We are pleased to announce that our planning grant proposal, titled “Climate Resilient Heartland: Leveraging AI for Equitable Risk Reduction and Adaptation Across Rural and Urban Systems,” has been selected for funding in the 2024 cycle of the Grand Challenges Catalyst Award competition.
We are excited to report that our proposal has been awarded $75,000. The project period will begin on August 1, 2024, and will end on April 30, 2025.
This award marks a significant milestone for our research endeavors, and we look forward to advancing our project on climate resilience with this generous support. Our project is a collaborative effort across the university, involving an exceptional team of Co-PIs:
• Milad Roohi, Assistant Professor, Durham School of Architectural Engineering & Construction
• Christine Wittich, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Liang Chen, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
• Eric Hunt, Assistant Extension Educator, Agricultural Meteorology and Climate Resilience
• Yeyin Shi, Associate Professor & Agricultural Intelligence Engineer
• Brittany Duncan, Associate Professor in the School of Computing
• Robert Twomey, Assistant Professor, Emerging Media Arts, Hixson-Lied College of Fine & Performing Arts
• Lisa PytlikZillig, Research Associate Professor, University of Nebraska Public Policy Center
• Asa Stone, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics
• Patrick Bitterman, Assistant Professor of Geography
• Richard Wood, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Yunwoo Nam, Professor, Community and Regional Planning, College of Architecture
• Xiaoqi Liu, Assistant Professor, Durham School of Architectural Engineering & Construction
• Mark Stone, Professor and Head, Department of Biological Systems Engineering
• Xiaomeng Li, Lecturer, School of Global Integrative Studies; School of Natural Resources
• Ming (Bryan) Wang, Associate Professor, Advertising & Public Relations, College of Journalism & Mass Communications
• Crystal Powers, Water and Cropping Systems Associate Extension Educator, Nebraska Water Center
Our interdisciplinary team brings expertise in natural hazard infrastructure and community resilience, rural resilience and structural vulnerability, climate science, agricultural meteorology and climate resilience, AI in agricultural applications, AI and unmanned systems, science communication and literacy, human-computer interaction, social behavior and public policy, climate and social justice, social-ecological systems modeling, environmental governance, remote sensing, community planning, strategic planning, geospatial analytics, building energy modeling, machine learning and control, socio-ecological systems resilience, urban transportation and equity, strategic communication, and community engagement.
This award marks a significant milestone for our research endeavors, and we look forward to advancing our project on climate resilience with this generous support.
