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A fifth of neighborhood blocks in the continental United States most vulnerable to natural disaster account for a quarter of the lower 48 states’ risk, according to a detailed assessment of vulnerability.
Author: Adam Jones / Published: August 3, 2023 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Research, UA News / Features: Dr. Hamid Moradkhani
Dr. Hamid Moradkhani, professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering, has been named the 2023 Robert E. Horton Lecturer in Hydrology by the American Meteorological Society (AMS).
Author: Anna Claire Toxey / Published: August 29, 2022 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Center for Complex Hydrosystems Research, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff / Features: Dr. Hamid Moradkhani
Happening at The University of Alabama, researchers are conducting a flooding study that can help communities better researchers are working to develop a framework that creates an opportunity to forecast hurricane-driven…
Source: Fox 6 / Published: July 6, 2021 / Posted in: Center for Complex Hydrosystems Research, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Hamid Moradkhani
Researchers at The University of Alabama Center for Complex Hydrosystems Research are working to develop advanced computational earth science and coastal models that help coastal communities prepare for flooding from…
Author: Adam Jones / Published: June 7, 2021 / Posted in: Center for Complex Hydrosystems Research, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Home Page Main Story, Research, UA News / Features: Dr. Hamed Moftakhari, Dr. Hamid Moradkhani
About half a football field of marshes on the edges of Mobile Bay vanished annually over the past 35 years, according to a study by researchers at The University of…
Author: Adam Jones / Published: April 12, 2021 / Posted in: Center for Complex Hydrosystems Research, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Home Page Main Story, Research, UA News / Features: Dr. Hamed Moftakhari, Dr. Hamid Moradkhani
The Environmental & Water Resources Institute, one of the nine technical institutes a part of the American Society of Civil Engineers, has recognized two trailblazing professors from The University of…
Author: Arayna Wooley / Published: April 8, 2021 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Center for Complex Hydrosystems Research, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Home Page Main Story, Research / Features: Dr. Hamid Moradkhani
National Academies’ Gulf Research Program has named a University of Alabama engineering faculty member one of the 20 recipients of their 2020 Early-Career Research Fellowship. Dr. Hamed Moftakhari, an assistant…
Author: Arayna Wooley / Published: October 13, 2020 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Home Page Main Story, Research / Features: Dr. Hamed Moftakhari, Dr. Hamid Moradkhani
If asked where in the United States is most vulnerable to drought, you might point to those states in the West currently suffering under hot and dry conditions and raging wildfires. However,…
Source: Weather Nation / Published: September 24, 2020 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Hamid Moradkhani
According to UA research, drought vulnerability comes from a combination of how susceptible a state is to drought and whether it’s prepared for impacts. The most and least vulnerable states…
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: September 18, 2020 / Posted in: Center for Complex Hydrosystems Research, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, UA News / Features: Dr. Hamid Moradkhani
Four promising research projects received funding from the University of Alabama CyberSeed program, part of the UA Office for Research and Economic Development. The pilot seed-funding program promotes research across disciplines…
Source: Alabama Newscenter / Published: May 10, 2020 / Posted in: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Feng Yan, Dr. Hamid Moradkhani, Dr. Jeffrey Carver, Dr. Lin Li, Dr. Mithat Kisacikoglu, Dr. Travis Atkison, Dr. Zhe Jiang
In 1837, The University of Alabama became one of the first five universities in the nation to offer engineering classes. Today, UA’s College of Engineering has more than 5,800 students and more than 150 faculty. In recent years, students in the College have been named USA Today All-USA College Academic Team members, Goldwater, Hollings, Portz, Boren, Mitchell and Truman scholars.
