to support CLIMBS initiatives well-beyond the five-year project. Much of that support comes in the form of new faculty hires. Ten new hires — seven at UK, two at University of Louisville, and one at Western Kentucky University …

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First Landslide Monitoring Station Installed

CLIMBS Project, Project 5 (Mitigate Landslide Impacts), University of Kentucky / By Kevin.Puckett@uky.edu

The first CLIMBS landslide monitoring station is officially installed at UK’s Robinson Forest (Breathitt, Knott, and Perry Counties)! These will gather hillslope data and help us observe the unique nature of Eastern Kentucky landslides, so that communities in Eastern Kentucky can better prepare and react. Congrats to Project 5 for this vital first step! This …

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EPSCoR FEC Award to Study Flooding Prevention in East KY

CLIMBS Project, Eastern Kentucky University, Education, Flooding Mitigation, Follow-On Awards, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville / By Kevin.Puckett@uky.edu

Adapted from UK NOW Story by Tom Musgrave and Lindsay Travis The RII-FEC program (formerly known as “EPSCoR Track-2 program”) builds inter-jurisdictional collaborative teams of EPSCoR investigators in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) focus areas consistent with the current National Science Foundation Strategic Plan. Several members of our CLIMBS Track-1 project are involved in just …

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Farewell, KAMPERS

KAMPERS / By Kevin.Puckett@uky.edu

An official farewell to KAMPERS, our Track-1 project from 2019-2024: The project, known as KAMPERS (Kentucky Advanced Manufacturing Partnership for Enhanced Robotics and Structures) advanced the state-of-the-art in advanced manufacturing through the integration of synthetic biology, 3D printing, and the emerging field of printed electronics to revolutionize the capabilities of robotic manufacturing infrastructure, medical assistive …

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KGS FACULTY GATHER DATA FOR LANDSLIDE MITIGATION

CLIMBS Project, Kentucky Geological Survey, Project 5 (Mitigate Landslide Impacts), University of Kentucky / By Kevin.Puckett@uky.edu

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

CLIMBS Project, Morehead State University / By Kevin.Puckett@uky.edu

/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

CLIMBS Project / By Kevin.Puckett@uky.edu

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

CLIMBS Project, University of Kentucky / By Kevin.Puckett@uky.edu

“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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