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"Who studies hurricanes?"
Associate Professor • Civil & Environmental Engineering
Why this match: Research connects to tropical cyclones, extreme precipitation, and climate-driven hazard modeling.
Professor • Earth System Science
Why this match: Focus on coastal flooding, storm surge, and infrastructure resilience during extreme storms.
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Research collaborators
- Who studies climate resilience in urban systems?
- Experts in machine learning for medical imaging
- Faculty researching renewable energy storage
Industry partners
- Battery technology for electric vehicles
- AI applications in drug discovery
- Cybersecurity for IoT devices
Community partners
- Faculty working on community health interventions
- Researchers studying housing and homelessness
- Experts in local environmental justice
Media
- Experts on climate change impacts
- Social media and mental health researchers
- Artificial intelligence ethics and regulation
Students seeking mentors
- Faculty studying computational biology
- Potential PhD advisors in quantum computing
- Researchers in environmental policy